HehDood
Aquarium Advice Newbie
*This is the second post. My first post was under saltwater and coral. My apologies I could not find how to change or delete the thread.*
Hello everyone I just joined the community and this is my first post. I have a 12 gallon Marineland eclipse PFE 1 tank that houses my corys and dwarf gourami. We do a water 25% change every Thursday where we siphon the gravel to get all the pleco poop out but did not do one over thanksgiving and will probably not do one today because of some medicine being used to treat the fish. We have had these fish for about over a month with no fish death. My African frog I got from the pet store did get stuck to the filter and later died but I don't believe its relevant because I removed him and put him into a spare fish bowl I had where he later passed.
my tank includes.
- 4 Corys which are a 1 julii 1 emerald 1 skunk and 1 panda
- 1 bristlenose pleco
-1 dwarf gourami
My problem is with my panda cory. His mouth seems to be covered in a cotton like substance that is only located at the mouth. From my research is seems that it could be columnaris but there is a great deal of contradictory views across the internet and no picture show it generalized around the mouth.
His behavior
-pretty lethargic and doesn't swim around a lot.
-perches himself on the highest point of the aquarium and stays there motionless.
-when he does move he seems to try and breach the water and get his mouth outside of it.
-I can not see any of his whiskers and he seems to be "panting" a great deal.
we purchased a Lifegaurd all in one treatment and is on day two of treating the whole tank and she did remove the carbon filter.
It doesn't seem to be getting better and I feel as if I need to take action and take a different approach, or just some reassurance that she is treating it correctly. I will post pictures but be aware its only at the mouth and my other fish seem to be fine.
Hello everyone I just joined the community and this is my first post. I have a 12 gallon Marineland eclipse PFE 1 tank that houses my corys and dwarf gourami. We do a water 25% change every Thursday where we siphon the gravel to get all the pleco poop out but did not do one over thanksgiving and will probably not do one today because of some medicine being used to treat the fish. We have had these fish for about over a month with no fish death. My African frog I got from the pet store did get stuck to the filter and later died but I don't believe its relevant because I removed him and put him into a spare fish bowl I had where he later passed.
my tank includes.
- 4 Corys which are a 1 julii 1 emerald 1 skunk and 1 panda
- 1 bristlenose pleco
-1 dwarf gourami
My problem is with my panda cory. His mouth seems to be covered in a cotton like substance that is only located at the mouth. From my research is seems that it could be columnaris but there is a great deal of contradictory views across the internet and no picture show it generalized around the mouth.
His behavior
-pretty lethargic and doesn't swim around a lot.
-perches himself on the highest point of the aquarium and stays there motionless.
-when he does move he seems to try and breach the water and get his mouth outside of it.
-I can not see any of his whiskers and he seems to be "panting" a great deal.
we purchased a Lifegaurd all in one treatment and is on day two of treating the whole tank and she did remove the carbon filter.
It doesn't seem to be getting better and I feel as if I need to take action and take a different approach, or just some reassurance that she is treating it correctly. I will post pictures but be aware its only at the mouth and my other fish seem to be fine.
