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So for the past 2 to 3 weeks now my 5 corydoras have been dying slowly one by one. 1 has already died. 2 and 3 are now breathing heavy and not eating or moving around...slightly tilted on the ground. There are no visible signs of sickness such as white spots/flakes, bumps, redness or injury...

Did a thorough clean of my tank and mysteriously the sick one is GONE! Not a trace of him to be found. Same goes for one of my two Neon Tetras. He looked sick the night before as he was just hanging vertically between on of my plastic plant branches....the next day he was also GONE! No sign...

I'm not sure but I might as well ask: -water temp? -freshwater or brackish water? -land to water ratio? -what do you feed them and how much / how often? -sometimes they may fight and sustain injuries (my larger female RCC had attacked my smaller male RCC and his arm was 85% torn off after she...

Sounds exactly like my case. Actually, I haven't been able to find my sick Cory now for the past 2 days. I'm assuming he also has died after being sick for about 1.5 to 2 weeks. I'll be cleaning out the tank thoroughly today so I'll hopefully find him somewhere. It sounds like everything was...

Sorry to say, I don't think it's an "egg" issue. It definitely sounds like your Cory is sick just like mine is (or was). I wouldn't take him out until he's actually dead. Corys and other fish may look like they about to die and sometimes survive and make it. I've been doing reading and...

I think my cory is going through the same thing as yours except no white balls and my tank has no plants/dirt but i use gravel and artificial plants. All my other corys are fine except this one that also wasn't eating and not moving much just sitting alone. There were no visible signs of...

Yeah the first week and half or so he wasn't eating much and moving much. My tank had the case of ichs a couple months back and I raised the temp to about 86-87 celsius for 2 weeks and they got better (the neons that survived, 10 of 12 didn't make it but 2 of them did and are well today). I'll...

as far as I can see, the other fish are not sick and all look perfectly fine and healthy. This one was showing signs of sickness (lack of movement and not eating much, just sitting sort of off balance at times on the floor) for the past week and half. I thought maybe it could be some disease...

Help, one of my cory fish was not moving much and I got him to come to the edge so i can get a good shot. It appears as if he either sustained a flesh wound or could it have been a disease that made his gill fall off? The other side is perfectly fine, but this side you can see a chunk seems to...

One of my red clawed crabs died probably a few days ago....I didn't know until yesterday when i what looks like arms from the crab floating around the tank. When I found him, he was pale and had a very nasty smell and when I took him out, he literally melted and turned to goo. I saw him...

late lastnight I checked in on him and he was dead (upside down in the water). I took him out and examined his body and saw that indeed his claw arm was 85% severed but still attached. I was shocked that he just died though. Does anyone know why he may have died? Could it be shock? Stress...

he's moved around a bit in the same spot and so far his claw is still attached. I can't see it clearly and I don't want scare him and force him to move more, but it's not dangling or anything, just i saw a big crack where some fluid was coming out underwater when he moved that arm around...

I have 3 RCC's and they were living together in my tank ok for the past 4 months with the minor "scuffles" for territory but nothing ever serious. Just a few minutes ago, i heard some scuffling and went to check what was going on. The bigger RCC must've tried to attack the smallest RCC...

One of my RCC seems to have turned really dark in color....almost granite / midnight greyish. He's usually a light brown but I'm wondering if there is anything to be concerned about. Also a little update on my tetras that came down with ichs. After about 3 weeks of raising the water temp to...

Thanks, very nice tips!

hmm....interesting. I noticed that also since I raised the temp to around 30, my corys are both resting a lot more. They still scrounge around for food but they spend more time just sitting on the ground not moving more than they did before. I wonder if the increased temperature is doing this...

Just one question here. I have raised the temp of the water in my aquarium to around 31 degrees celsius as I'm trying to treat ich's disease in my tetras. I've noticed over the days that my corydoras and even my pleco swim up to the surface quickly and swim back down. They do this quite often...

My neon tetras started exhibiting the white flakes that look like salt sprinkled on them a few days ago. I raised the water temp up to 30 degrees and change the water 20-25% every other day. I keep the light off too and leave a ceramic air rock on. Some of them look like it's getting better...

thanks everyone for the tips. one last question. do u think removing all the gravel or at least MOST of it and leaving the bottom smooth and clear is better everyone? Maybe that will lessen the chance of ich spores growing?

is the increased temp of 80+ F safe for the corys, pleco, ghost shrimp and RCCs?

do u think i should remove the 2 corys and put them in a separate tank for a week or two while i put more salt in the water? I'll try and cover the tank more so there's less light. I don't use any real plants. Maybe I should remove some of the gravel? Are my RCCs, and Shrimp safe from ich?

I just noticed a few minutes ago that some of my tetras had white spots that look like grains of salt sprinkled on them. It wasn't there a couple hours ago. I did some quick research on this and found it it's called Ich. I don't have access to ich medication, so it seems my best bet is to...

Quarantined Quarantined

oh thanks, but im working overseas in korea right now. i will just have to return him when i have the time. It'll be ok to keep him quarantined in the plastic bag in the water right? I give him food in there too, but just making sure he won't go psychotic by being in a small spaced plastic bag...

ok, i think i will send him back when i can. The neons are now curious and looking at him in the bag lol.