DBFish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi,
We finally got our tank cycled, and we bought 6 Von Rio Tetras and 3 peppered corydoras. They all seemed great going in on Saturday. Sunday morning I get up and find a Cory stick to the filter intake. I get him off with a net and he starts to swim, but looks red and bruised all over his back and underside. I moved home to a quarantine tank, added some aquarium salt and let him rest. Today he started swimming around in brief spirits and then went back to sitting still on the bottom for long hours of the day. All of the red and bruising look gone, his shape is good and he ate some of a sinking wafer after it fell apart. I did a partial water change in the hospital tank kept the salt in, and he continues to swim around for a out two minutes then go back to resting. I haven't had him long enough to know his behavior and the other two corys are hiding constantly. How do I know when he is healthy? Also, I bought an intake sponge and reduced the flow on the filter to avoid more issues.
We finally got our tank cycled, and we bought 6 Von Rio Tetras and 3 peppered corydoras. They all seemed great going in on Saturday. Sunday morning I get up and find a Cory stick to the filter intake. I get him off with a net and he starts to swim, but looks red and bruised all over his back and underside. I moved home to a quarantine tank, added some aquarium salt and let him rest. Today he started swimming around in brief spirits and then went back to sitting still on the bottom for long hours of the day. All of the red and bruising look gone, his shape is good and he ate some of a sinking wafer after it fell apart. I did a partial water change in the hospital tank kept the salt in, and he continues to swim around for a out two minutes then go back to resting. I haven't had him long enough to know his behavior and the other two corys are hiding constantly. How do I know when he is healthy? Also, I bought an intake sponge and reduced the flow on the filter to avoid more issues.