Lone female diamond tetra

Jayy

Thank you, Bryon I will look for it this week.

Chesherca

It seems I'm in the same boat as you are, I'll be watching your thread to see how it all comes out over there. Best of luck to all of us in beating this thing. *hugs*

Olympia

Aw Chesh- your ram right?
I'll post a photo later of my Cory, beside one of my healthy cories, size difference is quite shocking.
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Chesherca

Yeah. . . one of my poor little Bolivians At least he's acting like he's feeling okay. . . all of these sad little fishies are breaking my heart! I hope your Cory heals up, too. *sigh*

Olympia

Okay, here is affectionately named "Stubby."


Doesn't look that bad, right? Here's how stunted he is compared to the group:




It's NOT normal for him to be that much smaller, right?
At first I thought his breathing was faster simply because smaller animals usually breathe faster, but not so sure anymore. Hopefully heading to the pet shop tomorrow.

Chesherca

Aww! Poor little thing! I'm not familiar with that type of fish, but comparing the top pictures with the others, it looks like his tummy might be concave like my little Ram's is - the bigger fish's seem to curve slightly outward - but that might just be the way it looks in the picture. Whatever it is. . . I hope he gets better. I hope ALL of them get better. *sigh*

Olympia

Yea I noticed that too after I posted the photos.
I can't believe he's lasted this long already. It's been like 2 months. :(
He's not a big eater either- the only one that wouldn't eat blood worms.

bettababy

Thank you Byron for stepping in and helping out here the other night, I apologize again for my time constraints.
I was just catching up on the thread tonight and noticed the mention of feeding with this cory. I'd like to mention that blood worms should not be a staple food and is more of a "candy" than it is anything else for most fish. The fact that this cory doesn't seem to like blood worms should not be of concern. Brine shrimp pellets and bottom feeder pellets are a much healthier diet for corys as well as tropical flake and pellet foods. Brine pellets are quite messy so if those are fed they should be followed by frequent water changes and gravel vacs as needed to remove any uneaten food as soon as possible so it doesn't pollute the water.

In regards to blood worms, these are not always a good thing to offer to any fish, let me explain why. The source of the blood worms is usually unknown, and blood worms (aka mosquito larvae) can carry disease that can affect fish. Where the blood worms come from, how they were collected, and how they are treated before packaging all play a major role in how healthy of a food source this is for the fish. Some people are under the impression that freeze dried blood worms are safer because the freeze drying process eliminates the chances of disease getting through to the fish... this is not true. Some people are under the impression that frozen blood worms are safer because they are flash frozen... again, not true. Neither of these processes eliminates disease that the worms themselves can carry. This is a food I always warn to feed sparingly as a "treat" food for most fish. There are too many other safer, healthier options than blood worms for any species of fish. I have noticed that there has been a large increase in the use of blood worms as part of the staple diet in many species of fish and this can be a contributing factor in the wide spread of some diseases that are getting to be more commonly found in freshwater aquarium fish.

I will check in as often as I can to help track the progress. Please post if you have any further questions or problems.

As a last quick note... be sure to keep carbon in the filters while feeding the medicated food I suggested. This will help prevent any issues due to water chemistry and eliminate any problems other fish could have if the medication is in the water column. Not all species of fish can tolerate metronidazole treatment in the water, and I still don't know what other fish are all in with the sick cory.

Olympia

-sorry double post-

Olympia

The blood worms are only fed about twice a month, they get catfish wafers daily. Bloodworms aren't mosquito larvae are they? I feed mosquito larvae and they look extremely different.
My tank is 15 gallons. There is 5 gallons split off with a male betta. Then the 10 gallons has another male betta and the 6 cories. There is also a rabbit snail- big concern if he will be safe with medicine.
I have some carbon lying around that came with the filter so I can use that.
If he were to be cured of this thing, do you think be would catch up in size with the others? I know we don't know too much about what's going on here but I feel like he's permanently stunted.
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