BayFish28

OK will do thanks Colu!

Hi All, So I have a sick Bronze Cory (fungal? see pic) in a quarantine tank (5 Gallon bare bottom with sponge filter) that I use for new fish purchases. There are 4 Amano shrimp in there with another Bronze Cory in good health and a couple Assassin snails and a bunch of pest bladder snails. All water parameters are good as this tank has been set up for 8 months now. Question I have is, what medicine is best to treat and if I do treat what do I do with the shrimp and assassin snails as I don't want to kill them. I don't care to much for the bladder snails as they were a pest hitchhiker from some plants I bought. I have Paraguard, Kanaplex, and Fritz Maracyn Oxy on hand as far as medicine go so wondering what the best route is. Thank you

Oh wow I wasn’t aware of that.

I don't think it was older than 3-4 months since I got him when he was the size of a dime and grew to quarter size in about 2 months.

Yeah based off another forum, another person told me to take him out and float him in a container in the tank in case he does die and doesn't ammonia spike the tank. He seems to smell worse now 🙁so maybe it's getting to that time unfortunately ☠️. Thanks for everyones input in the matter

I have to get real close to smell him but he stinks a bit more than pond water and barely responds. I was thinking about putting him in my quarantine tank that I'm cycling but nitrites are 0.25ppm so not sure if I should or not but I hear a dead or dying snail can wreak havok with ammonia spikes

So i took him out to check and he does smell a bit, stinky. I hear that is a sign of death or near death?😟

I actually use less then the recommended dose, maybe once every 1.5-2 weeks? I feed a mixture of dry flakes, repashy, frozen foods (daphnia, brine, blood worms) so hopefully those don't have any excess copper that I'm unaware of. Yeah, odd to see my best forager and eater act like this while everyone else in the tank is fine.

I got him as an adolescent a couple months back and he's grown to twice his original size so he's not very old. My water parameters are good and the only chemical I use in the tank is Easy Green. There is both green and brown algae in the tank but I don't think that would hurt him right?

Actually I saw some discharge like a white cottony thing and I removed it. It's almost looked as if something was eating it but I've never seen my pygmy or ember tetras messing with him. Would the cotton like discharge mean close to death? 😕

I was wondering if my mystery snail is dying. I've only had him a few months and got him when he was only half this size. He was active( actually one of the most active inhabitant always hunting for food) as normal a few days ago but the last 2 days he's been sitting like this. Water parameters are fine pH 7.0 Ammonia and Nitrites 0 Nitrates 10ppm. All other fish (pygmy cory and ember tetras) are fine. I took him out and he doesn't stink yet but when I gently touch him he doesn't really go back into his shell, there is small movement but nothing much. Also, it's hard to tell in the pic, but his foot is sort of shriveled up and wrinkly. This is my first snail BTW.

So my experience was first few days they weren't foraging at all just cuddled up under a cave I made and just stayed there probably due to new surroundings and water parameters. My tank is somewhat heavily planted so that might have aided them in feeling more comfortable. I have java moss, java fern, dwarf hairgrass, subwassertang, pogostemon octopus, some small crypts, bacopa, anubias petite so maybe all that helped. Currently I've been feeding all inhabitant of the tank a variety of flake, frozen blood worms, brine shrimp, daphnia, repashy soilent green, north fin fry starter. I think they like the frozen stuff the best so far. BTW water temp is about 75 deg F, zero ammonia and nitrites, 10ppm nitrates.

Unfortunately he didn't make it. Made the mistake of not letting quarantine tank cycle. I only put some old water from the main tank and let the new sponge filter run. After checking water parameters the Nitrites were about 0.25ppm so that didn't help. Lesson learned, going to nuke the sponge filter and clean everything out, let it all dry and then will start from scratch and wait for the QT to fully cycle before I try to put any fish in the main tank.

Ok thanks for the advice I’ll probably go that route since it’s safer

So if I had a quarantine tank better to use the ich x vs salt correct?

OK I'll get some of the ICH X but I've also heard people treating fish with salt which is something that seems more natural maybe?

So I recently purchased a couple Oto's and got them from a reputable shop that quarantined them prior to putting them up for sale. Today, I noticed one of them has some cotton growth on it's tail and I assume it's fungus. I know these guys get stressed out big time when they get harvested from the wild and feel bad for them , was even second guessing buying them in the first place. What's the best way to go about treating it? I don't have a quarantine tank unfortunately, the other fish in the tank are fine including the other Oto. Have pygmy cory's, ember tetras, amano shrimp, and a mystery snail in a 10 gallon. What's the best way to go about treating the tank? I've heard ICH-X and Maracyn combo but have also heard the stuff has killed fish. Please advise, thanks! I tried taking a current pic but he's hiding in a corner so this is the best pic I have. pH 7.0 Nitrates 10ppm Hardness 5dgh Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 KH/Buffer 6dkh Water Temperature 76 deg F

I'll have to look into daphnia thanks!

Oh my cory's are adults as I don't breed them but I have a small tank so blending may be a bit too much but thanks for the advice! Maybe when I get a larger tank I'll definitely take this into account Actually that's an interesting idea. Maybe get like a small, fine grater. Thanks!

OK I'll have to pay more attention next time I'm out at the store. THanks!

Oh I didn't know they sold frozen baby brine, I'll have to give that a shot and maybe I'll try to chop up the frozen worms and brine if I can. Thanks!

Does anyone have a recommendation of frozen food for smaller fish with small mouths? I've been using frozen brine and blood worms but find some of my fish (pygmy cory) have to work somewhat hard to eat some of the food since it's large compared to their tiny mouths. Thanks!!

I just tested my KH and it was 4dkh and my GH was 5dGH so this is with the crushed coral removed yesterday. Perhaps at these ranges I could probably leave the coral in and monitor. I actually used aqadvisors stocking calculator and it said with an added 3 oto and 6 endler it would be still ok and that's not taking into account the plants. I'll be diligent on doing the weekly water changes as well as the constant water testing. Yeah, the mystery snail is crazy active and every time I drop any food in the tank he immediately starts to hunt it down. I've seen him sleeping in a corner somewhere and and soon as the food hits the water he wakes within seconds and goes to forage!

Yeah I was going to ask if the crushed coral was related to the diatom growth. So with my current tank inhabitants of 2 small Amano, 4 Pygmy Cory, 1 mystery snail do you think I could add 2-3 more Oto's and 6 endlers? I figure since Oto's like to be in groups I'd get at least 3 but do you think it's too much with the endlers I plan on getting? I wanted more colorful mid schooling fish because as of now the pygmy aren't very colorful and I hardly see the shrimp. My mystery snail is actually my centerpiece fish LOL.

Just pygmy cory and shrimp for now, the pH has been maintaining at 7.0 with the coral (small bag of it in the HOB). I'll take it out and monitor pH as the days pass and see if it drifts.