Corydoras with fungus

[Karen B.]

One of my corydoras got stuck and while I did free him, he was injusred on the top of his head and one of his fins.

Sadly fungus has appeared so I moved him in my quarantine tank and I am treating him with Maracyn and Ich-X but the injury do not seem to improve.

Day 2 of treatment 

 

Day 4

The injury on his head seems to be healing but the fungus on his find doesn’t seem to improve at all.

He swims around, looks for food but is a bit shy because he is alone.

There is one more day left of the treatment and then I am kinda at loss at what to do? I know Cory said salt is a good solution vs fongus but I seem to recall corydoras being sensitive to salt?

[Colu]

I would do Daily water changes and keep adding ick x for a couple more days you could also add a small amount of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 5 gallons that shouldn't harm your plants or Cory' at that level just remember to only put back in the amount of salt you take out if you do 5 gallon water change put 1 table spoon back in

Edited January 8, 2022 by Colu

[Levi_Aquatics]

I agree with @Colu  a bit of salt would probably be beneficial and the couple extra days of ich-x would help make sure he is good to go before adding him back to the main/display aquarium. 

[Karen B.]

On 1/8/2022 at 1:40 PM, Colu said:

I would do Daily water changes and keep adding ick x for a couple more days you could also add a small amount of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 5 gallons that shouldn't harm your plants or Cory' at that level just remember to only put back in the amount of salt you take out if you do 5 gallon water change put 1 table spoon back in

I have an empty 5 gallons. Obviously it’s not cycled but if I do daily WC, only have this 1 fish, don’t feed too much and I use Prime, do you think I could put him in there?

[Colu]

You could  if you have some seeded filter material you could add to the 5 gallons that would help 

[Karen B.]

On 1/8/2022 at 3:23 PM, Colu said:

You could  if you have some seeded filter material you could add to the 5 gallons that would help 

The fongus fell off I think! I continued Ich-X as you suggested. Here is yesterday and today : 

He swims, looks around for food and hates me. His gills area is still a bit red/raw. I will treat again tonight with Ich-X

Tomorrow I am getting 12 Chili Rasboras that have to go in that tank (it’s my quarantine tank). I will do a large WC but I was wondering:

1 - Move the Cory back in the main tank even if he is not 100% healed.

2 - Leave him in the tank with the Chili, so he will get one round of trio med for one more week. My fear is that if his immune system is weak and my Chili are sick, they could contaminate him.

3 - Move him alone in my empty 5 gallons, add salt and Ick-X for few more days.

which option would be the best you think? My 5 gallons is not cycled but I could take the sponge filter of the quarantine tank (it has a sponge filter and a HOB filter) and put it in the 5 gallons to seed it and place a new sponge filter in the 10 gallons. The HOB has been running a long time so I am sure it can handle the Chili.

Edited January 10, 2022 by Karen B.

[Colu]

I would put him in the 5 gallon with the seeded sponge filter from your Qarantine for a couple of days as he still has red gills and monitor him just incase you need to treat again

[CalmedByFish]

I got cories for the first time about a week ago. I'm trying to make sure I understand: Are the red gills visible in those last 2 photos?

[Karen B.]

On 1/11/2022 at 1:55 AM, CalmedByFish said:

I got cories for the first time about a week ago. I'm trying to make sure I understand: Are the red gills visible in those last 2 photos?

No, you can’t see them in these pictures.