Bronze Cory with Injury?

[Dwayne Brown]

Hi all,

I am posting this for one of my family member's.

They have a 5 gallon (which is pretty overstocked) I was not able to get any of the water tested but most of the fish and the other bronze cory's appeared healthy and active.

This one is not moving to much and according to them stops moving at times. I think it might be a wound from a growth but am not sure. Im not sure how to best advise them as to care for this beyond the normal aquarium  salt, antibacterial and antifungal dosing.

Here are some photos I took at the time.

Any help appreciated. 

 

Water Quality Update 

 

So I tested the water this morning for them and here the results. 

Gh 180 ppm

 

Kh 0 ppm

 

Ph 6.5

 

Nitrite 0

 

Nitrate 80 ppm

 

Edited March 24, 2022 by Dwayne Brown

[Colu]

Without noing your water parameters it difficult to no the cause a 5 gallon on the small side for bronze Cory's it's more than likely a bacterial infections caused by poor water quality or stress due to the overstocking I would treat with kanaplex in food feed a small amount twice a day for 7 days  if you can test your water just in case something off such as high levels of ammonia or nitrites  and post the water parameters that would be helpful 

Edited March 24, 2022 by Colu

[Dwayne Brown]

@ColuThanks so much I will order some kanaplex for them. I'll also try to get a test kit and post the results.

[Dwayne Brown]

Hi @Colu I tested the water and here are the results 

Gh 180 ppm

 

Kh 0 ppm

 

Ph 6.5

 

Nitrite 0

 

Nitrate 80 ppm

I unfortunately have no ammonia test so there is no way to have that number, the infection sight has gotten a little larger and more red since yesterday. They ordered the Kanaplex and said it would be at their house in 2 days. 

[Colu]

The  high levels of nitrates you have can effect a fish immune system I would do a 50 water change to get them below 40 

Edited March 24, 2022 by Colu

[Dwayne Brown]

On 3/24/2022 at 10:28 AM, Colu said:

The  high levels of nitrates you have can effect a fish immune system I would do a 50 water change to get them below 40 

Alright I'll get a water change done, it is incredibly overstocked. They have 1 Siamese algae eater, 1 teacup platy, 3 albino bronze cory's, 6 neon tetras, and 6 white cloud mountain minnows all in a 5 gallon vertical rectangular tank. Any ideas for how to tell them that they need to destock their tank? 

[Colu]

Maybe you could sit down with them and explain the amount of fish in the tank is causing the illness in the Cory's and causing water quality issue and recommend that they get a bigger tank or re-home some of the fish

[lefty o]

On 3/24/2022 at 12:44 PM, Colu said:

Maybe you could sit down with them and explain the amount of fish in the tank is causing the illness in the Cory's and causing water quality issue and recommend that they get a bigger tank or re-home some of the fish

agree, they could probably use some educating, to help make sure this isnt a never ending thing.

[quikv6]

0 KH is always a concern, as it could be resulting in a PH crash. For example, you measured it PH at 6.5. I am curious what the PH is out of the tap. It could be significantly higher, but can plummet and fluctuate due to 0 KH. That can certainly stress fish out and cause issues.

If KH is 0 out of the tap, I recommend crushed coral as a start towards stability.

[Dwayne Brown]

On 3/24/2022 at 4:10 PM, quikv6 said:

0 KH is always a concern, as it could be resulting in a PH crash. For example, you measured it PH at 6.5. I am curious what the PH is out of the tap. It could be significantly higher, but can plummet and fluctuate due to 0 KH. That can certainly stress fish out and cause issues.

 

my areas water has  no kh out of the tap. I'll definitely get them some crushed coral and let them know the benefits. The ph is 6.5 and the gh is 0 which is weird because after retesting it shows their aquarium as having 180. 

Edited March 25, 2022 by Dwayne Brown

[Dwayne Brown]

Update:

My family member informed me that the bronze cory unfortunately did not make it 😞 However they have made plans to get a larger tank and rehome some of the fish. I just wanted to thank all of you who helped.