Lennie Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Hey guys, hope you are doing well. Today, when I was watching my tank, I’ve noticed something like a red dot on my pygmy cory’s body. I once saw something similar on the tail on my honey gourami months ago, but it disappeared in a couple days. I have never lost a fish in this tank in a year since it has been set up, no new fish addition recently whatsoever, and currently running two established filters in the tank, one HOB and one sponge. I tested and everything seems good, just like I always have my tank being kept. It was also good back then when my honey gourami had this on its tail. Even nitrates seem to be between 10-20 and tomorrow is the weekly water change day. Even it is a bit on the overstocked side, it is also well seasoned and planted. here are the picture of my lil cory: It seemed to me more like a scratch maybe? All i think of is maybe driftwood branches as they love being active around anything. Just to make sure it is not a disease or whatsoever, I wanted to post it here. thanks for the help in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Looks like a sore to me…aquarium salt?? @Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Looks like an injury you could add some aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 5 gallons and monitor it should get better on its own with good water parameters low stress environment @Lennie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 Thanks for the help guys! @TheSwissAquarist @Colu I thought the same. I've dosed some seachem stressguard to the tank. Assuming it will help if it is just a wound. If I see no progress I will consider salt bath. But last time, it took around 2 days to recover for my honey gourami. I will dose stressguard once again tomorrow. I wonder how they can be this clumsy. I intentionally avoid any sharp stuff in the tank. Smh :') I can't dose salt to the tank as I keep rabbit snails and nerites, including shrimp in that tank. So salt bath seems to be the only option but I would not like to stress him further for now. Hope he gets well soon. Thanks again, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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