StephenP2003 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 What's up with this guy? See video below. I've had the corys for 6 months. This is my daughter's tank, so admittedly I don't pay as much attention to these fish, but I noticed one of them spinning yesterday, but I watched only briefly and thought it was just excited. Today, the swimming pattern is a lot crazier and obviously something is wrong. PH 8 Nitrates 20 Hardness 6 dGH Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 KH 7 dKH Temperature 75F Tank is over a year old, no other fish showing symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) It could be swim bladder infection but the spinning could be a parasitic infection treat with aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 3 gallons and API general cure to cover all bases Edited January 6, 2021 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Colu, which species have you treated during your time as a fish keeper? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) Goldfish tetras and bristlesnose Edited June 8, 2021 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Manifesto Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Definitely seems like a swim bladder issue, I had a Cory that had this issue. I put him into a quarantine tank, and medicated it just to be safe. I treated for internal parasites and just a general bacteria infection (2 of the 3 med trio). My fish seemed to have an actual injury or maybe it just took a while to come back. He swam like that for almost 2 months and eventually got better. I kept him in a small 10g tank with nothing in it except the sponge filter. After medicating once I just kept the water clean, and eventually re-medicated a few weeks later just to be sure. When they swim like that it's hard for them to get food, and also easy for them to injury themselves further. So a bare bottom tank allowed the fish to struggle in food. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishRfriends Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Hi everyone, does anyone have any insight on this? I have a panda cory going through the same thing - has random bouts of spinning like a torpedo - they acts normally... OP, how did yours turn out? Any thoughts on mixing the general cure and salt at the same time? Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenP2003 Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 Yeah, wish I had a better idea of what was going on with mine, but ultimately he stopped doing that and is still alive and seemingly fine to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 1/5/2021 at 6:42 PM, StephenP2003 said: What's up with this guy? See video below. I've had the corys for 6 months. This is my daughter's tank, so admittedly I don't pay as much attention to these fish, but I noticed one of them spinning yesterday, but I watched only briefly and thought it was just excited. Today, the swimming pattern is a lot crazier and obviously something is wrong. PH 8 Nitrates 20 Hardness 6 dGH Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 KH 7 dKH Temperature 75F Tank is over a year old, no other fish showing symptoms. I have the same issue with pygmy cories(the only kind I have kept) sometimes it goes away sometime the fish dies 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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