Mitch_ScruffyCityAquatics Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) She is never very cooperative with photos. My lone Sterba Corydora (I know, she needs friends. We’ve had her for a few years when we were told she would be fine with our Paleatus. I want more, but not until I beat these issues... and can find some). Yesterday I noticed she has a white patch on her back near her dorsal. I was close to treating my main tank with Maracyn due to several Mollies having swim bladder issues lately, but I held off due to everyone I hadn’t moved being fine the past few days (I have the four with issues in QT). I’m thinking I might treat the main tank with the med trio... but I wanted to check with the group to see if it might be something that requires a stronger med. Sigh. Tank Parameters temp: 74.4 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: between 20 and 50. Kind of reddish, but still orange (API). A little light for ACCO strips 50. Ph: 8 GH: 300 KH: 120 Edited March 26, 2021 by Mitch Norton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 What are your water parameters and temp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 @Colu 8 minutes ago, Mitch Norton said: Tank Parameters temp: 74.4 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: between 20 and 50. Kind of reddish, but still orange (API). A little light for ACCO strips 50. Ph: 8 GH: 300 KH: 120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Must be going blind @JamesB 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Your water parameters are fine it looks like the start of a bacterial infection I would treat with maracyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch_ScruffyCityAquatics Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Colu said: Must be going blind @JamesB Nah, they weren’t there originally. 😅 I realized I didn’t post them and edited. Probably after you saw it. Edited March 26, 2021 by Mitch Norton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch_ScruffyCityAquatics Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Colu said: Your water parameters are fine it looks like the start of a bacterial infection I would treat with maracyn Due to the swim bladder issues and now this I was considering treating the trio. You think I should treat Maracyn instead? Full five day treatment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Mitch Norton said: Due to the swim bladder issues and now this I was considering treating the trio. You think I should treat Maracyn instead? Full five day treatment? Yes I would do course of maracyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch_ScruffyCityAquatics Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Thanks @Colu I’ve been thinking recently, and I may start doing a 50% weekly water change for a while to try to straighten things out. I’m tired of these sick fish. I’ll most likely do a 50% today and then run the Maracyn. I know it’s like a 25% water change after that. So I’ll put off the larger water change for a while, but it might help with the bba too.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch_ScruffyCityAquatics Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 I was watching everyone eat while on break, and noticed this bump on the fins of this older Molly. Any thoughts on what it could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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