polojoanne

We have a problem with our smallest panda cory he is not happy at all he is hiding 80%of the time and not really eating or being his usual busy self, so scared as this is how it started with our schwartz corys.

Could it be the stress of the molly incident or the introduction of our new arrivals ? advise please

Nutter

My bet would be on the tank not being finished cycling yet. Corys can be pretty sensitive to water quality & especially don't deal with ammonia in the water. If the tank has cycled fully then it is possible the cory just needs time to settle in. Are there more Pandas in the tank to make it feel comfortable? My money is on not cycled properly though. Do you have ammonia, nitrite & nitrate test kits? If you do, what are the test results. If you don't, I strongly urge you to get an API master test kit. If you buy tests other than the API ones, make sure they are liquid tests as the paper strip type tests are usually quite inaccurate.

polojoanne

yes we have 0 ammonia 0nitrites and 5 nitrates been cycled since last week, we bought 4 pandas alltogether the other 3 are absolutely fine .

Nutter

If it's just the one then I wouldn't start to panic just yet. Some take longer than others to settle in & your test results are all ok. Have you checked your pH? I otice that you have a PH chemical listed in your aquarium info. These chemicals can often cause PH crashes & the smallest/weakest fish will be the first effected. Sometimes there is a smaller weaker fish in a group as well that just isn't as tough as the others & there's nothing you can do about it.
I would give it a chance to settle right in & see if it improves. Try offering frozen food to try to get it to eat. Keep a good eye on it is about all I can offer you at this stage. Hopefully some of the other members can offer some better advice for you. You have my sympathy. It's horrible when you have a sick fish & don't know how to help it.

polojoanne

we only used ph treatment once stupidly as we didnt realise weve not used it since christmas day, and dont intend using it again,we tried bloodworm, shrimp brine he ate quite a bit on friday but not much at all since.he is tiny compared to the other 3

Nutter

I would just keep a close eye on it. Make sure you keep up with your water changes & that it gets the opportunity to eat even if it doesn't actually consume anything.

polojoanne

ok thank you

polojoanne

ran out of stress coat until shop open tomorrow is there any other way of removing chlorine from the new water, we have stress zyme,safe water and thats all and do not think any of these remove chlorine ?

We did a 30 percemt change yesterday and used stress zyme instead of stress coat now absolutely panicking about chlorine in the tank !!!!!!!!!!!

Nutter

Get as much surface disturbance going as you possibly can. Chlorine will dissipate into the atmosphere over a 24hr period & even faster with surface disturbance from a filter outlet or airstone. Point your filter outlet so that the out flow is breaking the surface if that is possible & turn any air driven devices on full. Add an extra air stone if you can do it immediately.

I don't know if either of the products you have remove chlorine as I have never used them.

polojoanne

done all that thank you i will buy some stress coat in the morning

polojoanne

Well update on our panda cory, he has been swimming round with his mates all afternoon and back to his self, he has even had a little bit to eat so hoping he is on the mend.

Maybe it was just stress from new additions that made him hide !