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I have a panda cory that is distressed... sometimes it behaves normally and sometimes I see it listless, kind of tipping over on its side however it drifted to settle. Physically he looks fine... I see no redness, white spots, patches, tattered fins, etc. I immediately did a panic water change upon noticing this behavior. While doing that I noticed my usually very active nerite wasn't cruising around. Then after investigating further, determined he was likely dead and removed from tank. So I assume I had an ammonia spike but I didn't think to check water parameters before the water change to have verification of that. If it was ammonia issue, not sure if ammonia or dead nerite came first... I guess the nerite could have died of old age and caused ammonia? He was over 2 years old. Not sure how long they usually live.
I assumed the cory would pass soon but it's been 2 days and he is unchanged. Sometimes fine, sometimes tipped over. Is there anything else I can do for him? Could there be something else going on with a different illness? Everyone else in the tank seems fine. This tank has been up for years and all the occupants are years old too. They are all from summer 2021.I had one glow fish tetra die a few months ago but chalked that up to old age. Very stable and non-dramatic tank usually so I am a little caught off guard. Maybe everyone's just getting old?
I assumed the cory would pass soon but it's been 2 days and he is unchanged. Sometimes fine, sometimes tipped over. Is there anything else I can do for him? Could there be something else going on with a different illness? Everyone else in the tank seems fine. This tank has been up for years and all the occupants are years old too. They are all from summer 2021.I had one glow fish tetra die a few months ago but chalked that up to old age. Very stable and non-dramatic tank usually so I am a little caught off guard. Maybe everyone's just getting old?
