Corydoras boyancy/barbell problem?

[augustburnsred52]

Hello everyone. I just joined this forum as I recently noticed an issue with one of my corys and have no idea what is going on. I have a 40 breeder with sand substrate and live plants. The tank consists of a group of 5 corys, 12 white clouds, 2 german rams and some amino shrimp.

To the weird part... I noticed a day ago that one of the corys seemed to have its barbells kind of "tilted" constantly as if not being able to shift them and "feel" with them. Today, they still look "stuck" in the same position. The cory also appears to have a slight boyancy issue. The school will all settle and rest at the bottom while the one appears to have a slight struggle to stay on the sand.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance!

Mike

 

[Ronniethewitch]

DoubleDutch and Corydora are really good with Cory advice. Hopefully they will see this when they are next on-site.

 

[DoubleDutch]

DoubleDutch and Corydora are really good with Cory advice. Hopefully they will see this when they are next on-site.

Got a pic Mike ? What do you feed them?

 

[augustburnsred52]

I'll see if I can't get some pics(stuck at work for over nighters atm til sun morn). As for foods. Blood worms, hikarI vibra bites and Sera O nip tablets.

 

[augustburnsred52]

Sorry about the pic quality. These are the best I was able to get. Hope this helps. Btw, he appears to be eating alright.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Looks like a good looking chubby C.eques.

But can't see its barbells very good.

 

[augustburnsred52]

So, I got home to check out the corys. It appears that the barbells are now only about half the length they should be. Unfortunately, I can't get my camera to pick up any good pics.