Hello everyone,
Recently I have been noticing one of my cory catfish exhibiting strange symptoms. The area around his right eye has turned pale and decayed as you can see in the photo below, and I have seen him swimming slowly around the mid to top area of the tank several times. Although he is acting oddly, he doesn't seem to be too far gone - I'm still seeing normal behaviors such as digging around in the gravel, although he is moving slower than usual.
The tank is 37 gallons and is not even close to being fully stocked - the current occupants are 5 cories (I also have a pearl gourami who is temporarily in a quarantine tank recovering from a separate illness). I have done some chemical testing and the water conditions looked fine: ammonia and nitrites are both at 0 ppm and nitrates are not a problem either. As quarantining is not an option, I have been giving the tank a half dose of ParaGuard and a full dose of EasyLife Voogle daily, as the other cories are not showing any signs of stress.
Do I need to be doing anything different to help this catfish? Thank you!
Recently I have been noticing one of my cory catfish exhibiting strange symptoms. The area around his right eye has turned pale and decayed as you can see in the photo below, and I have seen him swimming slowly around the mid to top area of the tank several times. Although he is acting oddly, he doesn't seem to be too far gone - I'm still seeing normal behaviors such as digging around in the gravel, although he is moving slower than usual.
The tank is 37 gallons and is not even close to being fully stocked - the current occupants are 5 cories (I also have a pearl gourami who is temporarily in a quarantine tank recovering from a separate illness). I have done some chemical testing and the water conditions looked fine: ammonia and nitrites are both at 0 ppm and nitrates are not a problem either. As quarantining is not an option, I have been giving the tank a half dose of ParaGuard and a full dose of EasyLife Voogle daily, as the other cories are not showing any signs of stress.
Do I need to be doing anything different to help this catfish? Thank you!
