Albino Cory dying???

[Angibug]

One of my albino's is acting strange this morning. All it's been doing is swimming slowly around the tank. When it gets close to the sides it darts away sometimes going to the top for air. It's as if it is floating around in a daze. Doesn't look hurt or injured. I have one other albino, one bronze cory, and 3 julii cories and they are all acting fine and normal. What is going on with this one? Any advise I'd surely appreciate!

(29 gal, 4 fruit tetras, 2 red serpae tetras, 6 zebra danios, 2 male guppies, 3 julii, 1 bronze cory, 2 albino cories. I do a water change once a week and everything tests normal. Only problem I've been having is major brown algae. Can't seem to get rid of it! Water temp is 76-78 degrees)

 

[420Loach]

hmmm...ive experienced this type of thing once with my albinos, three of the four i had were fine, but one seemed to swim slowly through the water and then dart to the surface. he also had red spots appearing on his body. when i moved him to the QT tank he slowly passed on

i have no idea what was wrong, the rest of the fish in the tank were fine and showed no sign of sickness. i hope you arent dealing with the same problem, just watch it closely for a while and see if he snaps out of it. good luck

EDIT: i forgot to mentioned that my cory died about 15 minutes after i noticed it swimming funny, and all four were swimming fine that morning.

 

[Lotus]

Supposedly, you can use antibiotics for gram-negative bacteria for dropsy. Tetracyclene and Maracyn Two are the two I have seen recommended the most. It may not work, but I guess it's worth a try. You should quarantine the fish, if possible.

 

[Angibug]

My cory died this afternoon. I just wish I knew what caused his death. He ended up having red spots on him also.

 

[420Loach]

Its the same thing that happend to mine, by the time i noticed he was acting strange it was too late. my condolences did it look like he was swollen around the head and stomach?

id like to get to the bottom of this as well, time to research.

anybody else have any idea what disease this is?

 

[MrMup04]

Angibug im sorry for your lost of your perfect albino cory, just let life go on

 

[FroggyFox]

Loach did you hear from Clothahump on this one yet?

 

[420Loach]

no, i didnt even pm him yet... doing it as we speak

 

[clothahump]

Sounds like the familiar problem of internal bacteria, they are prone to these problems because of their constant foraging in the substrate.
Give the substrate a thorough clean and treat the whole tank for internal bacteria, if you can get some medicated food use as the staple diet for a week.
Good Luck.
If you are unable to get the food let me know and I will get some to you.

 

[clothahump]

Forgot to say you can also use Garlic granules as a gram negative anti-biotic, strength for strength it is stronger than Penicillin.
I use garlic in all my tanks once a week, just a pinch is usually enough.

 

[420Loach]

thanks for the info clothahump*thumbsups its been about a month since my cory died, and no other deaths have occured, but i have seen that medicated food, and will probably get some later this week. ill look for the garlic granules as well, thanks again for the help

 

[clothahump]

I buy Garlic granules for horses, 100% organic.
We also use them in our own food, if it's good enough for horses it's good enough for me.