Sick cory

[aaronburro]

Welp, one of my albino cory's is showing some odd characteristics.

I first noticed a few days ago that he had some little bubble sacks near his top fin, and that he seemed a little fatter than usual. I figured it was just some gas bubbles and would go away w/ time.

Well, today I noticed that his eyes are bulging more than normal for a cory, and he is quite fat.

I first thought dropsy, just simply because of the eyes and the swelling (no pine cone, though), but the bubbles by the fins make me think it is something else...

any suggestions on treatment?

I'm about to go get some water numbers for ya.

Ammo: 0
pH: 7
Ates: 35-50ppm
Ites: 0

 

[BOWDY]

SCOOP - DROP IN BARRA TANK - NO MORE PROBLEM

 

[aaronburro]

ooook. whatever that means

 

[Lotus]

It sounds like some kind of infection. It could be dropsy, cories don't have scales, so there would be nothing to stick out. Your tank is pretty overstocked. Some test results might help us figure out if the water is causing problems.

 

[aaronburro]

water numbers are up above in the first post. Today is water change day, so I expect high ates.

 

[Lotus]

I would say your nitrates are running pretty high, even for before a water change. Maybe you need to either move some fish out of there, or do water changes more frequently. High nitrates are bad for the overall health of the fish.

 

[aaronburro]

yeah, i was a bad boy last week and didn't do a water change. I was a bit sick, so my fish suffered Is it safe to assume dropsy at this point? The lil guy doesn't seem to be affected by it in his temperment, cause he is still active and frolicing w/ the other corys, so hopefully its early enough. he is now in his own lil tank so I can watch him better and treat him.

So, anything that can be done for early dropsy?