BigBen's Operation Corydoras

[Gingerlove05]

Sorry for your loss Ben

[plankton]

That's sad Ben.
Maybe there's some other young hiding.......

[BigBen]

That's sad Ben.
Maybe there's some other young hiding.......

Potentially, would be nice. There is literally just Cory's in here at the moment, so it doesn't have much of a predatory presence. My only surprise is that they missed an egg to eat....

[BigBen]

Finally no more buckets! Need to clear out some of the Java ferns in the Cory/epiphyte bomb tank. It's really nice to sit and watch the tank refill as the Cory's are excitable (still don't see much of them, they're always at the back)

[BigBen]

I was even treated to a fair sighting of the orange lasers

[BigBen]

Any ideas on this as a disease, lost another Weitzmani today. They seem incredibly weak to me, I have 6 of them still but 4 of the original 6 have died with random diseases.

[Stephen]

Sorry to hear of your losses Ben

[BigBen]

Being a bit of an insomniac, I did some reading in the middle of the night but largely draw a blank. O can only guess that I have a bacterial issue with my Weitzmani. I was reading about an infection that effects Salmanoids mostly called Furunculosis which largely covers all of the symptoms I've lost fish too. Impossible to identify by myself as a particular bacteria but it does demonstrate a likelihood of a bacteria present. Symptoms I have seen are as follows, only effecting the Weitzmani:

• Skin blisters (I initially determined this as a high protein cause)
  Fungus on fins
  Barbel errosion
  Popeye

I've regularly been testing the water and increased water changes, but haven't identified any ammonia/nitrite at all. I'll pop to the shop and get an anti-bacterial treatment a little bit later.

[plankton]

Sounds and looks bacterial to me as well Ben.
Interpet Anti bacterial seems to do quite well for them.
(I'd still be using Melafix to reduce any stress )

[BigBen]

Picked some interpet stuff up whilst I was out. There must be something underlying with the Weitzmani though as they're the only affected fish. Half of my issue with buying wild caught fish. O don't know why I didn't ask on the day I bought them.