Bacterial Infection?

ravekiss · 07-21-2005, 07:29 AM

I've been noticing some wierd behavior from my Schwartz cory recently and upon taking a closer look I think he may have a bacterial infection around his barbel/ mouth area. Firstly I thought it maybe because I have gravel but he's been in the tank for about 2 weeks and this only now happens, all the other corys are fine. Could it be the gravel? Another thing is, he's always swimming mid level and only goes down for little periods and at feeding time. While he's at mid level he's mostly in one spot and doesnt really move around. I'm on my 2nd dose of Jungle Fungas Clear right now because my black mollies had a kind of white fungas. It disappeared after the first treatment but when I noticed this cory I decided to do one more treatment after changing 25% of the water. According to the fungas clear, it treats and prevents bacterial infections. On the last picture is one of my albino corys. If you look closely at his tail fin, it looks as if someone took a bite of the bottom. Its definitely not fin rot. I cant remember if it was there when I bought him last weekend or it happened within the last few days. I doubt it was there when I bought him though because I would have noticed it. What do you guys think happened there? Sorry for the long post but I wanted to explain in details. Help me figure out what happened with these 2 corys. Will the fungas clear help them both? (it says for fin rot too, just incase the albino does have fin rot).

Schwartz Cory Pics

Albino

fishfreaks · 07-21-2005, 10:42 AM

im not familiar with jungle fungas clear, but i am with melafix and it works wonders. i would continue treating, following the directions on the bottle os meds you have. and be sure there is no carbon in the filter, otherwise it will remove the meds. its hard for me to see your albino corys tail. maybe one of the other fish took a bite out of him/her?

euRasian32 · 07-21-2005, 01:38 PM

It's either bacterial or fungal. fishfreaks mentioned the removal of the carbon in your filter, if you don't the treatments are moot.

**Baby_Baby** · 07-21-2005, 01:51 PM

It could be the gravel, but i think your best bet would be fungus.

ravekiss · 07-21-2005, 02:43 PM

I made sure to remove the carbon...I only started the 2nd treatment yesterday, so lets see what happens.

07-21-2005, 07:29 AM	#1
ravekiss Crazy for Corys! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Queens, NY Age: 28 Posts: 181	Bacterial Infection? I've been noticing some wierd behavior from my Schwartz cory recently and upon taking a closer look I think he may have a bacterial infection around his barbel/ mouth area. Firstly I thought it maybe because I have gravel but he's been in the tank for about 2 weeks and this only now happens, all the other corys are fine. Could it be the gravel? Another thing is, he's always swimming mid level and only goes down for little periods and at feeding time. While he's at mid level he's mostly in one spot and doesnt really move around. I'm on my 2nd dose of Jungle Fungas Clear right now because my black mollies had a kind of white fungas. It disappeared after the first treatment but when I noticed this cory I decided to do one more treatment after changing 25% of the water. According to the fungas clear, it treats and prevents bacterial infections. On the last picture is one of my albino corys. If you look closely at his tail fin, it looks as if someone took a bite of the bottom. Its definitely not fin rot. I cant remember if it was there when I bought him last weekend or it happened within the last few days. I doubt it was there when I bought him though because I would have noticed it. What do you guys think happened there? Sorry for the long post but I wanted to explain in details. Help me figure out what happened with these 2 corys. Will the fungas clear help them both? (it says for fin rot too, just incase the albino does have fin rot). Schwartz Cory Pics Albino

07-21-2005, 10:42 AM	#2
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,303	im not familiar with jungle fungas clear, but i am with melafix and it works wonders. i would continue treating, following the directions on the bottle os meds you have. and be sure there is no carbon in the filter, otherwise it will remove the meds. its hard for me to see your albino corys tail. maybe one of the other fish took a bite out of him/her? __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

07-21-2005, 01:38 PM	#3
euRasian32 Why So Serious? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Virginia Age: 33 Posts: 771	It's either bacterial or fungal. fishfreaks mentioned the removal of the carbon in your filter, if you don't the treatments are moot. __________________ “Corporations pay people just enough money so they won’t quit. People work just enough so they don’t get fired. What's that about?” – Christopher Walken, Pool Hall Junkies

07-21-2005, 01:51 PM	#4
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,681	It could be the gravel, but i think your best bet would be fungus. __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

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07-21-2005, 02:43 PM	#5
ravekiss Crazy for Corys! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Queens, NY Age: 28 Posts: 181	I made sure to remove the carbon...I only started the 2nd treatment yesterday, so lets see what happens.

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