Hi when i got up this morning and looked in bubbles tank i saw a bad thing, then a good thing, then bad again :wb:
Bad thing
I saw one peppered cory laying motionless on its side :cry:
good thing
I also watched one female laying several clutches of eggs after some nice t shape cuddling with a couple of males :woohoo:
bad thing
I then watched in horror as our golden pencil fish then made a tasty meal of said eggs :cry:
Now i have solved the problem with the pencil fish by removing the eggs to a fry saver i bought today, it hangs on the outside of the tank with the water from the tank flowing in via an air pump and then back into the main tank to create a constant flow over the eggs.
however i have absolutely no idea whats wrong with the cory i found laying on its side :dk:
at first look i thought it had passed away but when i went to remove it it tried to swim away, so i caught it and have put it in another fry saver to monitor its progress.
I can see no signs of any damage to its body or any visible signs of bacterial or fungal problems, its just laying on its side and breathing is quite fast.
the tank is 2 and a half foot 100 litres
Water conditions are all as normal
temp 24
Ph 7.6
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10-20
the fish in there are
7 peppered corys
9 golden pencil fish
1 bristlenose
I am going to end its suffering if there is no improvement in the next couple of hours :cry:
If anyone can shed any light on what could be wrong or what may of happened i would be extremely grateful.
Just an after thought could it have anything to do with the spawning as they really do get quite boisterous ?
Many thanks in advance guys and gals
Bad thing
I saw one peppered cory laying motionless on its side :cry:
good thing
I also watched one female laying several clutches of eggs after some nice t shape cuddling with a couple of males :woohoo:
bad thing
I then watched in horror as our golden pencil fish then made a tasty meal of said eggs :cry:
Now i have solved the problem with the pencil fish by removing the eggs to a fry saver i bought today, it hangs on the outside of the tank with the water from the tank flowing in via an air pump and then back into the main tank to create a constant flow over the eggs.
however i have absolutely no idea whats wrong with the cory i found laying on its side :dk:
at first look i thought it had passed away but when i went to remove it it tried to swim away, so i caught it and have put it in another fry saver to monitor its progress.
I can see no signs of any damage to its body or any visible signs of bacterial or fungal problems, its just laying on its side and breathing is quite fast.
the tank is 2 and a half foot 100 litres
Water conditions are all as normal
temp 24
Ph 7.6
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10-20
the fish in there are
7 peppered corys
9 golden pencil fish
1 bristlenose
I am going to end its suffering if there is no improvement in the next couple of hours :cry:
If anyone can shed any light on what could be wrong or what may of happened i would be extremely grateful.
Just an after thought could it have anything to do with the spawning as they really do get quite boisterous ?
Many thanks in advance guys and gals