Caryl Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 Jimr spent the night here on his way south and left behind, as thanks, a number of lovely Sterbai corys. I did not see them until I got home from work that night (as I had left before Jim transferred the fish). When I did see them I noticed 3 seemed to have an identical "injury" on top of their body in front of the dorsal. One died last night and also appeared to have been bleeding internally at the front end of the fish. Any ideas what it could be? It looks like a fish that has jammed itself into a tight spot but to have it on 3 different corys makes this seem unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 Looks like a wound but it is very strange. I would be interested in seeing it the next day (assuming they survive) to see if the inflammation increases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 It does look like an injury and I wonder if they have been scrabbling over each other in the bag. How are they today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 They weren't in a bag, they were loose in a very large chilly bin. Another was dead this morning. Looks like it may have been the one shown in the above pics There is one left with similar, but a lot less, damage plus the others of course. I could only see 2 today but I suspect they are all hanging out at the back behind a huge piece of driftwood. Between it and the dense plants, it can be hard to find anything! :roll: I also spotted a banded cory and remember Jim saying he had dropped some of them in too. :bounce: All other fish are fine and feeding well. So were the corys, even the damaged ones. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 it looks very similar to the head injury my dwarf gourami sustained Twice after getting stuck in a piece of driftwood tunnel. We thought we were goign to lose him , especially the second time when he could barely swim afterwards (damaged his dorsal as well) ... but somehow he survived .. gave him salt baths and lots of water changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 I am wondering if my 2 large male BNs took exception to the new arrivals but I have not seen them take any particular notice of them. They just chase other fish away from their food pellet but I have seen no evidence of them actually harming another fish but perhaps chased these hard into a hole in the driftwood somewhere :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 I can't imagine a damaged fish being placed in your tank so you may be right. Some pecking order establishment may have been going on. Still would go for the injury but why two would have died I don't know unless they were severely beaten up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Brain sucking BNs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Another Sterbai died yesterday, identical marks to the other 2 :-? All appear well today. I tried to catch them to move them to another tank (away from a possible attacker) but they are too zippy! To prove I do have some that are not injured... One injured, and one not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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