ruudvk
05-08-2018, 07:35 AM
Hey guys, I’ve been away from the forum for a while due to a busy period (bought a house etc. busy busy etc. :p).
I have a dilemma and it would be great if I can pick someone’s brain on the subject.
In my apartment I had a 150G tank stocked with 9 Stendker red turks, a bristlenose pleco, a school of rummy nose tetra’s and a group of 6 corydoras trilineatus . (Tank journal http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?123758-Stendker-grow-out-and-150G-tank-build)
Before I moved, a trilineatus died (picture below), I guess because of the higher temperatures discus need. During the big move from my apartment to my new place, I separated the six corydoras because I felt they were not doing great in the tank. So, I placed these guys in my quarantine tank (100L) and went on the hunt for some sterbai corys. Found them pretty quick through a local guy who breeds them and placed them in my QT with the trilineatus.
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Now, here I need some help understanding what happened. I placed the sterbai in QT in the end of December, the first two weeks they were doing great, schooling and eating together as one group. No visible signs of sickness or disease. Then, the old group of trilineatus started dying off, one by one. Every two or three days one died until I had only the sterbai left. I tested the water, did extra water changes, tried eSHa200 but nothing helped.
Now I have a QT system running for over 5 months with a group of perfectly "healthy" and happy sterbai corys. They never showed any sign of disease, and can’t figure out what went wrong.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the matter, and what might be the best strategy to introduce the sterbai to my main tank (or not).
Cheers, Ruud
I have a dilemma and it would be great if I can pick someone’s brain on the subject.
In my apartment I had a 150G tank stocked with 9 Stendker red turks, a bristlenose pleco, a school of rummy nose tetra’s and a group of 6 corydoras trilineatus . (Tank journal http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?123758-Stendker-grow-out-and-150G-tank-build)
Before I moved, a trilineatus died (picture below), I guess because of the higher temperatures discus need. During the big move from my apartment to my new place, I separated the six corydoras because I felt they were not doing great in the tank. So, I placed these guys in my quarantine tank (100L) and went on the hunt for some sterbai corys. Found them pretty quick through a local guy who breeds them and placed them in my QT with the trilineatus.
115163
Now, here I need some help understanding what happened. I placed the sterbai in QT in the end of December, the first two weeks they were doing great, schooling and eating together as one group. No visible signs of sickness or disease. Then, the old group of trilineatus started dying off, one by one. Every two or three days one died until I had only the sterbai left. I tested the water, did extra water changes, tried eSHa200 but nothing helped.
Now I have a QT system running for over 5 months with a group of perfectly "healthy" and happy sterbai corys. They never showed any sign of disease, and can’t figure out what went wrong.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the matter, and what might be the best strategy to introduce the sterbai to my main tank (or not).
Cheers, Ruud