Fatality
For the past two days, I’ve been preparing for this. I noticed that one of my corydoras had been sitting on the gravel at odd angles. Upon closer inspection, I could see that there were several things wrong with her. It looked like she was suffering from ick, fin rot, and fungus. I added some medication to the tank, including MelaFix (tea tree oil), but since there were multiple problems, no other fish were showing symptoms, and judging the age of the fish (5+ years), it appeared that old age just caught up with her.
There are now three corydoras in the tank, and they really like to be with more, so I may make a trip to the fish store and get a few more. One of the concerns with corys is that while they are generally the same, different varieties don’t necessarily like to associate with each other, so unless you get the same type, you could have two groups of underpopulated corys. Some research will be necessary.
