My little girl paleatus went through some pretty bad fin rot herself recently. Not as bad as your's did, but is now back to spunky and has almost all but re-grown her fins.

Being a novice fish owner, I'd never heard of fin rot which is why it got so bad. About how long did it take for her fins to ...

Stuff I've learned about treating my Cory cat and am passing on:
#1 - Melafix does not treat infections, it just prevents them.
#2 - API Tetracycline is twice as strong as Mardel Tetracycline (API is 500mg and Mardel's is 250mg) so despite the instructions on API's to use one packet every 24 hours ...

When I came home for lunch today he was kinda on his side, so I figured that was it and went to get him out. All I hadda do is move the rock he was near and he went swimming all over and went to the surface several times for air so I guess he's not ready to be counted out yet. As long as he's ...

My poor cory is worse. :( After two full days of Melafix treatment, he has developed at least one sore - on his side right in back of one gill. I am assuming that his gills are as infected as the rest of him which is why he's been having so much trouble breathing? The pet store recommended ...

Thank you so much for the responses! It gives me hope that my lil fish will recuperate. :D He/she is a Paleatus Cory; used to be very personable and active, always came to the front of the tank when I came up to watch my fish, that's why I'm really pulling for him. The other catfish were/are not ...

Hi, I'm new to tropical fish care and I have a sick Cory that I'd like to cure if possible; it's a very personable lil fish! From what I've been reading it's probably fin rot - the fins underneath the cory are almost nubs, tail looks smaller too but the fish also is going to the surface for air from ...