Four months ago i took in these very sorry and sickly aeneus corydoras. I didnt have aeneus yet at the time, i found them so boring and plain when i saw them in stores (i was happily proven wrong btw, theyre now my favourite species of cory i keep).
But then i saw these 3 and they were in such bad shape i couldnt leave them. I took them in, expecting to lose at least one of them because he was so small and so sick. He was not even half an inch and he was practically a skeleton. All had fin rot ranging from mild to severe, one even lost the barb in the pectoral fin from it. They were riddled with parasites, both internal and external.
I got them treated for worms and got them going stronger. It took a few months but all 3 are thriving and you cant even tell anymore.
Meet Blip, the tiniest and the sickliest of the 3. Hes my personal favourite individual cory. Hes so tiny but so spunky and energetic. When he first came in he couldnt even swim without being blown away by the filter.
This is Blip now. Hes so much bigger now and has the most colour of all my aeneus corydoras.
Hobbs was completely missing her pectoral fin and a third of her tail.
Hobbs now is a nice healthy girl with a full fin grown back. I didnt expect that because the barb was completely gone.
Jaxx took the longest to recover. He stayed so pale for the longest time and i struggled to get him to gain weight. He took a couple rounds of dewormer to show any signs of improvement.
He is still colouring up, but hes looking a lot better. Hes hard to photograph though because he is always on the go.
A little while later, i happened upon a one-eyed one. Ironically s/he was in much better shape than the previous three. This little one is named Izanagi, or Izzy for short.
Now, Izzy is a porker
Ive since added 4 more aeneus to the group, including one i took in from my sister in law.
But then i saw these 3 and they were in such bad shape i couldnt leave them. I took them in, expecting to lose at least one of them because he was so small and so sick. He was not even half an inch and he was practically a skeleton. All had fin rot ranging from mild to severe, one even lost the barb in the pectoral fin from it. They were riddled with parasites, both internal and external.
I got them treated for worms and got them going stronger. It took a few months but all 3 are thriving and you cant even tell anymore.
Meet Blip, the tiniest and the sickliest of the 3. Hes my personal favourite individual cory. Hes so tiny but so spunky and energetic. When he first came in he couldnt even swim without being blown away by the filter.
This is Blip now. Hes so much bigger now and has the most colour of all my aeneus corydoras.
Hobbs was completely missing her pectoral fin and a third of her tail.
Hobbs now is a nice healthy girl with a full fin grown back. I didnt expect that because the barb was completely gone.
Jaxx took the longest to recover. He stayed so pale for the longest time and i struggled to get him to gain weight. He took a couple rounds of dewormer to show any signs of improvement.
He is still colouring up, but hes looking a lot better. Hes hard to photograph though because he is always on the go.
A little while later, i happened upon a one-eyed one. Ironically s/he was in much better shape than the previous three. This little one is named Izanagi, or Izzy for short.
Now, Izzy is a porker
Ive since added 4 more aeneus to the group, including one i took in from my sister in law.
