sick corries - Page 2 - Aquarium Advice

cwt · 09-10-2009, 12:55 PM

technically I think they can interbreed but it is not supposed to be common, as the female has to actively do certain things to make it happen and the ones I have only only interact with their own kind. There are a lot of different cory types though, do an internet search for cory images and you can probably find these.

Da Squid · 09-12-2009, 07:35 PM

Another dead corry!

I just came back from a beer festival. And found the poor little guy stuck to one of the plants upside down. Water paramaters are all the same as posted earlier. No signs of distress on the fish. Could it be that I'm not feeding them enough? Maybe I should start feeding them at night as well as in the morning?

Da Squid · 09-22-2009, 06:29 PM

Ack! Murder! Scandal! Another dead corry this afternoon. I've lost half of them now. I've been feeding them more than usual since my last post and still keeping the tank clean and having good water conditions. Ammonia and nitrite always zero, nitrates bounce between 5 and 10 before my weekly WC.
They were all looking active and healthy yesterday and my other fish have no problems what so ever. Could it be this is just a really weak strain from the fishstore?

Da Squid · 09-25-2009, 09:15 AM

Another dead one today. Thats 5 gone and 3 left. So my question now is... three is a rather small school. Corries are pretty much my favorite fish to watch, but if there is some mysterious problem with my tank that makes it uninhabitable to them then I should give up. Should I try buying a different species of corry, or just decide that bottom dwellers don't like me?

cwt · 09-26-2009, 12:59 AM

Don't know what to tell you... might have to relocate the remaining cories if you don't want to lose the rest. Interesting that you still have nitrates when you also have a planted tank; do you feed in large doses, or small bits thru the day?

Da Squid · 09-26-2009, 09:26 AM

It used to be one small dose at the end of the day. But I've been feeding a bit more than usual lately to try and make sure the corries eat. They are so timid they tend to just hide while the fish eat all the sinking wafers. My plants are all slow growing ones too which probably dont soak up too many nitrates.

crossthreaded · 09-28-2009, 12:34 AM

I have had the same problem with my corries. they will do fine for a couple days to a couple weeks then go completely pale and die. I have had 2 in there for about 6 months and they are the only ones to make it out of 2 batches of 6. Never could figure it out and I'm not adding any more although I'd like to.

EscVelocity · 09-28-2009, 01:53 AM

You don't happen to add aquarium salt to your tanks do you?

crossthreaded · 09-28-2009, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by EscVelocity

You don't happen to add aquarium salt to your tanks do you?

I do. the corries love it and swim towards it when I add it. should I not be adding this?

Da Squid · 09-28-2009, 09:38 AM

No. The guy at the LFS kept trying to convince me I need to add salt for my black mollies, but they seemed so healthy already I didn't want to go adding extra stuff to fix something that wasn't broke. Do you think salt might help the corries?
I'm planting some larger plants today which should hopefully give more hiding places. I thought there were enough already, but perhaps the corries disagree!