Among all my cories, there are 2 which develop pimple-like growth on their cheek and body. They are still as active and eating well. What could the growth be? Any medication to cure it?
Wayne.
Keeping : 2 tier 2ft tanks
Livestocks : Apistogramma Bitaeniata Mamuri, Apistogramma Mendezi, Apistogramma Baenschi Inka 50, Apistogramma Elizabethae, Apistogramma Diplotaenia
i am having 4 pandas in my tank hopefully they'll not die >.<
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Good luck to you. Mine died off very fast compared to the rest.
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I have come to conclude that it is rather difficult to keep corydoras in a community tank. I have platy, Molly and rosy barbs and they are very aggressive when it comes to food. I need to throw up to 6 to 7 disc pellets just to feed 7 Corys as the rest of fishes will compete. I have since separate the corys and only need to feed one to two discs during feeding times.
btw i upgraded to having 10 pandas and 4 bronze in my tank they are thriving...
however i was wondering anyone know what food to feed the pandas? somehow my bronze are really nice in terms of the colour but my panda's colours are not coming out...
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i keeping c.habrosus. anyone keeping it too? but they seem to be tiliting sideways soemtimes,.is it indicating they are dying? =(
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To answer some of the latest posts in this thread:
@seanang168: Drop the food in at night when the lights are out. This allows your Corydoras to feed in peace. They are after all, catfish and more nocturnal in nature than anything else.
@situkwokhan: C. panda are very sensitive fishes from my experience. The ones you purchase from the shops at a young age will invariably die from various reasons over time. Same with any large adult panda cory. They seem to thrive best on live foods, but in the usual home aquarium, people would rather use dry food.
@Kenng: I have no idea what Project Soil is, but if it has sharp edges, then it will be bad for their barbels.
@fuzziefishes: I need to know what species you are referring to. Some "Corydoras" will form growths on their cheeks as they mature over time. Some are indicators for their gender and sexual maturity.
@wrongwroks: I too own C. habrosus at the moment. They should not be tilting side ways. However, during breeding season, the males will assume a T-position to mate with the females. Unless you see this behaviour, it is likely there are problems with your Habbies.
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nice...how long you been keeping your habrosus? mine are alright at the moment, think should be the water change previously 'stressed' them out somehow. is the big hikari algae wafer good for them?
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The ones I have now have been in the tank for 2 days but settling in well. I will probably move them to separate quarters later on. I used to keep them and many other species of Corydoras in the past for nearly 2 years. The oldest Cory I had was a C. similis that survived for 3 years under my care.
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In my time keeping Corydoras, nothing made the little buggers happier then when kept in a tank with fine sand and leaf litter. The way they spin in the sand digging for food (tubifex at that time) was a delight to watch, same when they root about looking for food.
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indeed they are cute. too big size catfish kind of scare me. lol... small and docile ones like them makes an ideal community to be placed in my tiny nano tank of 15cm cube =x i wonder how many i can squeeze in. =/
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Only a group of 6, no more. They need swimming space, especially the dwarf species, and require good food to thrive. Don't be tempted to put too many in that nano tank.
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my small little habrosus in my small little tank. =D
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Just a tip, take a look at your cories regularly, to see if their barbels are intact. If there is some barbel loss or obvious signs of injury, then the gravel may be a huge problem, or there is some contamination in your gravel layer. They seem to be sensitive to trapped gas bubbles in the substrate.
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Hmm, do cories of different species school together? Google seems to give me conflicting answers.
i think it depends on different people...some people's cories will , some might not. my pgmy cories like to stick to habrosus more often. haha.
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