Elisabeth83
Fish Herder
How is your little Adolfois doing today?? I saw a couple of these guys at a fish store today. They are really nice looking cories 
Adolfois are flashing!
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Hi Polardbear 
I'm glad that the little adolfoi is doing well, and the other two also. And to hear that you have fry and spawning going on in another tank is an encouraging thing too.
You are having better luck than I had with them. The group of paleateus I have are terrible egg eaters. I saw one of the males actually trying to eat the eggs while the female still had them clasped in her fins!
As a result, I've only managed to raise a few of them.
Have you talked to your lfs about getting a replacement or refund for the corys that obviously were sick when you bought them?
I'm glad that the little adolfoi is doing well, and the other two also. And to hear that you have fry and spawning going on in another tank is an encouraging thing too.
You are having better luck than I had with them. The group of paleateus I have are terrible egg eaters. I saw one of the males actually trying to eat the eggs while the female still had them clasped in her fins!
As a result, I've only managed to raise a few of them. Have you talked to your lfs about getting a replacement or refund for the corys that obviously were sick when you bought them?
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Polardbear
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I went to the LFS this morning, mainly to find out what they were feeding the Adolfois since I haven't found anything that little number 3 seems to want to eat. I also wanted to find out if they had had any problems with the rest of the shipment. They only guarentee fish for 3 days, the first one died on day 3 and the second one died on day 4. They require the corpse, receipt and a water sample. At best, I might have got a refund/replacement for number 1 but I couldn't get back to the store on that particular day so I'm simply out the money. When I asked today (politely) if they'd had any problems the associate told me that they had not any problems at all, however while he was saying this he was looking every which way except at me. He then went on to tell me "they are very sensitive. The more expensive they are, the more difficult they are to keep." I asked what they are feeding and his mumbled reply was " oh, some live tubifex worms, live blackworms and a very small amount of crushed flake, but they don't touch the flake." They did not have any tubifex for sale but they did sell me a portion of black worms.
I got home and was all ready to give him some of the black worms but when I finally spotted him in the tank he was on his side and appears to be dead. I'm very upset, I wish I knew if he died from a bacterial infection or if he starved to death. I'd really like to try this species again, are they really so sensitive? Or was that just a line of b.s.?
I got home and was all ready to give him some of the black worms but when I finally spotted him in the tank he was on his side and appears to be dead. I'm very upset, I wish I knew if he died from a bacterial infection or if he starved to death. I'd really like to try this species again, are they really so sensitive? Or was that just a line of b.s.?
Hi Polardbear
I'm so sorry.
You have certainly had a bad time with these beautiful corys! But it was just that particular batch, not all adolfois. I have them and they were healthy when I bought them and they are still healthy now, even though they were in one of the tanks that had some fish get sick.
Adolfois are one of the many, if not the majority, of corys that are usually wild caught. Being shipped around and transfered to different waters has got to be very hard on them and it's not at all uncommon for them to come into a lfs already sick. While some stores regularly quarantine or treat them with salt or other medicines, other ones don't. If the illness doesn't readily show on the outside, you can buy them without knowing it.
Lfs price their fish by what they think the market will bear, and this has nothing to do with how sensitive or hard to keep they are. Pandas, which are the hardest of all the species for me to keep, are relatively inexpensive, but my black corys (for which I just paid $300 for the 5 of them
) just spawned for me after being in my tank for less than two weeks. Well, so much for his theory!
Here's an old thread you might find interesting, at least the first part where it talks about how fish make their way from their native waters to your home.
http
/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=22068&hl=
It's a wonder any survive at all.
Your fish were sick when you bought them Polardbear, and you did the best you could to save them. They did not starve because you did not cater to their particular taste, but rather, they did not eat because they were ill.
I hope your other corys continue to thrive and to make you happy, and I hope you find some more adolfois soon. They are lovely fish and you really should have had better success with them.
I'm so sorry.
You have certainly had a bad time with these beautiful corys! But it was just that particular batch, not all adolfois. I have them and they were healthy when I bought them and they are still healthy now, even though they were in one of the tanks that had some fish get sick.
Adolfois are one of the many, if not the majority, of corys that are usually wild caught. Being shipped around and transfered to different waters has got to be very hard on them and it's not at all uncommon for them to come into a lfs already sick. While some stores regularly quarantine or treat them with salt or other medicines, other ones don't. If the illness doesn't readily show on the outside, you can buy them without knowing it.
Lfs price their fish by what they think the market will bear, and this has nothing to do with how sensitive or hard to keep they are. Pandas, which are the hardest of all the species for me to keep, are relatively inexpensive, but my black corys (for which I just paid $300 for the 5 of them
) just spawned for me after being in my tank for less than two weeks. Well, so much for his theory!Here's an old thread you might find interesting, at least the first part where it talks about how fish make their way from their native waters to your home.
http
/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=22068&hl=It's a wonder any survive at all.
Your fish were sick when you bought them Polardbear, and you did the best you could to save them. They did not starve because you did not cater to their particular taste, but rather, they did not eat because they were ill.
I hope your other corys continue to thrive and to make you happy, and I hope you find some more adolfois soon. They are lovely fish and you really should have had better success with them.
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Polardbear
Fish Addict
Thanks Inchworm, that makes me feel a little better. I just wish I could have done more for them, they were so adorable. I didn't really buy the guys line about how sensitive they are, I pretty much thought he was just doing a little song and dance routine. I will try them again one of these days, hopefully with better luck. They are still definately one of my top ten favorite corys.
smithrc
My names Russell.... ....and I'm a
the 4 we have left are in the same tank tank that the other 8 died in and they are doing just fine.
It sounds like a different fish store is needed... there are 2 local that we know and trust - one offers a 14day guanentee - the other is where we know the manager (he's coming to our wedding) and any problems and he see's us right (it was here that we got our adolfis)
I wouldn't beat yourself up over them - it sounds like you did all you could.
Ours eat most things - we've never fed them live tubifex worms or live blackworms. they eat frozen bloodworms, freeze dried tubifex, and catfish pellets. they do eat flake too
It sounds like a different fish store is needed... there are 2 local that we know and trust - one offers a 14day guanentee
- the other is where we know the manager (he's coming to our wedding) and any problems and he see's us right (it was here that we got our adolfis)I wouldn't beat yourself up over them - it sounds like you did all you could.
Ours eat most things - we've never fed them live tubifex worms or live blackworms. they eat frozen bloodworms, freeze dried tubifex, and catfish pellets. they do eat flake too
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