Agasizzi Lazy???

[ghent_3rd]

my agasizzi seems to be very lazy!! it has been like that since I purchased it and i am just wondering what it could be. As you can see from signiature I only actually have 1 of them whereas I have 2 each of the other corys. If I add another couple of agasizzi do you think that will cure the problem?? I don't mind doing that as I adore all the cories taht there are out there and am looking to add a couple more anyway!!

All suggestions would be welcome.

thanks again

john

 

[Inchworm]

Hi ghent_3rd

Agassiziis are nice corys. Mine school with the others in the tank, as well as spending some time together. I'm not surprised that yours isn't hanging out with the larger brochis, but I would think it would like to be with the juliis.

However, all corys are happiest with others of their own species. Why not get a couple more. If yours is in good health, and just lonely, that should solve his problem.

 

[ghent_3rd]

thanks for that info but my agasizzi is actually the biggest cory in there!!!

the brochis are very young and are not of the large variety but i think i will take your advice and get some more.

also, my corys never seem to be as active as the ones that i see in stores, being a novice am I right in saying that they will never be quite as active as something like a danio??

 

[Inchworm]

Hi ghent_3rd

It's hard for me to make a comparison between corys and danios because I don't know much about danios. But, I can describe what I have seen my corys do. Perhaps that will give you something to think about.

I have been raising bronze, albino, pandas and a few sterbai, and from what I see, they are most active when they are young and settle down a bit as they get older. My mature corys might make a run or two up and down the glass, or zip across the length of the bottom, but then they gather together and spend some time sitting. Then they might sift through the sand for awhile, then sit some more.

The juveniles are entirely different matter! They are kept in 20 gallon grow out tanks, with mostly their own species present. While they are somewhat sedate in the daytime, come early evening they start swimming all over the place. Up, down and crosswise on the glass they swim. Sometimes one will shoot up to the surface for a gulp of air and that will start them all off. One after another they go until it looks like a fireworks display. They are apt to keep this up until I turn the lights our and go to sleep.

Of course, not only are these corys immature and like kids they are playful, they are in schools of a hundred or more, which could well make a difference in their behavior. Also, in proportion to their size, the adults do not have the space to get up to the relative speed that the young ones can, and there have to be fewer of their own kind in the tank, which might make a difference too.

 

[ghent_3rd]

Inchworm, you truly are a TFF legend!!!

Thanks for your advice once again and that has helped me out no end because your description is exactly what my corys are like so that has put my mind at ease!!!



THANKS AGAIN!!