Corys Becoming Reclusive?

[walker001]

Hi, I had some very active corys in my tank. 5 total. They have went into hiding and are rarely seen anymore. This corrisponds with 2 things. An addition of 2 albino algae eaters (which were removed last night), and my finally getting into the butter zone with my plantings. From a few scragly sad looking plants, I got the ferts right and w/o any fancy Co2 or anything have amazing growth, so the floor of the tank isn't a hugh sandy bottom like it used to be. Just wondering if some long time Cory keepers had any ideas what I did to make my lil buddies reclusive. They used to snuffle across the bottom in a big pack back and forth and do that occasion shot to the top and back down. Wonderful little guys, I just miss seeing them frolicing around. Any suggestions would be appriciated. Thanks.

Walker

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

When they are younger, they are very active. But the older they get, the more they like their privacy and just hide where ever they can. We also had a very sandy bottom, but the plants also grew like mad covering a lot of the space and our cory's are always hiding between the stems. We do still see them, during dinner and sometimes after they've eaten, later on in the evening. We have 6 bronze, 5 panda and 2 sterbai, and just now looking at the tank, I can only just see 2 bronze and 1 panda. It seems to be normal behaviour and they normally get very active just before breeding. Hope that helps.

 

[walker001]

Thanks for the reply, it puts my mind at ease. They all look healthy, just not as active as before. I do think the algae eaters were bugging them for cave territory, but as long as I see one or two here and there, I will be happy. Thanks again

Walker