Corys (cories?)

[Ian Hattam]

Hi All

i have 3 peppered cories which have been in my tank for about 6months. Over the lastmonth or so they have become very shy. they used to spend a lot of tim eswimming about but now they hide at the back under one of my larger plants and can occaisionaly be seen swimming a little way from this plant first thin in the morning before the lights goes on. They seem healthy enough from what little I see of them. Is this normal behaviour for them as most information seems to suggest that cories are interesting to watch.

 

[BigIan]

they like to be in groups of 6 or more


so maybe they feel a little shy now, what else is in the tank? is there anything that could make them feel threatened?

 

[Ian Hattam]

I have 7 neon tetras and 5 japonica/amano shrimp so nothin too scary i hope

They used to be quite active but no longer. perhaps getting them some new buddies might help as long as this wont overload the tank (it's only 60 litres)

 

[BigIan]

or try buying some new plants and rearangeing the tank a little. my girlfriend did that when her fish got "boring" and they all livened up

 

[Ian Hattam]

Sounds like a good plan!

I bought some new plants at the weekend but didn't move their favourite hiding place so maybe I will try that and see if I can persuade them to show themselves a little more.

Thanks for the advice

 

[jonny-5]

i have 6 corys,4 bronze and 2 albino and they sometimes hide in the shade or plants,this is after they have eaten or darted about for a while though

 

[Ian Hattam]

My corys used to be like that too Now they just hide all day!

Will try re-arranging the plants and see what effect this has.

The other problem i have is that I feed them some sinking wafer food which my shrimps are keen to pounce on and carry off before my corys get a look in!

 

[Dorkhedeos]

try getting some live blackworms. it always makes my corys start looking for food once gets near the bottom of the tank.

 

[Ian Hattam]

I'll give that a try, thanks