Orange laser cories

[Fiori]

My newest cories Unfortunately I lost 2 of them, but their colours are stunning. Just ignore the angel - I could'nt get a decent photo of the cories as they are zipping about everywhere in their new tank.
And I've just realised how horrible my swords are looking - they need a good trim )

 

[rixy]

wow they are really nice.is orange laser their common name???if not too cheeky,how much were they??

 

[Fiori]

The lfs said they were called Corydoras Roberti (I think), but commonly called orange lasers. I have'nt found anything on Google about them as Roberti though - I had thought originally that they were a form of Bronze cory. They cost me *cough cough* £10 each - and I lost 2 of them. They are stunning fish in the flesh though - I'd love to get some more and see if I can breed them. I'd make a mint at that sort of money

 

[rixy]

look at pictures on a site called corydaras world.should find out what they are on the site.

 

[Polardbear]

They are beautiful! Wish I could afford to get some!

 

[Bloo]

They are Lovely !
The-Wolf said they just got the Orange Laser and Green Laser Cories in at £7.95 each - I'm very very temped

 

[Fiori]

Nice price - I can recommend them. Absolutely gorgeous fish. I just wish I had'nt lost 2 of them. I also lost 4 gold shouldered cories earlier, bringing my fishie losses to about £50 this month - OUCH!! I seem to have problems with the expensive cories at the start - typical.

 

[Fiori]

look at pictures on a site called corydaras world.should find out what they are on the site.

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Thanks for the tip Rixy - I'll do that.

 

[bunjiweb]

Make sure you acclimatise them slowly and introduce them into your tank with the lights off. Usually with corys it is simply a case of people not introducing them properly and the little guys getting stressed too much.

Ben

 

[Teelie]

With all my fish I always do the 20 minue temperature equalizing then I take them and pour their bag into a net and when they hit the net, into the tank straight away, turn the lights out, cover the tank with a heavy towel and leave them alone for the night. Haven't lost any fish yet. Cories seem to do especially well with that.

 

[qwikimpss]

Why dont your drip acclimate? It takes a lot longer but works extremely well. I introduced 12 Neons into my 29, dripped them for 2 hours and didnt lose one...normally I'd lose 1/2 of them.

 

[Fiori]

I did all of the above - left in bag in darkened tank for a couple of hours - little bit of water added every 10 mins during that period. Then when they were finally added, I left the lights off until the next day, as I usually do. The QT tank is in my bedroom, so its quiet and dark, as I leave the curtain shut all the time there. I lost the first one very quickly , after 2 days - he had always looked less active than the others and then the second one 3 days after that - again really quickly. No external signs. I dosed the tank with anti-internal bacteria med and the rest were fine. Believe me, I did not want to take any chances with them, as they cost a bomb. I even phoned the lfs and had a long chat with the owner to see if I'd missed something and he could'nt think of anything else to do, that I had'nt done already. Still lost some

 

[rixy]

whats the ph etc in the lfs???check to see if anything differs from yours.

 

[seffieuk]

hi
did u say The Wolf has green lasers? wonder if he would post........have been looking for some green ones for ages

 

[Teelie]

He posted about them in this thread a few days ago about them if you want more info.