Why do Sterbai Corydora's cost so much?

[Carolinesugar]

aw well done! I did mine a while back, it took aaaages. im sure your cories will love it. what kind of plants do you have though? most will do fine in sand...

hiya cluttlerydrawer, the plants i have have got to much rotting for the sand, so wot ive done, is plant them into small flower pots, and put them at the back of the tank with the gravel.

ive got allsorts of plants in there, 1 is abit sad looking at the moment though, as wen i had it in the old set up, its leaves got starved of light, and they all fell off, but im hopeful they will grow back in time!

when i have taken sum pix, il upload them, and you can all see how the new layout looks!

Im hoping to add some more corys, but not sure which type to add! Just so many to choose from! but i need them to be the 1s that stay fairly small! at the moment i have a group of 5 stwartiski (i cant spell), but i have another group of 5 salt and pepper (peppered) corys in with mr purple (1 of my male bettas) who has decided he doesnt like them anymore, lol. But id really really love to get a fairly large group, say 8 or 10 of pygmy corys, cus their just sooooo sweet! and stay very small!

 

[SirMinion]

Well done! one you've had sand, you never go back.


Why's your post all italic?

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Carolinesugar

I'm making the big switch to sand too. I have a lot of tanks, so it's a huge job, but it does seem to be well worth it.

I finally got a 30 gallon to replace the two 10 gallon tanks I had on the stand under my 55. In it I put all the big corys: the wild C. aeneus, C. seussi, C. robinae and also the C. haraldschultzi.

They all swim together and are a lovely sight going back and forth the whole length of the 36" tank. The best part is to watch my wild bronze corys swimming freely and playing with the other fish. When they were in their own species tank they were shy and spent a lot of time in their cave.

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only ones whose corys don't dig in the sand. Mine are too busy swimming back and forth and sitting on top of their caves, but I was concerned about their not digging. Perhaps once it is established and worms etc., get into it, they will dig more.

Meanwhile, I'm gradually moving the fish from one tank to another while I renovate. I also bought 2 more 20 gallon highs and a 20 gallon long to replace some of my other 10s, so they will all have a lot more room. This will take awhile, but in the long run it will be worth it. It will also save me from having to do a lot of extra water changes that I have been doing to keep them in the more crowded conditions.

Not to mention ................more room for more corys!

I can't wait to see your pictures.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Cephas

Your tank would be a good home for a school of 5-6 pandas, if you could re-home the platties.

Platties are good sized fish who eat a lot and produce a lot of waste products, not to mention fry. Pandas are delicate little fish who need very clean water, since they so easily contract bacterial infections. I seem to find that they are best kept in a single species tank whenever possible.

They are very pleasant little fish, and well worth the effort to keep them, provided you want to make the commitment to extra water changes. They spawn readily, once they are fully mature, but the fry are difficult to raise to maturity compared to many other corys.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi ral

It's not a bad sign. Cory eggs will change colors as they mature. It would be a bad sign if they turned pale and got fuzzy looking though.

Do you have an airstone in with them? What kind of set up are they in and what do you plan to do with the fry?

 

[Candyco]

Just switched 2 sand 2day..... my raphaels absolutely love it.... best thing i did!

 

[C.j]

Sad to announce the death of one of my panda cories tonight

died of unknown causes, probably stress. no signs of disease just stopped eating.

little buddy

 

[Inchworm]

Hi C.j

I'm sorry to learn about your panda cory.

That's the problem with pandas; they are so sensitive that sometimes they die almost before you are aware there is a problem.

Since panda deaths are often caused by bacteria in the water, I recommend that you give your tank a good cleaning and water change, adding some MelaFix for a few days too. This might help prevent whatever it was spreading to your other pandas.

 

[C.j]

will do. Ive only got one lonly lil panda left atm. ill be getting 2 more soon.

Thx 4 the help

 

[Fishy411]

Get more ASAP. When one of mine died of swim bladder ( in perfect conditions) the next one died the next day because he didnt have a buddy i think.

 

[Cephas]

Hey, everyone.

Thanks for the replies; I've taken all of them into consideration and came to the conclusion that it's probably best to, as much as I'd like to, not get cories for the moment. Maybe one day when I have the space and money for a bigger tank, but for now I'm only a fifteen year-old highschooler with some humble platies.

Cheers. See you next time.

(By-the-way: sorry for not replying sooner but I've been on holiday.)

 

[Zombies]

I have a planted tank with dwarf and panda cories, I was wondering If I could also put some snails in there to breed. I want lots of them to feed my puffers but will the cories eat them first?

 

[LoachLover]

Mine never did.

 

[jflowers]

I have bronze and julii. I keep any baby snails I don't want to be puffer food in with them, so you should be ok.

Jon

 

[Zombies]

Thanks for the replies, that's good news.