Cories that let me take care of 'em *Lots of pics*

[Mishy]

These guys live with 3 of my girls at home:

My hijacked Panda by my sister

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My hijacked C. punctatus by my mum (along with one of my kidnapped c. similis)

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At the office (with 2 of the most docile girls, a docile HM and that rascal BN):

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[lambo]

Nice.

[Jess]

aww I love cories, that are cute (in every sense) I want Panda cories!!!!

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

I like the corys too especially the spotty ones :eadshake: . I've been tossing up on what cory to get next. I fancy the peppered ones, they're pretty cool. I almost got a colony of pandas but had to give them up because I couldn't come to collect them .

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

Ah well I guess that answers my question. I have now got a couple c.sterbai as well, the colourful spotty cory, it's not what I expected and once again I nearly bought a colony of pandas but there were a few dead ones in the tank so I didn't risk it. SPOTTY CORYS RULE :photo:

[Figure_8]

there seems to be an influx of panda cories in Perth atm. I saw them in 3 lfs today! I didn't buy any because I think they would be wasted on a black substrate, so I nabbed a few albino corys instead

[Robbies Betta]

Neat Mishy I am also another Panda Cory fan. I found the most teeniest panda cosries in one of my LFS, but they were almost $7 each, and I only had $20 on me Mishy, no wonder ur sister Cory-napped that one. it's one of the cutest Cories I've seen :P

[Mishy]

The panda cories here in Melb are about $5 each (that's the cheapest I've seen). I actually brought this panda home from Qld.. i couldn't resist those cute little eyes.. and whiskers.. and devil may care attitude when fighting out food with the other bigger fishes...

[Najoha]

My panda's started out lovely and clean looking but being on brown river sand they have blended in and arn't so white. :Drunk_Buddies2:

[ephemeral12]

Coming late into this conversation. Mishy i was wondering where you could get panda corys for $5?

I bought mine for $11.95 each!

[canary]

I'm another cory lover I have reticulated, leopard, sterbai, tail-spot and pepper cories. I got the tail-spot (caudomaculatus) cory's from upmarket pets near the vic markets for $10, they had some tiny panda cory's for $3.90 I think. Coburg Aquarium often has sterbai and similis also.

I love the way they are always ferreting their way through the gravel and up and down the glass. ;)

[ephemeral12]

Hi Everyone

Just a question since we are on the topic of corys. I have 2 pandas and 2 similus corys, all about 3-5cm in length (so they are still babies!). I have realised that 2 of the corys are pretty smart and will generally find the food i give them within 5 mins. The other two never seem to the join the 'feeding frenzy'. One of my panda corys will even swim past its food without even noticing. I've realised the ones that eat have developed a healthy pinkish hue whilst the other two seem a bit dull in colour.

My question is, do you guys find that some corys don't join in the feeding and rather just 'hang around' at the back? Would i have to the give the shy ones special treatment?

What do you think i should do?

My betta is very feisty and would try to steal the cory's food given the opportunity. After reading up on this I've tried feeding the corys at night.

Thanks in advance

[Mishy]

ephemeral,

have you tried a variety of food? it could be that the cory is simply a fussy eater.

I give my lot a variety of food, algae wafer, shrimp pellets, zucchini, worms (live and frozen) and they seem to accept the food as they come, no matter how fussy they started off.

Also, possibly a larger colony would help?

Don't forget though, the fish aren't silly. Worse case is don't give them food for a day and feed them on the 2nd as they are hungry? Just an idea, but when I have given the fish a detox day, they seem to be more enthusiastic about their food.

HTH