My corys keep freezing!!

[Dwarf Puffers]

Ok, the corys in my tank keep freezing still, not staying completely motionless, just ceasing to move, they breath, they just stop their shuffling and snuffling ( :hearts: ).

I'll do a water test, but is there anything wrong? They still come up for air and everything...

[severum mama]

Hey DP! My personal experience with corys is that they tend to just "hang out" a lot of the time, and the rest of the time they are pretty active. Go ahead with your water test, just to rule out water conditions as a problem, but I think they are probably fine.

[12 Volt Man]

not to worry. perfectly normal behavior for cories. they like to just rest there sometimes.

[davexstumpe]

mine do the same thing. and then they'll go back to their sniffling selves in no time.

[tjr635]

yeah they do that , an they will also drive to the top hang for a sec an strike the top of the tank water all normal, an do there business

[hitman12131976]

There were many times that I thought they were dead, just motionless in one place. Not the case, they like to veg.

[jm1212]

thats what they do when they dig up some food. they just stop and sit for a bit, and then start up again like nothing happened.

[Mgamer20o0]

just let it chill.

[Dwarf Puffers]

Lol, ok, because yesterday I was wondering if some foul substance came out of my gravel and tried to get them when one ran up to the top of my coco cave, the other to my spawning Java Fern, and the third to one of my moss balls.

[Cory Lover]

Yep, totally normal Cory behaviour. Mine sometimes do that for ages, and then suddenly they become active again.

CL