So, another mysterious cory death (see a portion of the continuing saga here: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142061
), and I'm pretty much ready to give up on cories. Obviously I can't keep them, and I'm completely at a loss as to why. My levels continue to be fine (0/0/5 or less), pH stable at 7.2... no changes whatsoever, no odd behaviour, nothing.. just every couple months another dead cory or two. Most times it's exactly the same... seem perfectly fine the day before, then I find them dead (such was the case this time). Other times they've gone pale first, and once, one had spots (not ich) on him. My panda cory has outlived everyone (I got him, and his no-longer-around friends, in August... haven't been able to find panda cories since unfortunately, hence this guy's loner status), but I've lost peppered, albino, bronze, sterbai, and panda cories. Of the two remaining bronze, one has been in there since about January, as I recall, and the other since October (the one who I found dead today was there since October, too). I keep trying to keep them in a decent size group, but they keep dying. I've tried stock from two different locations (each across town from the other).
Anyway, I don't want to replace the cories... I'm a huge cory fan, but I'm worried that they're suffering, or something, and I'm just at wit's end. All the rest of my fish seem to be fluorishing. The funny thing is, the cories seem to be too, till they show up dead... :headshake2: I've had problems keeping plecos in the past, too, though for two of the plecos there had been a corresponding change in the ph (none of which correspond to the losses of any cories, btw), while the third died before I'd even had him 24 hours, so the store just replaced him right away. I've since resolved my ph problems and have a wonderfully steady ph and water at a healthy hardness (around 4... can't remember what the measure is, but it's in the range of what is deemed healthy for most freshwater fish). Otherwise since I started my tank back at the beginning of June last year I've lost no fish (I even did a fishy cycle, not knowing any better at the time).
So now I'm left with a question of whether I should add anything to my tank in the cories' (increasing) absence; whether I should just wait and see how these guys fair (the remaining cories); whether I should give the remaining bronze cories to my stepdad whose tank we've been working on together at his place and presently has bronze cories with no problems (though his tank is newer and he's not had his current stock long); or... suggestions?
Harumph. Now I'm just bummed out.
), and I'm pretty much ready to give up on cories. Obviously I can't keep them, and I'm completely at a loss as to why. My levels continue to be fine (0/0/5 or less), pH stable at 7.2... no changes whatsoever, no odd behaviour, nothing.. just every couple months another dead cory or two. Most times it's exactly the same... seem perfectly fine the day before, then I find them dead (such was the case this time). Other times they've gone pale first, and once, one had spots (not ich) on him. My panda cory has outlived everyone (I got him, and his no-longer-around friends, in August... haven't been able to find panda cories since unfortunately, hence this guy's loner status), but I've lost peppered, albino, bronze, sterbai, and panda cories. Of the two remaining bronze, one has been in there since about January, as I recall, and the other since October (the one who I found dead today was there since October, too). I keep trying to keep them in a decent size group, but they keep dying. I've tried stock from two different locations (each across town from the other).
Anyway, I don't want to replace the cories... I'm a huge cory fan, but I'm worried that they're suffering, or something, and I'm just at wit's end. All the rest of my fish seem to be fluorishing. The funny thing is, the cories seem to be too, till they show up dead... :headshake2: I've had problems keeping plecos in the past, too, though for two of the plecos there had been a corresponding change in the ph (none of which correspond to the losses of any cories, btw), while the third died before I'd even had him 24 hours, so the store just replaced him right away. I've since resolved my ph problems and have a wonderfully steady ph and water at a healthy hardness (around 4... can't remember what the measure is, but it's in the range of what is deemed healthy for most freshwater fish). Otherwise since I started my tank back at the beginning of June last year I've lost no fish (I even did a fishy cycle, not knowing any better at the time).
So now I'm left with a question of whether I should add anything to my tank in the cories' (increasing) absence; whether I should just wait and see how these guys fair (the remaining cories); whether I should give the remaining bronze cories to my stepdad whose tank we've been working on together at his place and presently has bronze cories with no problems (though his tank is newer and he's not had his current stock long); or... suggestions?
Harumph. Now I'm just bummed out.
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