My cory swims up and down the glass of my tank rapidly ever so often is there anything the matter
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Maybe they wanna get out cause their enviroment is so small. Or thwy are just hyper, mine used to be, but now do jack ****.
Swimfins
This is as good as it gets.
Its just burning off excess energy, I'd think, someone on here says his female cory does that when its about to lay eggs.
DaisyGirl said:
I would agree, however a 6.5 gallon is a bit small for a group of them. What species of cory do you have jnr?
jnr102030 said:
My panda cories do that all the time. As far as I can tell they're just chasing their own reflection. It seems as though the longer they are in there the less they do that. Also, my most active one does it the most, so SWIMFINS' energy burning theory may be correct.
I would suggest you assess how many more cories you can fit in your tank and then get that number, they are a shoaling fish. They feel much more secure in numbers. Here's some good info on schooling/shoaling behavior.
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/behavior/schooling.shtml
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mine do this and clean the glass too(they're not underfed believe me). Since moving them to a bigger tank, my cories do this less and less, now they swim against the current to burn the steam off.
They can breathe atmospheric air, so they will go up to the surface for a breath once in awhile too.
They can breathe atmospheric air, so they will go up to the surface for a breath once in awhile too.
why does everyone say that cories should be kept in groups? I have one and it is loving it!!!!!!