Skunk cory colors

erin14

erin14

Canadian, Eh?
Aug 7, 2007
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Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Just a quick question but, does anyone know if it is normal for the black stripe that runs down the back of the skunk cory to fade? I have 2 adult skunk cories and their black stripe is kind of fading to a dark greyish color. The stripe on my little juvenile skunk cory is really black but the adults are just dull. They seem to eat fine and act normal so I don't think there is anything wrong with them. They were one of the first fish to go into my tank when I first set it up so that was about 8 months ago. Thanks...oh, I can try to get a picture if anyone would like to see.
 
Alright well I managed to get a few decent pictures of my 2 adult cories even though no one has replied yet haha. Oh well, this will kind of give you an idea of what they look like. The first 2 are of my cories about 4 months ago when the black stripe was really "bold" and the last 3 are the ones I took tonight where the stripe is just kind of blah. I realize its kind of hard to see the difference because some of the pictures are a bit blurry (typical cories, they wouldn't stop moving) and not the greatest quality but the last 3 pictures show it the best and the 5th and 6th ones you can see the juvie skunk with his nice black stripe and then the adult skunk thats kind of faded.

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sometimes the color of the background or the substrate will cause them to dull in color. i have black sand in all my tanks and i notice that there colors get more vibrant when i put them in my tank.
 
Hi Erin14
have a look at your first picture, middle left, see the lenght of the bartels of the cories.
then look at the ones you describe as 'faded'. compare the bartels. the open swimming has none left...
if i look at the gravel you have, quite big, compared to the cories, also it seems to have sharp edges, or?
maybe this is the missing link to the the fading colour, unhappy cories?
 
Joergen.Schoppe said:
Hi Erin14
have a look at your first picture, middle left, see the lenght of the bartels of the cories.
then look at the ones you describe as 'faded'. compare the bartels. the open swimming has none left...
if i look at the gravel you have, quite big, compared to the cories, also it seems to have sharp edges, or?
maybe this is the missing link to the the fading colour, unhappy cories?
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The pictures make the gravel look big, its actually not very big, the pics are kind of deceiving. I was waiting for someone to comment on the barbels..I know that the open swimming skunk cory on the last 2 pictures has no barbels left. I bought him because he was all alone in this tank with no other friends and the tank itself was in bad condition and i felt sorry for him. He had no barbels then and he doesn't really have any now but I thought maybe they would grow back (not sure if they do or not...?). Although his barbels are short he sticks with the other 2 adult skunks who have long healthy barbels and he finds food. I watch him eat every night to make sure he is finding and eating food. The pictures don't show it very well but my 2 adult skunks do have long barbels along with all the other species of cories. That free swimming cory in the last 2 pics is the only one with short barbels. That open swimming one is actually the little juvie that i'm commenting about and his color is actually very nice, hes got a nice black line. I tried to get him in the picture so you could see his black compared to the adults black stripe but the camera is not the best and doesn't do an awesome job. I'm pretty sure everyone is happy though. They all eat like pigs and by the time they're done eating they're really fat (or they look so), its actually quite funny to see how porky they get. I picked up several pieces of gravel and rolled it around in my fingers and i never came across a really pointy or sharp piece so it should be okay... however, i have really been considering sand the last little while, but i'm really not energetic enough to switch it all over... plus i'm not sure how to go about it haha.
 
I've notices with my pandas that the adults have less contrast in their coloration than the juveniles do. the base color gets more golden than beige, and the dark patches turn dusky. I think it's just what they do as they grow up. As long as they're eating and seem happy, I wouldn't worry about it.
 
They are one the oldest fish in my tank which was set up about 9 months ago. When i got them they were just little guys and have since grown quite big (their completely full grown except for the one little one), they have got to be or are close to being 2 inches. I originally had 5 but lost 2 to Ich. They act and eat completely normal and no visible signs of disease. I never thought of them aging and losing color but I guess it makes sense since the little one has a super black line and the adults don't. Thanks! :)
 
glad to hear, eh, read about the gravel. thanks for trying to rescue that little bugger, i hope you manage. but beside the barbels, he does look ok, as much as i can see on this picture. i have 3 cories myself, also look like they lost some of the black colour, have them little less than a year now. my hair is also loosing colour, maybe it's really the age? but then, how fast do cories age?
 
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