wtf is my cory doing?

[Gumby131]

hey,
my pepperd cory swims casually along the bootom, then all of a suddden without warning he just swims fast as up to the top and launches out of the water, lands back in and continues feeding as if nothing had happend.
its really quite funny

 

[TipStylez]

its called "im bored" haha

Is your cory by itself?

 

[Roan Art]

All cories do that. They occasionally dash to the top and get some air. Nothing to worry about.

Roan

 

[Gumby131]

no he is with 2 others and soon to be 5 others,
he is so cute i luve him. it looks funny as cos he fully leaps out of the water and as he lands all bubbles follow him in

 

[Roan Art]

I've 7 bronze, 2 spotted and 1 peppered. The bronze jump out of the water, the spotted and peppered just skim the surface.

The bronze are more fun

Roan

 

[Gumby131]

hahahhaha they are one of a kind those cories
has any one had any luck in breeding them?

 

[monkey_toes]

The dash to the surface is to grab a bubble of air. They can extract oxygen from it in their intestines. Watch closely next time he does it - on the way back down he'll fart out the bubble he'd grabbed the time before.

 

[joephys]

I have read that they are fairly easy to breed, never done it my self though, but I am sure there are people here that have.

 

[shaunakadub]

Yep, corys and plecos are known to do this.

Its funny, like you guys stated, how some of them do it. My green cory's make a mad dash to the top, hit the surface, and drop down. One of my albino's makes a mad dash to the top, then about 2'' away from the top he goes into snail speed and kisses the air, then slowly decends.

 

[timma401]

yer gumby there cool