[AquaticLife] help with cory’s
We have one, a albino dwarf cory that is about 15 or 16 years old. His tail is a bit crooked now, but he is still going strong!
Eric
/*—–Original Message—– /*From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On /*Behalf Of Lenny V. aka GoldLenny /*Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:14 PM /*To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com /*Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] help with cory’s /* /*Most corys should live much longer than a year… at least 4-5++ years. I /*have a blog article I’ve been working on for a couple of years about life /*expectancy of aquarium fish… up to about 200 common species now. /*http://goldlenny.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-long-should-aquarium-fish- /*live.htm /*l Check it out for the life expectancy on all of your fish and let me /*know /*if you have info on some of the fish I’m still trying to verify. /* /*Has your pH always been in the 6.5 range? While most corys can handle a /*broad range of pH from the low 6’s to the high 7’s, the mollies prefer a /*higher pH so I’m just checking to see if it was higher and has come down /*recently. /* /*What is your GH and KH? With a low pH, snails do not generally do well /*since the acidic water is not good for their shells. They could be dying /*and although your nitrate reading is low, there’s a possibility that the /*dying snails are fouling your water chemistry in a test we do not /*typically /*perform. /* /*What size tank? Any added chemicals other than basic dechlor? /* /*I don’t like your idea of using the weekend feeders in a bottle for snail /*baiting. Those feeders normally contain lots of filler products… /*usually /*calcium carbonate based but it’s still not good to use them things in our /*tanks. It should be good snail food though. I’ve used the rind from /*zucchini tied to a piece of string and weighed down on the bottom and then /*fish it out with a bunch of snails on it. I noticed that long after my /*fish /*are done with the zucchini, the snails will be sucking on the rind for a /*while so it looks like a natural snail trap and my fish love getting the /*snail trap ready for them (eating the slice of zucchini.. lol) /* /*Lenny Vasbinder /*Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com /* /* /*—–Original Message—– /*From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On /*Behalf Of Swatek-Rice, Traci /*Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:43 PM /*To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com /*Subject: [AquaticLife] help with cory’s /* /*Hi All, /* /*I am having problems with my cory’s. I have lost 3 in the past month. /*There /*are no visible signs on them to tell what’s happened. Two of them I found /*in /*the java moss I keep on top of the tank. The other was floating. My water /*parameters are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, @5 on nitrates and 6.5 ph. I have 15 /*mollies, 3 ottos, 3 pygmy gouramis and 1 male betta and 3 more surviving /*cory’s. At first I thought they might be laying eggs in the moss/leaves /*but /*I don’t know. I have noticed that I have snails big time. I guess they /*came /*in on the moss. I added that a couple of months ago. I have tried baiting /*the snails with the weekend feeders in a bottle but haven’t gotten any. /*Any /*ideas on what could be happening with the corys? I’ve had them over a /*year. /*Could it be normal aging? Thanks for any help. /* /* /*Traci /*..´¯`..¸¸..´¯`..¸> ¸…´¯`..¸. , ..´¯`…> /*PLEASE, when you REPLY to a post, DELETE all TEXT that is NOT important to /*the reply & if CHANGING the TOPIC of the original message MODIFY the /*SUBJECT LINE -> i.e. “new subject (was re: old subject)” .·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸> ¸.·´¯`·.¸. , .·´¯`·..> PLEASE, when you REPLY to a post, DELETE all TEXT that is NOT important to the reply & if CHANGING the TOPIC of the original message MODIFY the SUBJECT LINE -> i.e. “new subject (was re: old subject)” To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AquaticLife/
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