Shy Corys

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I have a few corys in my planted 75L tank. For over 3 months they were
highly entertaining as a group. About a month ago I noticed that a
female had plumped up and tried to catch it to isolate and save any
eggs. I was not successful in catching them because the tank being
heavily planted.

Since this 1/2 hour attempt at catching them all of them are
permanently in hiding!

Is this common??

[Billy]

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>I have a few corys in my planted 75L tank. For over 3 months they
>were
> highly entertaining as a group. About a month ago I noticed that a
> female had plumped up and tried to catch it to isolate and save any
> eggs. I was not successful in catching them because the tank being
> heavily planted.
>
> Since this 1/2 hour attempt at catching them all of them are
> permanently in hiding!
>
> Is this common??


Being chased around the tank by a net is not enjoyable for the fish.
If you leave them alone for a time, they will likely return to
previous behavior. This may take hours, or weeks, depending on how
badly stressed they were.

[MarAzul]

"Billy" > wrote in message
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>>I have a few corys in my planted 75L tank. For over 3 months they were
>> highly entertaining as a group. About a month ago I noticed that a
>> female had plumped up and tried to catch it to isolate and save any
>> eggs. I was not successful in catching them because the tank being
>> heavily planted.
>>
>> Since this 1/2 hour attempt at catching them all of them are
>> permanently in hiding!
>>
>> Is this common??
>
>
> Being chased around the tank by a net is not enjoyable for the fish. If
> you leave them alone for a time, they will likely return to previous
> behavior. This may take hours, or weeks, depending on how badly stressed
> they were.
>

I'm also curious as to how many and what species you have. Some are much
more adaptable and outgoing then others, and usually the more there are in a
tank, the safer they feel.

....and why were you trying to catch the female?? Cories are egg-layers. Just
wait til they spawn and take them off the glass.
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Mar
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[Elaine T]

wrote:
> I have a few corys in my planted 75L tank. For over 3 months they were
> highly entertaining as a group. About a month ago I noticed that a
> female had plumped up and tried to catch it to isolate and save any
> eggs. I was not successful in catching them because the tank being
> heavily planted.
>
> Since this 1/2 hour attempt at catching them all of them are
> permanently in hiding!
>
> Is this common??
>
Yes. They'll return to normal in time. I had to move some otos after a
quarantine and even the otos that stayed in the quarantine didn't come
out for well over a week. Fish know exactly what nets are for.

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