Peppered Cory Question

[kurtismjohnson]

I just got a peppered cory catfish so my albino cory would have a friend. Everyone in my tank seems to be super healthy and doing very well. My peppered cory just lays on the bottom or hides. sometimes he looks like hes dead. i read on another forum that this is kinda normal for them can anyone else confirm that? or should i return him and get a better one?

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

When you say "just got him" what do you mean, like today? It will take some time (a few days at least) until he shows his real behavior.

 

[unwritten law]

they can be a bit more lazier than than albinos which i find to be pretty active, especially in groups.

 

[bassbonediva]

+1 on unwritten law. My peppereds are nowhere near as active as my albinos (have four albinos in my 55gal and four peppereds in my 29gal...soon going to move the peppereds into the 55gal as welll, though).

 

[kurtismjohnson]

cool. yea, i just got him yesterday. i knew it takes them a day or two to really behave like normal, but mine was acting like he was dead. he seems to be fine now, although he still isnt very active. thanks for the input!

 

[Onyx!]

Wow, my peppered cory is super active. I got mine as a friend for my panda cory, and it's the panda that I find is a less active fish. They also completely ignore each other as far as I can tell, so I don't know how much good my peppered cory is as a friend I'm also amazed at the beautiful iridescent colors on my peppered when he swims up near the top of the tank. I hadn't realized how pretty they are when I've seen them in the pet store, since they always seem to just sit on the bottom there.

 

[skjl47]

No quarantine tank?

Hello; I am new to this forum, but a fishkeeper since 1959. I have been using a quarantine tank for several years now. I usually keep new fish in this tank for at least a week, sometimes longer. I have introduced disease and parasites into a community tank by immediately placing a new fish in an established tank. If I am out of line by posting this here, please let me know. For much of my early fishkeeping years I placed new fish in a community tank right away and got away with it most of the time. Just a thought.