Subdued Corys

[rmarrandino1]

I currently have two Spotted Corys in a 20-gallon tank. They basically sit in the corner and don't move a lot.

Ammonia (0), Nitrites (0), and Nitrates (10) are OK. I feed them the Bio-Blend for bottom-feeders.

I'm planning on getting a couple more since I read that they do better in groups of at least 4. I tried yesterday, but my local PetsMart was out of them.

The tank includes Mollies, Neon Tetras, Guppies, and Danios.

Is this all that I need to do or is there something else that I am doing wrong? They seem to look OK to me, but unless it is something very obvious I probably wouldn't know anyway.

Thanks.

 

[wayne]

As there's only 2 they might be a bit nervous, so your thoughts on getting more are good.
My cories always responded well to water changes . Maybe try that?

 

[clothahump]

Good shout Wayne, a few more buddies and regular water changes should boot them into life.

 

[rmarrandino1]

Guys, thanks for the replies. I do pretty frequent water changes, so they are probably just lonely.

 

[rmarrandino1]

OK, so I go and get two more spotted cory, for a total of 4. Now these guys are more inactive that when I just had two. They just sit under the fake rocks that I have and barely move.

At least before the two of them would swim around once and a while.

Water seems good and I do twice a week water changes to keep the nitrates down.

Any suggestions?????????