Aquarists, UNITE!!!

[Zephyr]

Zepher, goldfish are the dirtiest of dirty fish ever. Six cories with a goldfish would be pollution central and Lori would be cleaning the tank every day.

It's not the cory twitting out, but Jeffy. And that cory has lived with Jeffy since day one.

It's something else. I still lay the blame at the ****-a-roaches.... LOL!!!

Depends on the filtration. And cories ARE true schooling fish; they need groups of 5 or more.
As for the goldfish being dirty... For one it generally isn't good to keep a tropical fish with a coldwater fish; Jeffy might have caught a pathogen from the cory, no matter how long they've been together.

[Lori P]

Depends on the filtration. And cories ARE true schooling fish; they need groups of 5 or more.
As for the goldfish being dirty... For one it generally isn't good to keep a tropical fish with a coldwater fish; Jeffy might have caught a pathogen from the cory, no matter how long they've been together.

You know, Kyle brings up a good point about the poor cory. He's the last survivor from a group from years ago... and when I got Jeffy last year, the cory's last buddy had passed. I don't even know why I did it, but I moved him in with Jeffy and they've been buds ever since. I knew it was bad to have tropical with coldwater... but they both flourished, and it just kind of became normal. Jeffy stays near the cory a lot, they vaccuum the bottom together. I never got more corys, because I knew it was the wrong tank to have them in.

So... they live together in a 29 gallon tank with a three stage filter system and extra aeration. I do a 10% water change every week and vaccuum the bottom every other week.

Here's a pic, before Jeffy started hiding...



He hides under the stump all the time now. This morning, he swam toward me, but no wiggles...

[Garter_Gertie]

Depends on the filtration. And cories ARE true schooling fish; they need groups of 5 or more.
As for the goldfish being dirty... For one it generally isn't good to keep a tropical fish with a coldwater fish; Jeffy might have caught a pathogen from the cory, no matter how long they've been together.

Yes, cories are schooling fish, but I thought we were talking about Jeffy? I thought the cory was fine and had been even when living with only his last tank mate as a pair. Maybe I missed something awhile back...

No, one shouldn't keep tropical with coldwater fish. However there are some fish that can be kept together without detriment to each other. Cories are very varible. Guppies, too, can live with various tropicals.

The pathogen idea is a good one. However, I'd think something in the past year prior to now would have surfaced. It's been quite a long time they've been together.

Any change in the brand of food? Have you painted recently? Stuff like that, Lori?

[Lori P]

Any change in the brand of food? Have you painted recently? Stuff like that, Lori?

Nope... he always gets a big variety of food, veggies and such, But his staple food is the Omega One.

I'll keep you guys posted... it's really interesting to see such a behavior change in a fish!! I also stuck my hand in there to make sure there wasn't like some electric shock going on.

Gertie, thanks for going through so many possibilites with me!!!

[Zephyr]

I also stuck my hand in there to make sure there wasn't like some electric shock going on.

A few years ago I bred golden convict cichlids... One day the heater broke during a water change (while my pair had eggs and fry, mind you) and I stuck my hand in the water to readjust the gravel...
Let me just say, I never felt so much pain in my life.

Of course, seeing as I was a little young, I had to try it just one more time to get a feel for it. XD

Coincidentally, the pair and fry were fine.