Hi,
I'm very close to giving up on cories.
My 60g community tank has been established for several months, heavily planted, and all fishes are doing well... except for cories. I lose about 1 a week. It's usually very sudden, no warning signs, in the morning I will spot one with trouble swimming, and by the end of the day, he's dead. No wounds that I can see either. I've had cories from several different sources, and it's always the same thing.
Here are my water parameters I change 50% weekly):
pH = 6.5
TDS = 56
Ammonia = 0
Nitrites = 0
Nitrates = 40ppm (hard to get an exact reading with API's kit)
Temp = 77
The substrate is this one: http://www.aquariumplants.com/Freshw...trate_p/ss.htm
The grain sizes are pretty uniform, and about half to 1/3 the size of eco-complete.
Does anyone has had similar experience ? Any advice for keeping those guys ?
I'm very close to giving up on cories.
My 60g community tank has been established for several months, heavily planted, and all fishes are doing well... except for cories. I lose about 1 a week. It's usually very sudden, no warning signs, in the morning I will spot one with trouble swimming, and by the end of the day, he's dead. No wounds that I can see either. I've had cories from several different sources, and it's always the same thing.
Here are my water parameters I change 50% weekly):
pH = 6.5
TDS = 56
Ammonia = 0
Nitrites = 0
Nitrates = 40ppm (hard to get an exact reading with API's kit)
Temp = 77
The substrate is this one: http://www.aquariumplants.com/Freshw...trate_p/ss.htm
The grain sizes are pretty uniform, and about half to 1/3 the size of eco-complete.
Does anyone has had similar experience ? Any advice for keeping those guys ?