Are Panda Corys considered fragile as opposed to other corydoras? I’ve been seeing sort of a 50/50 split after looking into it

[Vergil17]

I recently got 6 pandas from my local fish store. One that I trust fairly well as, I’ve never been given bad info from them and none of the fish I’ve bought from over multiple years, have ever up and died for no reason or on the way to the tank. About 2-3 weeks ago is when I hit the pandas. I’d been searching for them everywhere but I think the Florida stuff really cut down on how easy they are to find. So I got them as soon as I could after discovering that the store had them.(had to wait for my day off where I’d have enough time to go there and then back) They all made the journey over fine. And all seemed to be going well until recently. Last week I came to do a water change and found that one(possibly 2 since I can only ever see four of them out at once, but I haven’t found  another body and ammonia and nitrates are stable so I’m hoping there just always happens to be one hiding) had died for whatever reason. Did a nitrate and ammonia test pre water change. Both were fine. Nitrates were at between 5-10 leaning more towards five. Ammonia at zero. Afterwards both were at zero. Both were at zero after the water change. The rest so far have been fine, eating, swimming, etc, without any noticeable issue. But now I’m kinda paranoid that they might just drop for no reason at anytime. 

Ive seen online that they may have weaker constitutions than some other Corys, due to breeding and what not. But others say there just as hardy. So I’m wondering what others experiences are, and if the main place they’re gotten from are somewhat sickly. Then if there’s any other breeders or source people know of to get them from, that doesn’t have insane prices.

 

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Cory]

In my experience they are the same as other corydoras. I'd make sure they getting enough to eat of the right foods. Frozen blood worms go a long way for new coyrdoras. As well as repashy community blend.

[Vergil17]

6 hours ago, Cory said:

In my experience they are the same as other corydoras. I'd make sure they getting enough to eat of the right foods. Frozen blood worms go a long way for new coyrdoras. As well as repashy community blend.

I’ve been giving them hikari sinking wafers as well as feeding a little extra of my other foods, I give the rest of the fish so assumedly they’re also getting the left overs from that. I just got some bloodworms the other day and fed them that for the first time yesterday. Ive been holding off on feeding over the weekend  cause I was treating blue green algae a was trying to make sure that ammonia didn’t spike, from all the dying algae. But the one I loss was before that, I’m really hoping that he was just a fluke and the rest will be okay. 

[PonyPlantedTanks]

I feel like Cory’s in general are not quite as easy to keep as people make them seem. I recently got 6 smudge spot corydoras and I lost 2 within the first week. Hoping these last 4 will get fat and happy. They’re the only fish I’ve struggled to keep happy.

[tike]

I am with @Cory about the bloodworms. I have 2 species of corys that are deemed delicate( duplicarearus and eques). Feeding bloodworms when you first get them helps a lot. Next thing, what else do you have with them? Faster fish can out compete for food and if you haven't had corys in the tank before you will need to add a little extra to ensure the corys get their share.

[Vergil17]

3 hours ago, tike said:

I am with @Cory about the bloodworms. I have 2 species of corys that are deemed delicate( duplicarearus and eques). Feeding bloodworms when you first get them helps a lot. Next thing, what else do you have with them? Faster fish can out compete for food and if you haven't had corys in the tank before you will need to add a little extra to ensure the corys get their share.

I’ve got a bristle nose in there but hes no problem for food competition. There’s also 5 buenos ares tetras, which feed pretty ravenously, and 5 red eye tetras, which may be the most food motivated fish I’ve ever seen. I’ve been specifically adding more and watching just to make sure that the Corys get some food. I know they always get some of the bloodworms as I can see them slurping them up. Plus I always put some sinking wafers in there which the tetras can’t actually consume before it hits bottom, The tetras well pick em up and carry it around for a little while as they try to eat it,  but it always gets dropped back down after a little bit. 

[reefhugger]

I second @Cory on feeding Repashy Community Blend.  It has a good mix of nutrients, sinks right down to the corys, and they love it. It gets scarfed up.  Plus its kind of fun to make.