FrozenFins Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Catfish_Lover_Jane said: Are they annoyed with me? Did you feed them...? Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 I fed them a sink wafer hikari, and they don't seem to notice that it's food.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Catfish_Lover_Jane said: I fed them a sink wafer hikari, and they don't seem to notice that it's food.... They'll notice soon, you can also try feeding sinking pellets. Maybe hes annyoed because your spending too much attention on Aurora and not him, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 LOL, but the corycats are not noticing any food at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 @Catfish_Lover_Jane you just got the corys, right? They may have been eating something different at the store, so they don’t yet realize the wafers are food. That or they’re finding lots of tasty morsels on their own, and they just aren’t hungry. The good news is they’re explorers and will probably find a wafer soon—soon being in the next two weeks. 😄 Keep offering a wafer or piece of wafer every day and taking it out if it’s not eaten in the morning. (Or just let the betta and any snails eat it!) They’ll find it eventually! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 If this helps my pleco refused to eat any algae wafers until last week. (I've had him since october) He just ate the left over of the sinking pellets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 Okay, so it might take a while...? What about the sinking wafers I already put in? If I leave them alone, they will grow mold, won't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 @Catfish_Lover_Jane if you leave them in they could grow mold or even just pollute the water as they dissolve. I would use a turkey baster or pipette to siphon them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 ok. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 Me: Walking past the fish tank. Aurora: swims like an athlete to the surface in the feeding ring Me: sighs and gives food Aurora: gulps the food as SOON as I drop the pellets Me: also gives corydoras a sink wafer Aurora: tries to eat it, but throws it up Corydoras: don't notice the wafer is food Me: tries to walk away from fish tank Aurora: goes up to the corner of the tank, watching me and begging for more Me: walks away because overfeeding is bad Aurora: sad fish eyes 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) Aurora's brain is always thinking of food. He comes up to the surface like in less than a second whenever he sees a person pass by the tank. At 7, when I normally feed him, Aurora is always waiting for me, like as if he would know his feeding schedule! Today, I hovered my two finger like a cm off the surface of the water, and he jumped up and got the betta pellet. Wow, Aurora will do anything for food. XD Edited May 7, 2021 by Catfish_Lover_Jane 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) I got two more pymgy corydoras, a windelov java fern, and a nerite snail for my betta tank. It seemed like the three corys from before were showing the new corys around the tank. XD Edited May 10, 2021 by Catfish_Lover_Jane 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I love the look of Windelov Java Fern. Mine is starting to thrive but had a long acclimation period. I had quite a bit of browning and die back. I think it’s normal, but be prepared. Also, don’t be tempted to save money by buying fish from a place other than Aquarium Coop, all the extra care a quarantine are worth the small extra expense! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) Edited May 11, 2021 by Catfish_Lover_Jane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Patrick_G said: I love the look of Windelov Java Fern. Mine is starting to thrive but had a long acclimation period. I had quite a bit of browning and die back. I think it’s normal, but be prepared. Also, don’t be tempted to save money by buying fish from a place other than Aquarium Coop, all the extra care a quarantine are worth the small extra expense! I have bought all my fish I've ever owned from Aquarium Co-op and I won't stop buying fish from there any time soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 Just some funny pics. The first two are my nerite snail that pooped green poop and it is on its on shell. XD And then some pics of Aurora. He has been stealing the pygmy corydora food so he has a round belly. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) Aurora leaped out of the water to feed from my finger today. The corydoras are schooling like crazy, and that's all I have to say. My water in my tank is REALLY murky, can I do anything about it? Temp: 76degrees, ph: 7.4 and everything else is normal. What is going on???? Edited May 20, 2021 by Catfish_Lover_Jane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) Green Water. Its not bad for the fish but it is bad for the sight. Heres how I fixed my green water: 1) find the problem. I'm assuming its your light so we will go with that, all though it could be how much ferts your dosing. Regardless if your dosing the reccemended volum on the back of the ferilizer. 2) turn the lights off, and put a towel over the tank. This will kill the green water. Leave the towel on until your tank is clear. For me it took 7 days, you can take occsionsal peeps to see how everyones doing. But for the most part keep it on. I heard somewhere that putting a towel over the holes in the lid doesnt allow oxygen exchange. So try to leave at least one hole open. I dont knoe of this 100% true, but better safe then sorry. 3) now that your tank is clear go through the following to preventing this from happening again: 1) is your light on timer? No, i would suggest to get a wifi light timer. I use the Teckin Wifi Light Timers but the Co-op sells the Kassa timers. 2) dim your lights. Some lights come with a dimmer, most dont. I use printers paper and place that on the lid. @Fish Folk uses the cupboard liners that grocery stores use. To learn more about the cupboard liners click here Here are some videos I found helpful. They also describe how to fix it if its caused by your fertilizer: Heres a picture of what my green water looked like: I couldnt find any full tank shots. But as you can see in the background, its very green. Edited May 20, 2021 by James Black 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 A little green water, for breeders it sought after but for many aquarists it can be the bane of their existence. UV sterilizer can help. Probably the uneaten cory food is causing an in-balance in your tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Hi, I just finished a blackout for green water close to a month ago, @James Black's advice works really well. Pretty much everything for me survived with a small amount of dying on the leaves, however I had to blackout the tank for 2 weeks. (after leaving the light on for too long yet again lol.) My advice is to wait until the algae is almost completely or entirely gone rather than leave some since the algae can reproduce quite quickly even when the water column appears fairly clear.I've since lowered the photoperiod to 6.5 hrs to prevent it coming back in the future; a timer is definitely a good investment. (My tank yesterday, apologies for the slanted camera!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 Crypt Tropica is unwell, I'm not sure, but there is only 2 leaves left on the plant. Is it molting or . . . I don't have easy green as of right now, but I don't know what's happening. All the other plants are well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Thats classic crypt melt. They are one of the worst plants when melting back. It'll grow back give it time and root tabs, it should be fine without fine without liquad fertlizer. How do your new cats like auroa? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 Smokey loves to watch the betta tank all day. It even beats sitting beside the window! Starpuff, on the other hand, could care less about Aurora and the corycats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 I'm still not certain that my pygmy cories notice the food... but then, how are they surviving? Aurora's stomach is so big, as he ate most of the catfish wafers that I've been giving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Fish can go weeks on end without food. If the pygmy corys dont look skinny, they have been eating something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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