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Post  aquaticiguana 2014-03-14, 20:05

My girlfriend and I bought 3 orange laser corydoras on Wednesday. This morning I found one stone dead, and I'm trying to figure out what went wrong. I drip acclimated them for about an hour. Water this morning read 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10ppm nitrate and was treated with Seachem Prime. There aren't a ton of hiding spots in the tank (driftwood is shipping in on monday) so I added a mug as a makeshift cave.

Now that I have two, I'm kind of at a crossroads. I don't want them to die of stress due to not having a school, but at 15 a pop I want to make sure they don't keep dying. I've read that different species of cories will school together, so would buying a few less expensive (possibly hardier) cories help them out? Should I just wait it out and see if these two make it before adding more?

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Post  Aquarium Co-Op 2014-03-14, 20:29

Have a picture of the tank setup? What's the pH and hardness also? I think is a fairly new setup yeah? Also what temp are you running?
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Post  aquaticiguana 2014-03-14, 20:51

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There's java fern all over the place. Someone gave me a abunch with another plant so it's just floating around until monday.


Tank is pretty new, but I've been trying to keep a pretty good eye on it. I haven't been monitoring the pH and hardness as much, but last time I had a pH at around 7.0-7.2. I can't remember hardness; I'll retest when I get home, but I don't remember it being particularly hard. Running at 75F.

Also, I've been having trouble getting them excited about the Repashy super food I bought, not sure if it's related. It's the shrimp kind.

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Post  cichlid-gal 2014-03-14, 21:46

My corys love the Hikari sinking pellets. Sorry for your loss Sad
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Post  Aquarium Co-Op 2014-03-14, 21:55

With that info it seems like it should be thriving. Maybe the tank just isn't as stable as they'd like yet or something.
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Post  hyp3rcrav3 2014-03-14, 21:59

Sometimes fish just die of shock after a move. It is just one of those things.

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Post  aquaticiguana 2014-03-14, 23:52

Thanks for the input, very appreciated! Yea, I guess I'll just chalk it up to vengeful aquarium gods unless something else happens.

I don't want the two left to die of stress, would buying a few cheaper cories for them to school with prevent that? Should I just wait it out and see if these two make it and just get more lasers? Am I overestimating the stress danger?

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Post  plaamoo 2014-03-14, 23:57

"so I added a mug"

Any chance that mug had soap residue on it? Just a thought.

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Post  Aquarium Co-Op 2014-03-14, 23:58

I think you're overestimating the stress danger yes.
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Post  aquaticiguana 2014-03-15, 16:53

Another dead one this morning leaving me a lone survivor. No  I guess my cory fix is going to have to wait until the tank is older.

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Post  Aquarium Co-Op 2014-03-15, 17:04

Yeah I'm not sure whats going on for you. I have 2 tanks of lazers doing just fine at the shop here. Something odd for sure.
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