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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Health => Topic started by: Fiona on December 25, 2015, 09:02:56 PM
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One of my cories which I think is female is exceptionally greedy. She's been a bit pigeon chested for a while now but other than that seems hale a hearty and is eating. I feed all the fish blanched peas twice a week, between times a mix of bloodworm, daphnia, brine shrimp, catfish pellets and fine flaked food.
She doesnt lie flat like the other cories because she's so fat and rests in a tail up kind of tilt forward. Should I be worried or is she just greedy?
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That sounds like one of my habrosus cories. This one is also paler than the rest. But it is one of the first habrosus that I got and it is still going strong. I assume from your signature that yours is a habrosus (salt & pepper) cory too?
I use behaviour as the guide to fish health where there is a lack of physical symptoms like white spots or disintegrating fins. If a fish looks fine and behaves fine, I just keep an eye on it till something changes.
An example - another habrosus cory, a smaller one with nice dark markings, suddenly started wedging itself in the hornwort. This is not typical habrosus cory behaviour; sitting on broad leaves yes but not wedging themselves inside a fine leaved plant. I found it dead a couple of days later.
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Yup it is a habrosus cory and apart from the pigeon chest she's asymptomatic. I've noticed two of my cories are a lot paler than the others too.
I'll keep a close eye on her Sue and let you know if anything changes. Thanks.