New Panda Corries!!

Today I bought 3 panda corries. ;D Thay are so fun to watch. They are in my Q tank at the moment but will be put in the main tank when it is cycled!

I got them some Tetra Variety flakes. I gave them one to see if they liked them, and they went mad over it!! It was really funny watching them all trying to eat the same flake!!

I only fed them one flake because if you look at it compared to their size it is really quite big. The Corries are quite small - about 3/4 inch - really cute!! Am I feeding the right amount? The flakes are round and are about 0.5cm in diametr. I noticed that half the flake was uneaten in the tank. Could they bee so young that the aren't eating much yet?

I want to name them but can't think of anything. My mum thought I should have three names that rhyme. I think that's a good idea but I can't seem to think of any three names that rhyme. What do you think?

Thanks

Gwenz

 

Congrats on the corys. I bought three panda cory's about 6 months ago and I haven't been able to find any more since. They must be really hard to breed. I love mine, they are my favorite corys. About names, how bout "Huey, Duey, & Luey?

 

Thanks - I like the names I'll think about it, to see if I can think of more. I'll probably end up naming them Huey, Duey, & Luey if I can't think of anything.

Thanks

Gwenz

 

My first Otos were Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod from the Nursery Rhyme that I read to my children as they were so sweet that they reminded me of babies. Of course, I am so daffy about all my fish being my little ones . I do like Huey, Duey, and Luey as well.

Rose

 

Well, I can't think of anything else to call them, so, meet Huey, Duey, and Luey ...

In the first picture there is 2 panda corries but there is one behind the othere so it looks like there is only one. In the second picture 2 of the corries are eating a small flake that I put in. (the flakes are camuflaged in the gravel, but I think they find it kind of fun trying to find them! ) And the third picture is just a picture I managed to take before he swam away (They are so fast!! )

Gwenz

 

Oh they are so CUTE!! I wish I had some !! They are just so darling and I know that you will love having them. Congratulations and Best Wishes on the little guys.

Huey, Duey and Luey it is so nice to know you. We will watch your growing up with interest and hope you get along well with your brother when he get there.

Rose

 

Ideas for names.....
Here are some names I'd give Panda Corries if I could find them around here:

Hsing-Hsing, Ling-Ling and MeI Xiang. After the famous bears in China, of course........

S.

 

Hey! What about.... Mo, Larry, & Curly?? ;D

 

Oh they are so CUTE!! I wish I had some !! They are just so darling and I know that you will love having them. Congratulations and Best Wishes on the little guys.

Huey, Duey and Luey it is so nice to know you. We will watch your growing up with interest and hope you get along well with your brother when he get there.

Rose

At my lfs they weren't doing much but now they swim around everywhere in the tank! I think you will probably hear a lot about them from me as I just can't take my eyes off them.

They are so cute! - This morning we had a power cut for about 5-10 minutes (don't know why - very odd!) and they were all huddled together in the corner as if they were scared and knew something was wrong. Also, after I came home from school today and went to see them they swam to the top as if pleased to see me or something , then they went back down to the bottom again to eat the food I gave them.

I love them! CherI Ann I like those names. Where do they come from or did you just think of them?

Gwenz

 

The Three Stooges!! My three panda's stay together a lot too. I have 3 more assort. cory's in the tank and my panda's don't associate much with them. My husband say's the panda's are his favorite fish also, he loves watching them. My panda's and the other fish get so excited when they see me close to the tank. They think it's feeding time, even if I've just gotten thru feeding them . Sometimes I've seen one or two of the panda's zip across the tank like they're on crack or something. They've even been going so fast they will run into a plant or the side of the tank. I'm not sure why they do this and it doesn't happen often. I have one male and two female pandas and I've read that they are committed to their mate. I've seen this firsthand as the odd female out is often wandering around by herself. It's sad, I've look for another panda male for her but even Petco didn't have any panda corys. . I've also read that they won't interbreed with other types of corys. So, I'm still on the look-out for another male panda.

Oh, and the Huey, Duey, and Luey names came from a cartoon my son used to watch when he was very small, it was called "Duck Tales". Like with Donald Duck.

 

The Three Stooges!! My three panda's stay together a lot too. I have 3 more assort. cory's in the tank and my panda's don't associate much with them. My husband say's the panda's are his favorite fish also, he loves watching them. My panda's and the other fish get so excited when they see me close to the tank. They think it's feeding time, even if I've just gotten thru feeding them . Sometimes I've seen one or two of the panda's zip across the tank like they're on crack or something. They've even been going so fast they will run into a plant or the side of the tank. I'm not sure why they do this and it doesn't happen often. I have one male and two female pandas and I've read that they are committed to their mate. I've seen this firsthand as the odd female out is often wandering around by herself. It's sad, I've look for another panda male for her but even Petco didn't have any panda corys. . I've also read that they won't interbreed with other types of corys. So, I'm still on the look-out for another male panda.

I notice that 2 of my pandas are always together and one is always by itself. I don't know if they are males of females though. My lfs mix the males and females and so it's hard to get the ones you want. They even mix male and female guppies and other fish and I've seen a few fry in the tanks before! (They put the fry in a separate tank when they notice them so they don't get eaten)

How can you tell if the corries are male or female? I read that the males are smaller than the fmales or something like that. Is that how you tell? If it is I think I have two males and 1 female as the bigger of the three (which is not very big - 3/4 inch at the most) stays with a smaller one, but the other small one is always by himself. :-\

I know what you meen about them speeding accross the tank. Mine are only small so when they do speed accros the tank they are just like a little 'blurs'!!

My lfs doesn't often have panda corries. But when they do they always have loads (2 -3 tanks of them). They must be really hard to get or something, so when they find them they get as many as they can.

I put a flake in for them to eat at 4 O'Clock today, and they sink to the bottom and camuflage in the gravel (It's the same colour - but they are only in the Q tank at the moment and the gravel will be a different colour in their real tank). They only just found the flake right now (9 O'Clock here). Do they not want to be fed at that time or something, and need to be fed later at night? ???

Thanks

Gwenz

 

A lot of the catfish type fish are nocturnal feeders and don't eat until the lights go off. So it may be that the Cories need to be fed like the Otos do at night and then left alone until the following night. That is why I am so glad to feed them veggie rounds or algae wafers as they can graze on those as they want them and I don't have to worry about them disintegrating in floating in the tank. It disintegrates but stays at the floor of the tank.

Rose

 

The Variety flakes I give them aren't like 'normal flakes' that I feed my other fish. They stay at the bottom. The eat them now. Maybe they were still getting used to the tank before.

Gwenz

 

My cory's can be sleeping peacefully, then when I drop some flakes in the tank, they wake right up, no matter what time it is, and they go scurrying around the tank for the flakes that float down to the bottom. They also love the algae wafers. As for telling the sex, I did a lot of reading and research on cory's. The only way I can tell them apart is that the dorsal fin on the males is more pointed like a spike with the rest of the fin fanning out from it, on the females, the top fin is more blunt and rounded. Still, it's harder to tell them apart on the other types of cory's, but easier on the panda's. I read that they are very difficult to breed so that would explain the shortage on panda's in the IF's.

 

Thanks. This may be a stupid question but I've never acctualy asked anyone or tried to find it out so I'll ask now, which is the dorsal fin?

Thanks

Gwenz

I think I have 2 males and a female.

Gwenz

 

The dorsal fin is the one on top of their back.

Rose

 

Thanks Rose. I've allways wondered that. I thought that but wasn't quite sure.

Thanks

Gwenz

 

I just got three Panda Corys too, they are so fast its crazy. Two of mine are constantly together in the cave while the third is always by itself. I believe they are all female, but I'm not sure.

 

My peppered corys are quite graceful and about moderate in speed. I like the panda ones but the store I frequent never has any; they have emerald, albino, pepper and leopard corys. I got the latter because they had younger ones of that type than the others; the emeralds were all fully grown.

Do you guys notice how your corys now and then go to the surface, and either blow a bubble or else take a breath? They don't do it often, I've only seen it now and then.

 

Do you guys notice how your corys now and then go to the surface, and either blow a bubble or else take a breath? They don't do it often, I've only seen it now and then.

I have noticed that. They swim right to the surface take a breath and swim back down to the bottom.

Gwenz

 

Haven't noticed that yet, Ill have to look for it. Its kinda funny, my corys sleep in a cave that my African dwarf frog used to control, as soon as the corys moved in they kicked him out, but today hes been grouping with them alot, kinda weird, and they've been letting him sleep in the cave with them.

 

Corys are able to go to the surface, take a gulp of air and absorb it through their intestines. If you watch closely as they are going back down after gulping some air they will expell a tiny little bubble from their anus. This is totally normal and doesn't mean anything is wrong
Carol

 

I never noticed that before Carol. But now that you've said it I see it all the time!!

Gwenz

I managed to get a picture of all three of the corries together!!

 

So today I got eight Panda Cories (four in my 20g, four in my 10g)... two of them are acting a little weird, and might not make it. But I am hopping that they will pull through. However the four in the 20 gallon appear to be happier than the cories in the 10g... so I am curious if it would be to much of a bio-load on the 20 gallon if I put the cories from the 10 gallon in the 20 gallon without a bio-crash... the are pretty small(about a half inch), so I don't know yet...

I would like to also add to those of you who are thinking on getting Panda Cories, but aren't sure... I would say... GET THEM... of course provided you have the right requirements and fish compatibility,,, They stay small, and are a great challenge to master... because if you can master the smaller challenges... than the larger ones get that much easier! Plus it is cool to study their habits. Mine take "shifts" watching my cory that is kinda sick, and makes sure that they stay upright and move around a little every once in a while. I love my panda cories, now I just need them to breed...LOL

 

Way cool. Congratulations! And thanks for the insights on watching them.

If you can, post pictures....would LOVE to see them!

 

I hope they all survive wish I had advice for you, no corries ever for me though

 

Congrats on the new fish hope they make it.. Noticed that nursing behavior with my goldfish my first two fish one got sick and would lie on the bottom an the other would swim under him and push him up he\she did it up until it died.He or boobers don't laugh went to that same corner for days after his buddy past in what seemed like looking for him..Is this normal as I never knew fish had such personalities AND EMOTIONS..?

 

thanks you guys... I will post pictures tomorrow... One observation about the cories I forgot to post... it appears that the young panda cory has patches of black marks (rather than the black stripes, and are more albino in color (compared to their mature pinkish color), you will see tomorrow... I can't wait to share!!!!

Congrats noticed that nursing behavior with my goldfish my first two fish one got sick and would lie on the bottom an the other would swim under him and push him up he\she did it up until it died.He or boobers don't laugh went to that same corner for days after his buddy past in what seemed like looking for him..Is this normal as I never knew fish had such personalities..?

My panda cories did that when I had four(then two) they acted a little weird for about a week, then went back to normal... I would say it is normal for social fish...

P.S. to OUTINFRONT... welcome to fishlore!!!!

 

P.S. to OUTINFRONT... welcome to fishlore!!!!

Thanks it is a lot better then just reading post and wondering about stuff,glad I joined.
Hopefully one day I will have something to add besides grief of my water parameters

 

You should be grateful that you joined while you are still new in the hobby... I wish I had fishlore when I first started!!! lol

 

8 in a 20g. should be fine. I've kept 10 pandas in a 20g. with no problems, considering they don't get large.

 

I love my panda cories too. They are so adorable and I love how they hang out together and swim together.
I have 10 of them in my 29G.

 

You should be grateful that you joined while you are still new in the hobby... I wish I had fishlore when I first started!!! lol

I guess I used to have tanks as a teen and it seemed easier not knowing all this info..simply set up tank add fish and wait for a bunch to die add more and wonder why,now knowing all this info scares me..I used to buy fancy gold fish at 50 cents a piece now they are $10 plus tax so I have little room for trial and error.Still can't believe how Boobers don't laugh took to his friend...He now has a new buddy who is smaller and follows him every where looking out for him..Amazing in my mind as I thought they were just fish..

 

So here they are!!!! Sorry it took so long...

and More!!! lol

 

I love Panda Cories!!! Congratulations on your new babies. They are the most entertaining little fish, active and curious. I have 8 or 9 in my 120 gallon and they are too cute!! Mine like Algae Wafers and also shrimp pellets... you may like to try those too.

 

This is one of the two that I already had in my tank... notice how pink he is! Sorry about the blurry photos... these guys are always moving.

....Mine like Algae Wafers and also shrimp pellets... you may like to try those too.

I have had two for about three months now, and they LOVE algae wafers, and some blood worms occasionally..

If you look at the younger ones, they are more whiter than the pinker more mature cory's... They also have black "tinted" marks on them, and the black stripes aren't as fully as the mature panda... just some notes I've observed...

So today I found two of my pandas dead BUT!!! I went to my LFS and they replaced them with two new ones the are actually younger and smaller than the previous two... so there pro's and con's to everything I guess!!

 

I've found Panda Corys to be a little delicate.

I hope they all do well for you and no other losses.

 

Thanks.. I have had my previous two for about three months, and they are doing great.. I believe that the move (from the dealer to my lfs) is the most stressful...

 

Cute! I hope I can get some little pandas at some point.

 

So today I woke up to no dead fish!!! YAY!!! Everyone is doing good, and is very active!

So I was thinking.. How cool would it be to get 200+ views on this thread??? Please help me do this and SPREAD THE WORD!!!