nigelnorris
New Member
Hi, thanks for coming to look for me. My first ever tank, and a week ago I got my first ever fish, half a dozen panda corys. Five of the six have settled in nicely, a bit timid but they're spending less time hiding and glass surfing and more time just ambling along and rooting about, they don't look in any way stressed. They're all quite small, I'd say about an inch and a quarter. The sixth is very different, spends all of his/her time, I mean hours on end, doing circles around the glass panes, 3 inch circles over and over again on the same bits of glass. It looks like he's rubbing his head against the glass as he goes.
The tank is properly cycled, zero ammonia / nitrites, <20 nitrates, I only have test strips but they're consistently well within the green zones for hardness, ph a bit below 7. Got wood, it's planted, lots of hiding places.
He managed to stay still long enough for me to get the photo attached, and I can see that there's a rough patch high up where to my eye there should be plates, and a red patch just below his eye. Haven't seen the other side. Fingers crossed I'm over concerned but surely his behaviour must be abnormal?
The tank is properly cycled, zero ammonia / nitrites, <20 nitrates, I only have test strips but they're consistently well within the green zones for hardness, ph a bit below 7. Got wood, it's planted, lots of hiding places.
He managed to stay still long enough for me to get the photo attached, and I can see that there's a rough patch high up where to my eye there should be plates, and a red patch just below his eye. Haven't seen the other side. Fingers crossed I'm over concerned but surely his behaviour must be abnormal?