Sad Peppered Corry

[Anele]

Couple of weeks ago I’ve inherited three corries from a neighbour. Two of them are Swartz corries and one is peppered. Two swartzes are very active and playful but I can’t say the same about the peppered one. He is very shy and never comes out. Most of the time I don’t see him at all but occasionally you can see him sitting under the bog wood looking very sad. He had a friend apparently but the friend died. I know that they like to be in a group but I can’t get anymore fish as I’m already overstocked. I thought he’ll be ok with other two as they are all corries. My question is – are peppered corries normally so shy or is he that timid just because he hasn’t got friends? At the moment I can’t get more fish, I can’t rehome him and LFS doesn’t want to take him either. I just hope that he’ll be able to survive until I can get another tank (which won't be until the next year)

 

[waterdrop]

Well, since nobody has responded all afternoon I'll comment that some fish take quite a while to settle down after introduced to a new tank. You should keep your hope up that this will be true for the peppered corrie.

It is true though that corries really like the bigger groups, often people comment that they take a notch up in playfulness at a group of 3 (of same type) and then at 5 of same type and so on.

 

[OldMan47]

I agree with WD on the playfulness taking a notch up with more. There are lots of answers to this post in the cories forum. Same basic post but that one was in the better spot to get an answer. .