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3 together...one always hiding?

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#1 ·
Okay well as you all know by now i have 4 panda corys. Im always checking on them,and notice that most of the time I only see 3 of them and the 4th is always hiding somewhere. Now i have no clue if its the same one hiding all the time or what,since they all look alike lol. Could very well be though...I dunno..I couldnt find number 4 just now,he might be under the cave where i cant see. Sometimes i see all 4 swimming together (especially at dinner time haha)....but usually its just 3 of them going around...is that normal? Are they singling one of them out or something? Or the 4th doesnt like them lol. I dunno...Also the one of them does look way bigger than the others. so im thinking that one is a girl (as the girls are bigger in their species)...all the others im guessing are males...Any thoughts? Should i get another panda for that one to hang out with? Would that be overloading my tank....they dont seem to have grown very much and its been a few weeks...but i dunno how fast they grow either...lol!
 
#2 ·
If all you're keeping in the tank are cories, you could probably have more than just the 4 of them in a 9.25g tank. I think you could have six of them with no problems. Add some more, and see what happens! They seem happier and happier the larger their groups are, so it could help that one from feeling so shy.
 
#3 ·
Oh for real? The guy at the lfs in the city so no no you cant have 6 in 10 gallon or 9.25 lol. He wouldnt sell me 6! So i just got 4 at the time. He wont remember me now though...I dont think...So i could go get two more! So they do stay small? He told me they get to 2 inches...so far the one is maybe 1.5 inches (the female i believe) and the smaller ones are maybe 1-1.25 inches...
 
#6 ·
Oh okay...well thank very much batman! I think I will get two more then! I have a coupon for that lfs anyways...lol
 
#8 ·
Hmm good plan! lol....i doubt he will but ya never know...
 
#9 ·
Well I dont have to worry bout that dude,cause they dont have any in right now. They have some kinda skunk one though...prolly huge lol. I called the first one i went to in NJ and they have like 30 of them. So I think Ill take my chances and go over there to get them. Im gonna go tonite,cause my luck Ill wait and they have none. Haha. Will it be okay to just put them in the pandas tank? Like do they need qtine or anything? I really am outta space to hook up another heater,tank,filter all that. And outta plugs lol. Hopefully its fine cause thats what i gonna do!
 
#11 ·
Yay! Im home lol. Oh do i have a story to tell you! So anyways i got them. Then sister and i decided to go her friends house for dinner. So i got a lil critter tank to put them in fresh water till i got them home,didnt want them sitting in nasty aquarium water for too long. Dummy us didnt think to put them back in their baggy for the ride home. I sat the tank on my lap. Well you can guess what happened lol. Bumps=spill,turns=spill. By the time i got home my pants were soaked! Lol. My sister just kept laughing her hiney off, I was too but still kinda cold. She was going slow too! Like 10 miles under the speed limit. I got outta the car and starting freezing my hiney off for real cause its like 30 degrees out. Sigh. But now im dry. And they are in their new home. Ill let you know their antics tomorrow. I need sleep now after all that!
 
#13 ·
Haha yeah! Lol. Yes i have...
 
#15 ·
Oh yah...update siggy! Lol. I watching my stooges..all six are out! Yay it worked lol. Seems like 3 and 3 stay together....Glad number 4 has friends now.
 
#17 ·
haha...i dunno...now i see 5 and 6th is hiding lol! Lil goobers...
 
#18 ·
oooh i see 6 now lol...mustve been behind the cave where i cant see...
 
#20 ·
I dunno....they never all together lol. Although they keep trying to all cram under their cave...i think i may go look for another small cave for them. Or a bridge like i have for Morado. :) haha i just remembered something i said not too long ago...i got a big can of the shrimp pellets now i can get more pandas...hehe...and i did! woot lol.
 
#22 ·
Yah lol...
 
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