The sand can't hurt and probably more bullet proof. However cories that live in the wild are in places that have very sharp substrates, much much worse than what you have there. It could be that you aren't feeding enough so the babies are digging too much to find food. Best of luck!
Lov ur videos Yes I had the same problem just Capp ur tank off with sand like u said and u should not hav that problem again keep up the great work and vids much support
Thank you. Yeah im glad i caught onto it when i did and just had to let other people know. Havent lost a single one since capping it and they all loving life sifting through the sand. Like a whole new fish
New sub here!!!! You won't be sorry with the sand and the Corys, it really is the best way to go. I've bread a ton of Corys and they do the best with a sand substrate. They also keep turning over the sand so it stays surprisingly clean.
They do love sand and I think look better on it. If those babies died because of something connected to the gravel, it wouldn't be from damage imho: I doubt they can apply enough pressure even on sharp gravel to cause damage. A hypothesis is that they dug their snouts down where there were small pockets of organic matter that carried a high enough percentage of pathogens (always present at at least low levels in any aquarium) that was enogh to overwhelm their immune systems. I experienced something similar with my sterbais a few years ago. In my case I had the babies in a thick clump of java moss floating in a net-like container in the same aquarium with the breeders. I was feeding microfood into the container and had a small airstone and powerhead which were slowly blowing the excess food out. Both those accidentally got shut off. Lots of probably unhealthy, high DOC, pathogen-rich organic matter built up in their container. I lost quite a few to what looked like bacterial infections before I noticed. The rest of the tank inhabitants appeared fine and all parameters were excellent elsewhere in the tank. Just a thought:)
That honestly could have been the cause, the sand looks nice and its been a week almost since putting sand in and haven’t lost a single cory since. Thank you for the insight :)
Hey Mate, Love the videos you put out and always great to watch someone else do well breeding fish. I was always told that you should always do sand with Corys as they sift alot, Glass bottom tanks can also be bad apparently from it having micro spikes on them. i only use sand in all my tanks as my Apistos also Sift alot. Have a great day mate, Hopefully we could chat and help each other out in the future . HusksApisto
Thank you for the support, i mean it makes a lot of sense i wish i had of done putting sand in the tanks sooner but now i know for future breeding. Always got time to chat to a fellow fish keeper :)
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Thank you for another great tour of your aquariums Kirk.
Sand is so natural looking ❤
Looking good ❤
Thank you 😊
The sand can't hurt and probably more bullet proof. However cories that live in the wild are in places that have very sharp substrates, much much worse than what you have there. It could be that you aren't feeding enough so the babies are digging too much to find food. Best of luck!
Yeah i also thought of this as well but the sand can’t hurt plus it gives the tank a fresh look. Thank you :)
Lovely vid.
I’m over today 😂😂🎉🎉
Thank you
Enjoy a day off tomorrow.. in the fish room haha
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Lov ur videos Yes I had the same problem just Capp ur tank off with sand like u said and u should not hav that problem again keep up the great work and vids much support
Thank you. Yeah im glad i caught onto it when i did and just had to let other people know. Havent lost a single one since capping it and they all loving life sifting through the sand. Like a whole new fish
Great decision moving to sand your corydoras will love the change mate :)
Yesh they already loving the sand and so am i haha :)
Awesome video 😊
Thank you 😊
I have kept cories is sand and gravel with no issues but I prefer sand just because of how much sifting they do. Great video, love your fish 👍😁
Thank you
New sub here!!!! You won't be sorry with the sand and the Corys, it really is the best way to go. I've bread a ton of Corys and they do the best with a sand substrate. They also keep turning over the sand so it stays surprisingly clean.
Thank you and welcome. Great to hear you breed corys too. The sand is deffinately a gamd changer i wish i had of done it sooner
I only keep my Corydoras with sand.
I’ll be making the switch with all of my cory tanks too
I love to keep only sand
Just be carefull that those sharp edges of the rocks aren’t causing them to die
Love the designs of your fish tanks
Thank you :)
Agreed
i dont know who wrote that last comment it was not me i am so sorry i think your videos are great thanks
They do love sand and I think look better on it. If those babies died because of something connected to the gravel, it wouldn't be from damage imho: I doubt they can apply enough pressure even on sharp gravel to cause damage. A hypothesis is that they dug their snouts down where there were small pockets of organic matter that carried a high enough percentage of pathogens (always present at at least low levels in any aquarium) that was enogh to overwhelm their immune systems. I experienced something similar with my sterbais a few years ago. In my case I had the babies in a thick clump of java moss floating in a net-like container in the same aquarium with the breeders. I was feeding microfood into the container and had a small airstone and powerhead which were slowly blowing the excess food out. Both those accidentally got shut off. Lots of probably unhealthy, high DOC, pathogen-rich organic matter built up in their container. I lost quite a few to what looked like bacterial infections before I noticed. The rest of the tank inhabitants appeared fine and all parameters were excellent elsewhere in the tank. Just a thought:)
That honestly could have been the cause, the sand looks nice and its been a week almost since putting sand in and haven’t lost a single cory since. Thank you for the insight :)
Sand bro
Always looks better
Thanks for the update! Enjoying watching yourvfish room grow 😊
Loving the fish room updates, keep up the good work
Awesome to hear, thank you
Just wondering will there be a day when you will sell fish online.
Probably never at this point. I haven’t really intended to sell fish online sorry.
That’s what my cories had on their nose before they died
Hey Mate, Love the videos you put out and always great to watch someone else do well breeding fish. I was always told that you should always do sand with Corys as they sift alot, Glass bottom tanks can also be bad apparently from it having micro spikes on them. i only use sand in all my tanks as my Apistos also Sift alot.
Have a great day mate, Hopefully we could chat and help each other out in the future .
HusksApisto
Thank you for the support, i mean it makes a lot of sense i wish i had of done putting sand in the tanks sooner but now i know for future breeding. Always got time to chat to a fellow fish keeper :)
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