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armybook Fingerling Posts: 17 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-Aug-2004	i dont know if this has been posted before but my corys sometimes go up to the surface and then come back down they do it once in a while was wondering if this is normal and if anyone else experinced it:88)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
djprincessx Fingerling Posts: 18 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Aug-2004	This is completely normal. Mine do it every once and awhile too... i forgot why they do it but i do know it's normal
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
armybook Fingerling Posts: 17 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-Aug-2004	ok i was just wondering cause i thought it was something inside the tank:88)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	they can get air through their intenstents, like a gourami or betta
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Yeah, the cories go up to the surface, swallow some air, then rush back down to force the air into their intestines, where it is absorbed. My cories do it every once in a while. All cories do. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	My ID sharks, corys, and pleco do this... hope it makes u feel better It's a catfish thing
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
armybook Fingerling Posts: 17 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-Aug-2004	ya my pleco in my 150 gal does it ever so rarly
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
davetherave Hobbyist Posts: 112 Kudos: 82 Votes: 1 Registered: 12-May-2004	Plecos do it for bouancy - for when they latch onto the underside of rocks and plants
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06


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