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Subscribecory swimming at the top
kylewayne
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female canada
My cory keeps swimming at the top of the aquarium and seems to have trouble getting to and staying at the bottom. The other day I thought he was dead, he was at the top, upsidedown! I went to get him out and he flipped over and started swimming. What could be the problem?
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victimizati0n
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sounds like swim bladder.

try feeding it peas, it might help.
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BabyBlueEyes
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my cories do the same! and my grandpas too, could be a bladder problem cause you said they had a problem with swimming to the bottom....mine dont they just like swimming at the top and eating the flake food during feeding time! cute huh? my grandpas swim upside down at the top for the heck of it but they dont have any problems..... hope this helped!

CHOW
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