Can cories be stunted in growth?

philtre · Post by **philtre** » 27 Mar 2003, 12:23

Hi all!

wondering if cories can be stunted in growth and how do you go about identifing if that specimen is stunted. or does it happen to cories at all?

(hehehhe ... just curious..... any comments would be appreciated.)

cheers!
phil

philtre · Post by **philtre** » 03 Apr 2003, 14:58

erm ... anyone ?

any comments/ inputs would really help me understand this .

thanks very much.

cheers
phil

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 03 Apr 2003, 15:15

I would'nt really say so. unless there are about 20 quite mature one's packed into a small tank and any furture growth will be canceled. This is only in extreame conditions and i doubt any fishkeeper would do this.

Graeme.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 03 Apr 2003, 15:43

Hi!

Underfeeding or unappropriate food can slow growth!
Bad water quality such as high level can slow a fish growing as well
Cheers
Yann

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 03 Apr 2003, 22:27

With all due respect Yann. Is'nt stunned growth differant to Slow growth?

Post by **Coryman** » 03 Apr 2003, 22:48

Cory's are no different to any other fish. If they are not looked after in the right way and given a good varied diet and plenty of quality clean water.

Ian

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 04 Apr 2003, 06:34

Graeme wrote:With all due respect Yann. Is'nt stunned growth differant to Slow growth?

Graeme: Fish never stop growing, they grow their whole life, from the fisrt day to the last, so growth can not really being stop but rather being slow to different importance level!
Cheers
Yann

philtre · Post by **philtre** » 04 Apr 2003, 14:45

hi all

thanks for sharing your inputs ... hehehhe ... curiousity got the cat ... now I have another question...

would a stunted cory be easy to identify? how do you go about ID-ing if a cory could be stunted?

thanks!
phil

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 04 Apr 2003, 15:04

Hi!

Well I would say that the best way to recognize such fish is by looking at the size of the eyes, it is clearly way to big compare to the size of the fish.
Cheers
Yann