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I bought two albino corys last night. They are active, interesting fish. But I do understand that they like to be in groups, not just pairs. Will I need to get more albino corys, or would bronze corys or some other type do? I mean ... I'm sure they'll get along ... but will they school together and everything? Or since they albinos are the aeneus type, perhaps I can get some regulars?

I just need some light shed on this.

Thanks.
 
In my tank I have albino, bronze and peppered cories. They tend to not school like tetras but do hang out together. I have found that it doesn't really matter what type I have. But if you want to keep more closely related guys then I suggest gettign more albinos or else bronze which the albinos are anyways. 5 total would be a good number unless your tank can hold more.
 
In my 40 I have 4 of one species and one bronze. The 4 all school together. Sometimes the bronze joins them, but most often he is alone.
 
Well, in my 55g, I have 3 albino, 2 bronze, 2 panda and an Emerald Cory (which isn't a cory at all, but close enough. I need to get 2 more.). While they do hang out together (and sometimes travel in one big school) I do notice a difference among them. Each group is much more connected to its other members; meaning, the albinos hang out with each other the most, the pandas stick together all the time. Then, they all occasionally form one school. To get the best schooling effect, and probably make the fish most secure, I would get one big group of one species.

I'd get at least one more cory. Group of 3 is as small as I'd go (and that'd be more for dwarf and pygmy cories).
 
I have 4 peppered cory's that are nuts. They just randomly swim in different directions and the closest they come to schooling is that sometimes they bump into each other and then chase one another all over the tank.

I used to have 2 but it's much more entertaining to watch their antics with 4.
 
I have a couple cory's in my tank. One of which has been in the tank a few weeks before the other. Sometimes they swim together but most of the time they're runnin solo.

Another question...

The most recent cory I just got "most of the time" just sits in the tank and doesn't move...I thought he was probably dead. This just doesn't look normal. The other cory is always out and about doing his business. You guys think the other one may be sick or dying?
 
Hi Sdranger,

Are they different types of cory? Some breeds are more active than others. Also, two different breeds will get on with each other but will not always hang together (with the exception of Bronze and Albinos as they are the same breed). I also find that unless the group is large enough (3/4 minimum) then they wont bother schooling anyway. And corys don't school in the sense that neons will. they'll be much looser about it and still go off on their own forraging.
 
i wouldnt worry about the lazy cory. sometimes any given one of mine will just sit there for an hour, leaning back and forth with the current, then all of the sudden dart away and start grazing.

ryan
 
Hunter555 said:
I have 4 peppered cory's that are nuts. They just randomly swim in different directions and the closest they come to schooling is that sometimes they bump into each other and then chase one another all over the tank.

I used to have 2 but it's much more entertaining to watch their antics with 4.
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I put 6 little pepper cories in my tank about a week ago. The first thing they did was go to the bottom, line up in a line and scout out the entire perimeter of my tank. Next, they criss-crossed the tank like a small pack of blood hounds. They have been hard at work ever since except for when they take a "power nap". All of mine hang together for awhile and then will also break off into two groups of three or in pairs from time to time.

I love how the wag their whole bodies when eating or foraging. They look like little puppies playing. :dance
 
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