so i have a 10 gallon im in the process of stocking. i have one albino cory but i feel like i will need more of a cleanup crew once the tank is stocked. any recommendations?
compatibillity with cory's
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Depending on your tank, more corries they are really a schooling fish anyway and happier with a friend or two. If your fish arnt large or aggressive than shrimp are also a good option, and snails.
10g your pretty limited, really shouldnt keep any less then 3 cories preferably more like 5 or 6. You'd be better off if you can exchange him and get a few pygmy cories. But as said above a few shrimp will help things out and or snails.
ok well could i fit 2 or 3 in a 10 gallon? also the only other fish is a sunburst platty at the moment, what kinds of fish would leave the cories alone?
Well the majority of fish you could fit in a 10g shouldn't bother cories, main type that would have problems are bottom dwellers who protect their territory and extreme fin nippers like dwarf puffers. I wouldn't keep 3 cories in a 10g long term although I did have 3 in a 10g for a couple months, they seemed ok but I only had a Betta and molly in with them.
3 cories and a platy your getting close to the max bioload on a 10g, could add maybe a couple small fish like guppies or one more decent sized fish like another platy, or betta, plus a few shrimp and snail.
3 cories and a platy your getting close to the max bioload on a 10g, could add maybe a couple small fish like guppies or one more decent sized fish like another platy, or betta, plus a few shrimp and snail.
I'm going to say no. My school of 7 bronze corydoras (get to around the same size as the albinos) in my 40g make it look small. I would either get a tank more like a 15g or a 20g and up the school of corys or sell or trade your albino cory and get some dwarf corydoras..
I find they grow to about the same size and they don't belong in a 10g. They do best in schools and a 10 is just too small for them. Get pygmy corys if you want corys. Don't get any bigger sized corys. Platy will likely eat young shrimp so have enough cover. Snails are safer. Betta might chase the Platy as it may see the Platy as another Betta from the color. Plus my Betta always picked on the albino Cory but ignored the regular colored ones so check your tank for any chasing if you get the Betta.
Not just pygmy corys, but Aspidoras species work as well. Probably better suited too for a ten gallon. Though ThatPetPlace.com has pygmy's for $0.99 ea.
