Best Substrate for Cory Catfish

I used black construction paper to make a backer for my 10gal.

My 29gal has ultra-high quality dollar store blue cellophane wrapping paper for a backer. Looks great to me!
 
Hi, Joel!! Thank you!!

This LFS that I've mentioned actually has many options for cory cats, but I'm limited by my tank size. Oh well! I think this is probably the best LFS in LA, but nearby there are some really interesting ones, just have to take an afternoon off to go there.

Yeah, I don't think I'll put anything else in the tank, other than maybe an assassin snail, if the bladder snails start to breed too much. I actually like the idea of having only the little fishes in there, and I did some research to find out what size Panda cories get, and they're one of the smallest. I'll probably get only two more next weekend. This is the info I've found about pandas: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=267

I'm sorry for your cory that died!

I find it very interesting that you have a male betta with danios in your 10 gallon! The betta doesn't fight the other guys? Awesome! I thought they'd always have to be kept alone in the tank, but after reading about your tank, and looking at this link, I guess not :)

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Stocking_a_10_Gallon_Tank#Fish_suitable_for_a_10_Gallon_tank

My nitrates, as of last Saturday, before the water change, were around 10 ppm, not too bad, but I did my weekly water change as always. I sometimes do 2 water changes per week, too, depending on the nitrates levels. I don't know exactly what the balance would be, having enough nitrates for the plants, and not enough to do harm to the fishes, but I read that we should always keep it under 40ppm (mine never hit this high, the maximum was 20ppm)
 
Oh, and what do you feed your cories? Since yesterday I tried small doses of Hikari Algae Wafers (they seemed to love it at first, now they aren't paying too much attention to it), frozen (thawed) bloodworms (they love it!), Tetracolor flake food (they seemed to like it, not so sure yet) and API Tropical pellets (they didn't even touch it).
 
Corys love worms. Try either "Live", frozen or freezed/dried tubiflex.
 
I've been feeding mine Aqueon shrimp pellets. They gobble them right up. Problem is, being a community tank I have to feed them after lights out so the other hogs in the tank don't scarf them up first.
 
Thanks guys! They really seem to love the frozen blood worms more than anything else, but I try to feed them other things, too. Today I gave them frozen brine shrimp, and they seem to like it, too.

I'm having other issues with them now, I'm worried that there's something wrong, that they're sick or something. My water parameters are not bad. I did a water change on Monday, and I'm going to do another today, probably. But I'll start another thread about it.
 
My corys also like NLS Thera+ and Kens earthworm stix. Good luck.
 
vanillarum said:
My corys also like NLS Thera+ and Kens earthworm stix. Good luck.
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Do you have other critters in with your corys?

Just curious how you keep other piglets from gobbling the cory chow. The only way mine get any is if I feed them after lights out.
 
Yes I do have others with my corys. Many others. My corys (black, aneus, atropersonata, and habrosus), are in a 46 gal community tank with zebra plecos (4), an L340 pleco, and L015 pleco, a male betta, some sids, some sewellia lineolata and their fry, some neons, a coupla 1/2 beaks, some glass cats and some debauwie cats. Lots of company. I feed all my fish every other day, so I feed rather heavily when I do feed. The pellets from Kens, as well as the Thera go straight to the bottom. When I feed froz bloodworms, froz brine shrimp, froz krill, and more, I make sure there is enough so that some of it gets to the bottom of the tank. Never been an issue with anyone not getting enough food. Good luck.
 
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