I want some cory cats!!

[lovemybarbs]

:sad:

Okay, I've been told in the past that I can't have cory cats in my tank. I read these threads and I get anxious again. The pictus doesn't do the job on the bottom.

I don't think the pictus will bother them if he can't eat them. If I buy them large, I think they will make it. He doesn't eat my very large bamboo shrimp.

:shark:

EDIT: I guess I should have put this in the catfish forum. Can someone move me?

 

[Red Tailed Wonder]

You might getaway with 3-4. Your tank is quite full.

RTW

 

[lovemybarbs]

Yes, I agree. The pictus and the pleco pretty stay in the same corner all day. The silly clowns stay with the barbs and the botia loach stays in the stump until feeding time.

Will cory cats add to the bioload much?

 

[Red Tailed Wonder]

they will add about the same as a couple of tetras, not a lot. You should probably get some peppered corys or bronze. they are the easiest to keep.

RTW

 

[Cory Lover]

Hi,

I would say your tank is full right now and you shouldn't get anymore fish. But if you really, really want some Corie get about four. Peppered Cories and Bronze Cories are hardy and grow quite big for Cories and would be the best suited for your tank.

Happy fish keeping!

Cory Lover

 

[GirlieGirl8521]

You should first get more Angelicus loaches. They are a social fish, so get 3 more. If you give them the proper group, you really won't have room for cories.

 

[lovemybarbs]

Hi,

I would say your tank is full right now and you shouldn't get anymore fish. But if you really, really want some Corie get about four. Peppered Cories and Bronze Cories are hardy and grow quite big for Cories and would be the best suited for your tank.

Happy fish keeping!

Cory Lover

Which one is in your avatar?

 

[Cory Lover]

Which one is in your avatar?

Hi,

C. trilineatus (Three-Striped Cory, False Julii).

Cory Lover

 

[lovemybarbs]

thanks! I thought it might be peppered.

My nitrates would be high if I were overstocked right?

 

[ChilDawg]

Not necessarily right now. But I'd guess that your fishes aren't all full-grown yet. At the point when they are full grown, you could wind up with copious amounts of nitrates and possibly detectable amounts of nitrite and ammonia, to boot. If it's just behaviorally OS'd, though, you would never see any of those results--you'd just wind up with cranky, stressed-out fishes.