Newbie getting crash course!

[Cory Lover]

Hi,

Cories are very good little cleaners, which eat alot of the leftover food that falls to the bottom. But also give the Cories some veggie wafers and shrimp pellets to add to their diet. You should have a shoal of five or more because Cories are very social like Tetras. If you get Cories, get some hardy species like Bronze Catfish or Peppered Cories.

Happy fish keeping!

Cory Lover

 

[tara brown]

When adding cories will different kinds school together? Like 2 peppered, 2 panda and 2 schwartz etc? Or do they all have to be the same type of cory? Also, which are the smallest of all the cories?

 

[wataugachicken]

you should get all one kind

panda cories are the most common of the small ones, around 6 bucks each

 

[Marinemom]

I like the panda cories. They will stay in the 1-2 inch range. However, they are a little less hardy then some of the other cories. I just think they are so cute. I have a small school of them in my discus tank. Another cute cory is the peppered cory. They grow a little larger but seem to be a bit hardier then the pandas. As always whichever cory species that you decide on, make sure that you get a small group of them. They are very social creatures and like to hang out and play togather.

Marinemom

 

[Cory Lover]

When adding cories will different kinds school together? Like 2 peppered, 2 panda and 2 schwartz etc? Or do they all have to be the same type of cory? Also, which are the smallest of all the cories?

The smallest well known Cory is the Pygmy Cory. I have nine cories in my tank(3 Bronze, 2 Peppered, and 4 Three-Striped) and they will loosely shoal together.

Cory Lover

 

[Star_Rider]

very few plecos become carnivorous with age, and a bristlenose pleco will be an excellent algae controller for your tank for life. I strongly reccomend getting one of those if you want algae gone. FWIW, the only "algae eaters" IME that lose value in that respcet with age are CAEs and common plecos.

actually quite a few of the large species of loricariidae(referred to as pleco) eat algae when they are young but as they grow seem to switch their diet.
some also eat wood or need wood in their diet. there are also species that eat lot of protein.

Tara,
in essence take the time to research your choices.