Corys kick @$$

[mike the zealot]

I picked up my first 3 corys last night... never owned them before. Holy cow! Why have I not kept these awesome fish before? They skitter across the bottom in a school formation that rivals my rummynose! My female cacatuoides tries to bully them like she does everyone else in the tank... they ignore her lol. They've just got the coolest little personalities... sort of aloof, but slightly comical. =P

ANyway, I tried to figure out what species they are at planetcatfish.com ... they're seems to be several that they look like, only they don't have the orange splotch on top of their heads (like C. adolfoi). They're not quite panda corys though, the black on their rear is a stripe that runs from caudal to dorsal, and the dorsal is black.

 

[Gomer]

Ya,...they sure are fun!!!
Mine is called Milford. Named after my fiance's grandpa. they both seem to swim in their own drink

for those that know lots about corrys, which species (that I can get at a LFS) are the smallest and still plant/fish friendly. My largish 3" cory likes to tear into my riccia. I figure later down the line, a smaller corry would be more "friendly" to the riccia.

 

[catfishmike]

i can't belive it took you this long to try corys.aren't they great fish?if you can post a pic and i'll see if i can i.d. your fish.yes corys are comical active and well marked fish.i can't belive they aren't more popular.what are you feeding them?

 

[prhelp]

Gomer, I am new to keeping my two Julii corys, but they're wonderful. From what I've read/seen, the max size is about 2.5, and they haven't touch my plants at all. I'm going to add more.

 

[Badplankton]

they are a cool fish and theyre a pretty good cleaner too

 

[Gomer]

I have large (for my tank-29g) and small fish, and I kinda like having lots of "micro" fish over a few "macro" fish.

 

[bobrob]

Ive never had cory's but im going to get some whenever my tank numbers shorten lol.

 

[mike the zealot]

catfishmike - what would you recommend feeding them? I'll see if I can borrow my friends digi-cam this weekend and get a few good pics

 

[Leopardess]

I feed mine algae wafers and sinking shrimp pellets - which they completely devour!

But, alas, I came home from dropping my sick harlequins off at petquarters where I got them (the manager is very knowledgable about fish it turns out, and offered to take them and put them in his hospital tank and see what he could do ! Yeah, its been months and I've tried everything and now my tank is free!) and my favorite cory was belly up! It was my ONLY peppered cory! I don't know what happened, but his tummy looked all red and exploded...

 

[dana307]

LOVE corys. Favorite is the panda. Also have emerald, julli, albino and a spotted one not sure of the type. Love them and they love to be in groups of 5 or so. The emeralds always line up in a row side by side. Funny fish.

 

[fishboy]

Leopardess, maybe it was a parasite?




But anyway cories are awesome fish. I have 4 bronze cories and they are awesome, especially at night.

 

[mule714]

I just bought a couple Corydoras paleatus my 3 yr old daughter's tank. We love 'em!

 

[lizwinz]

i feed mine whatever i feed the rest of the tank (meaning i make sure enough sinks to the bottom so they get some) tropical flakes, frozen brine shrimp, frozen bloodworms, cooked shelled peas and sometimes cooked carrots

also every other night i throw in some sinking foods for them cuz i know they probably dont get enough out of the regular feedings...i alternate between shrimp pellets and bottom feeder wafers

i know you were asking catfishmike but i thought i'd chime in anyway

-liz

 

[ArkyLady]

I have cories in every tank that I can possibly fit them into. I love them dearly, especially the panda cories

If at all possible, you should keep 4-5 of them. I have some tanks with only 2, but most have 5+ and the ones that have more seem more playful and less skittish.

 

[mike the zealot]

Yeah I got the 3 on a whim... but now that I know how cool they are, I might get 3 more of another species, someone said they will still school together?

the problem I'm having though is that all my fish are hanging out on the bottom... so it's starting to seem crowded down there, even though I've got 3/4 of the tank not being used over their heads... I was thinking maybe some floating water lettuce would encourage them to use the whole tank. I'm talking ALL my fish are down there hehe.

 

[lilsilkk1112]

Can't wait to get mine! Can't wait!

 

[catfishmike]

i like to feed my corys frozen bloodworms,daphina,brine shrimp.live tubifix,not too often though.as for dry food i like wardlys shrimp pellets and algae wafers and hikari sinking wafers.i wave tryed other sinking foods but these are the ones i feel they like the most.the new marineland food has good numbers but it takes a super long time to soften up and can sit in your tank for like a day and not even be half eaten,it's that dense.