Corys rule!

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upikabu

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May 23, 2005
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On Saturday morning I bought my first Corys - 3 peppered ones, and by Sunday night I've added 4 more (2 c. Trilineatus & 2 c. Julii). I just think they're incredible to watch, such cute personalities. *thumbsups I'm kicking myself for not getting them earlier! (Wouldn't have gotten some of the other fishes otherwise, I'd get more corys instead.) I'm even contemplating getting another tank just for corys (with fine substrate so I can watch them dig the sand!).

Anyways, does anyone know how you can really distinguish between c. Trilineatus and c. Julii? They look really similar to me (both IRL and in photos on the 'Net), and mine even school together (well 3 do, and the other one just trails behind the school trying to catch up :D). I read that the Trilineatus sometimes get mislabelled as Julii at the LFS. Perhaps mine are all Trilineatus after all, but curious to know if anyone can spot the difference between them. Cheers!
 

Lotus

Lotus

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Aug 26, 2003
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Yes, cories are great fish! If you decide you want to keep them, you'll find that the larger the group of each species, the more active they are. In general, they prefer to be in groups of at least 3 of each kind. A group of 6 or more is even better from an owner's point of view.

As far as I know, the difference is in the markings on the head. A julii has round dots, while a trilineatus has "Y" shapes and other uneven shaped markings. It is pretty hard to tell them apart otherwise.
 

CAPSLOCK

CAPSLOCK

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Jul 19, 2004
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Aren't cories great... Welcome to why my tank has too many bottomfeeders.

I've got 2 schwartzi cories, and 1 spotted cory, which can be hard to tell apart at a fast glance. I got the spotted after the schwartzis... I thought he was one, just with fainter coloring because he was in the store. My petsmart had both him and the schwartzi cories labelled as spotted cories.

I've noticed that they don't seem to school with other cories which are considerably different sized. The spotted and schwartzi cories are about 2 inches, and they all school together. I recently got 2 Paleatus cories (store was out of spotted cories), less than an inch long. They don't school with the bigger ones when scavenging, and they rest on the opposite side of the tank.
 

svetlana

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Feb 16, 2005
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I bought 2 peppered cories and pictus cat for my 10g tank. Cories follow the cat around and create constant clockwork movements. They are very cute and look like little pigs.
I want to put my cory (?) with them from 29g because he is alone and he's sad.
Unfortunately pictus got ick next day I bought him and now he and his 2 buddies are undergoing salt and heat treatment. Cories did not catch the ick for 3 days now, the cat is displaying less and less cyst spots. I hope that the tank will be very nice when all settles downand will be devoted totally to cories and the cat. I'm already getting driftwood for them.
Pictus is just perpetuum mobile no less. Very pretty and curious fish.
 

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FishGeek

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May 13, 2005
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I am a little new to them; but I have my cories in with tetras and ottos and they pretty much keep to themselves. But I would reccomend at least 2 because mine are all always together. As far as their size they only get about 2-4 inches depending on the "type" you get.
 

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ComHam

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Apr 17, 2005
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I love my cories!
I lost one for like 2 weeks, I assumed the other 5 had eaten him or something, then I find him. I thought he had copped it, so I go to fish him out, and then he just swims away! Amazing resilience.
 

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