would a corry go well with guppy fry

[Jayrod7]

would a corry go well with my guppy fry in a 3 gallon eclipse? it will be the fry and the corry only.....no other fish will be in the tank.

 

[Seleya]

You'd be better off with some small shrimp. A 3 gallon is a bit small for cories.

 

[love_fish]

Nope cory, will eat the fry. Although an oto will be ok, even thought the tank is small.

 

[FroggyFox]

I sincerely doubt that a cory would eat a fry unless it was dead. But I agree with seleya you can't get a group of cories in a 3g tank...and you shouldn't keep them alone.

 

[PlecoCollector]

I don't think a Cory would eat fry, I've had mine with my fry and they left them alone. But as stated above, that's too small of a tank for a cory. I vote for an Oto.

 

[Jayrod7]

would a couple of shrimp eat fry....or the other way around?

 

[FroggyFox]

shrimp would probably be fine...if you can keep them alive. Also, you might consider a snail if you're planning on doing a lot of water changes to keep the water as good a quality for your fry as they need. An otto probably isn't your best bet either, I doubt there would be enough food for one in that small of a tank and they dont take kindly to changing water parameters (like tends to happen in a small tank).

 

[Jayrod7]

but snails are bad for planted tanks........arn't they?

 

[prettypleco]

Depends on what kind of snail you get. Go to applesnail.com and read up if you are interested. They have great pictures too. Click on species on the left side.

 

[Jayrod7]

will snails eat the extra food on the ground? i extremely over fed my fish the first 2 days......

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Yes. If you get a live plant and don't rinse it, you will probably get some snail eggs... for little snails that are plant friendly.

If you've still got extra food on the bottom, you should use a piece of airhose tubing or something to suck it up... otherwise it'll rot and generally be bad for the water.

 

[prettypleco]

Snails will eat the extra food. However if you have old food in there now i'd vacuum it up. It is kinda hard not to over feed fry. I vacuum every other day for this reason.

 

[Limi310]

I keep a couple cories in my 10gal w/ guppies and fry and don't have a problem, they don't even pay attention to them. However as others have said, 3gal is way too small for cories. I've had some snails come in on plants (in the same tank) and they don't seem to eat the plants even when they are sitting on them. I haven't noticed any bite holes and such. Have no idea what kind of snails they are though.

 

[prettypleco]

They are usually pond snails or ramshorn . They don't usually eat plants but will multiply by the hundreds with extra food in the tank.

 

[Limi310]

Yes, they are definitely multiplying. At first I didn't mind because I was going to have puffers, but I put that on hold. I guess if I get too many I will use the 'cucumber' trick. I think they are kind of cute when they are on the side of the glass and you can see their little mouths working. (NEVER thought I would think of a snail as cute *SUPERSMIL )

 

[prettypleco]

I don't mind them if they are under control. I kinda think they are cute too!

 

[Jayrod7]

dang i saw about 5 snails about the size of my fry in my tank and i took them out because iv read that they eat the plants.....hmmm now im in trouble

 

[Limi310]

You could always go buy a new plant......if there are snails in the tank with the plants you are bound to get one - or eggs at least . Just have to watch em' so they don't overpopulate your tank.

 

[prettypleco]

You probably have eggs already. They hitchhike in on plants so you are bound to run across more.

 

[Jayrod7]

ill try to find some snails in my half gallon tub i put my extra plants into (i put the plants that would not fit into my 3 gallon)