Cories that love heat and mud?

[Sgooosh]

Hello! Do paleatus, emerald brochis, or anaeus cories like heat and clay bottom? It is very hot here and the little pond has some guppies currently. ~20 gallons

 

[GaryE]

The reason aeneus and paleatus became popular was their need for cool water - they caught on before heaters were available. So no there. Assuming the emerald is Brochis splendens, they like around 23. All three like their water to be moving - unless you have a stream pond with a return, that isn't likely.
With the exception of sterbai, the common Corys tend to be ones that like water on the cooler side. If you put any Cory over a mud bottom, you'll never see it again, even if it's still there. You probably wouldn't be able to take them out if you have a winter where you are, because catching them would be hard. You'd be dooming them to freeze.

 

[Sgooosh]

The reason aeneus and paleatus became popular was their need for cool water - they caught on before heaters were available. So no there. Assuming the emerald is Brochis splendens, they like around 23. All three like their water to be moving - unless you have a stream pond with a return, that isn't likely.
With the exception of sterbai, the common Corys tend to be ones that like water on the cooler side. If you put any Cory over a mud bottom, you'll never see it again, even if it's still there. You probably wouldn't be able to take them out if you have a winter where you are, because catching them would be hard. You'd be dooming them to freeze.

its a small circular pond and it has a pump. why will i not see the cories if i have mud? will they burrow? it's not completely mud bottom, most of the bottom is covered with carpeting plants
and during the beginning of winter, the lotuses, sword plants, and ludwigia all recede, so catching them is not much of a problem.
I just tested the water, and the guppy pond is currenty in the low 90s Farenheit...
do you have some tips in lowering water temperature?
Thanks

 

[GaryE]

Shade is the only hope, but if it's the low 90s F now, the best bet would be to move to a better environment!

Many Corys will mud dive if threatened, or so I have read. Which species I don't know - it's one of those things I noticed while reading and stored in my impractical info hoard.

If you go up above 30 and then drop with the seasons, it's going to be hard to find anything that originates around the equator that will be happy. They have adapted to fairly stable temps, in general. Something like a paradise fish would be okay. I would keep the Corys in their tank, and keep the tank in a room with AC