Cories

[toebash17]

well how big can they get. i only have a 55 gallon tank. so can i even put cories in there?

 

[Genesis]

cories are very small catfish in comparison to some like plecos

cories grow to less than 8 cm mostly about 6.5cm (about 2.5 inches)

corys will be fine in anything over 10 gallons so 55gals would be ideal

keep them in a group of about 6 as they are very social fish

i recommend albino corys as they are very active, funny and brilliant to watch

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=95845

some more info

 

[Barracuda518]

I have a 55 gallon with a bunch of cories. There are several other members who have them in 55 gallons too. It works out great because you can have big schools of different species they can all have there on sections of the tank.

 

[toebash17]

thanks for the great info.

andy

 

[Genesis]

thanks for the great info.

andy

any time

 

[Inchworm]

Hi toebash17

Corys love having lots of space to swim an play in. I have 3 55 gallon tanks full of corys and love watching them.

 

[toebash17]

i know cories will eat whatever is on the bottom of the tank. but what are some other fish foods for them.

 

[Rez]

i know cories will eat whatever is on the bottom of the tank. but what are some other fish foods for them.

Cories will eat flake food, frozen/freeze dried worms, brine shrimp, and sinking wafers. Personally, I feed them Hikari sinking wafers, they are not hard to miss, they have a picture of a C. Trilineatus on the front of the plastic pouch they come in. I also feed frozen bloodworm to condition them for breeding as well as live Grindal worms, and lastly they eat flake food that falls to the bottom. The main food for my cories is the Hikari sinking wafers.



Rez B)

 

[Inchworm]

Hi toebash17

Corys do well on a varied diet that has a substantial protein content.

I feed mine live blackworms, spirulina discs, Ocean Nutrition Formula One flake food, Hikari Sinking Wafers, freeze dried tubifex worms and sometimes frozen bloodworms or live tubifex worms.