Cories

[Colin_T]

Most Corydoras only grow to about 2 inches. Corydoras barbatus can get to 4 inches but that is the biggest Corydoras.

 

[FishGuest5123]

I have bronze, albinos and peppers. My biggest bronze and albino are around 5 1/2 - 6cm 2-2.5inches. My peppers are only small tho my biggest is only around 5 cm which is around 2 inches. In saying that I have a male albino and he is tiny in size compared to my other males, he’s happy and healthy as anything he was obviously just born small or due to genetics. Peppers I find are very shy and will stay in and around the plants etc. Albino’s and bronze are more out there, especially the albinos and love to explore.

Thanks. I particularly want some that will be out and about.

 

[FishGuest5123]

I have albinos in with my tetras, They are always swimming all over the tank. . I have 13 glow lights that like to gather in the middle of the tank and sit there hovering and all of a sudden an albino with crash thought them. Scattering them, they will form up again and a little while later it happens again, When I had the castle in the middle this did not happen so it has only been a few days of this since I set up the sunken forest.

Thanks for the info. I found my PH is really too high for the neons I wanted so I’m thinking about doing a tank full of glo lights and cories on the bottom. What substrate do you have, @Retired Viking?

 

[Retired Viking]

Thanks. I particularly want some that will be out and about.

The albino is very active-some times crazy like, I was thinking of buying pepper cory since they seem a little more mellow and moving the albino to a different tank. I have gravel but the tank I am thinking of has -3mm pea gravel in it.

 

[FishGuest5123]

I hate sand so that’s my only reservation. I have seen very small pea gravel. I know cories love to sift in the sand though.

 

[CassCats]

Go weitzmani stay under 3 inches, look similar to pandas, but are more robust.

Downside would be their availability and cost.


But weitzmani corydoras are beautiful.

I keep a handful of species (aeneus, paleatus, trilineatus, pygmaeus, ambiacus, and weitzmani). Of them, id recommend trilineatus, pygmaeus, or weitzmani based on what size you are looking for

 

[Essjay]

@Deanasue What is your GH? That's more important than the pH. I have GH 5 and pH 7.4 so I can keep soft water species better than species which 'need' a pH over 7 with harder water.

 

[howard_hopkinson]

I keep corydoras Amandajanea they are fully grown at just over 2 inches.

 

[FishGuest5123]

@Deanasue What is your GH? That's more important than the pH. I have GH 5 and pH 7.4 so I can keep soft water species better than species which 'need' a pH over 7 with harder water.

@essjay my GH is 10. My KH is 6.

 

[Essjay]

There are some species of cory that would be fine with that. Eg bronze cories (natural and albino) are OK according to Seriously Fish.

 

[Byron]

You asked about cories that are less than 3-4 inches. So far as I recall, no species of Corydoras sensu stricto exceeds 3 inches, and very few reach that. Except for the "dwarf" species, most of the others are in the 2 to 2.5 inch (5 to 6.3 cm) range.

The larger "cories" are now in the genus Scleromystax. The barbatus cory is now Scleromystax barbatus and this fish can attain 3.5 inches. There are presently five distinct species in this genus.

These genera are in the family Corydoradinae, and the maximum standard length is 90mm (3.54 inches) according to Britto (2004).

 

[FishGuest5123]

You asked about cories that are less than 3-4 inches. So far as I recall, no species of Corydoras sensu stricto exceeds 3 inches, and very few reach that. Except for the "dwarf" species, most of the others are in the 2 to 2.5 inch (5 to 6.3 cm) range.

The larger "cories" are now in the genus Scleromystax. The barbatus cory is now Scleromystax barbatus and this fish can attain 4-5 inches. There are presently five distinct species in this genus.

Yes, I just read that. Thank you so much.

 

[FishGuest5123]

@Byron and @Colin_T. These are my stocking options after aI checked H, Gh, KH, and temps for each species. Can you check them over?
Going in 55G
Option 1: Glowlight Tetras and Cories.
Option 2: Angelfish. Start with 8 small and keep a pair.
my parameters seem to be: GH 10 or 179
KH 6 or 107.4
PH: 7.4 -7.5

 

[Byron]

@Byron and @Colin_T. These are my stocking options after aI checked H, Gh, KH, and temps for each species. Can you check them over?
Going in 55G
Option 1: Glowlight Tetras and Cories.
Option 2: Angelfish. Start with 8 small and keep a pair.
my parameters seem to be: GH 10 or 179
KH 6 or 107.4
PH: 7.4 -7.5

Option 1, no problems but stay with cory species that are commercially raised. Most wild caught should be in softer water. Corydoras paleatus, aeneus, panda, sterbai are all non-wild caught (unless directly imported), there may be a few others.

Opti 2, no problems assuming commercially-raised angelfish. Same cories could be here too.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Option 1, no problems but stay with cory species that are commercially raised. Most wild caught should be in softer water. Corydoras paleatus, aeneus, panda, sterbai are all non-wild caught (unless directly imported), there may be a few others.

Opti 2, no problems assuming commercially-raised angelfish. Same cories could be here too.

Thank you so much for the help. I wasn’t sure if angels would pick on cories.