Corries Only Tank... Would This Work.

[watertown28]

I think every fish keeper finds that one species of fish they just love. mine heartbreak has come to corries.

I have the opportunity to get a free fish tank.

The dimensions are as follows:

72"L x 15"W x 13"H.

Made out of 9mm tempered glass.

The hold up is, one of the middle brace broke.

This is something I should be able to fix via making a brace out of wood for it. He even figured that if I can not get it to work, I could only fill it up half way and it still would work for corries being they are bottom dwellers.

So, would this be a good bet, and if I can only fill this half way, would I still be able to have a good amount of corries in there.... I am shooting for corries like emmies, pandas, ect ect... 3-4 inch type corries.

 

[Tizer]

you can easily get your local glass company to make up a piece of polished edge glass for you then silicone it in place while empty. brace done.

Pandas are not 3-4 inch corys, very few get past 2.5 inches. Personally i would try it with something rare, have a crack at breeding them

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

3-4 inch Corydoras? Peppered (C. paleatus) might just about qualify for that criteria, but you could increase your options with Brochis spp. (splendens being the commonest); Megalechis spp.; Dianema spp. (urostriatum will school midwater if given a good sized group); Callichthys spp.; Hoplosternum spp.; or for something very exotic (and expensive) Schleromystax spp. (more referrring to S. barbatus).

 

[watertown28]

so as I am seeing, if even if its only half full that should not matter because they need just surface area?

I am going to go the fake plant route too for these guys. I am having a hard time keeping the one tank gravel clean due to many plants in it.I am afraid of going into the gravel with the tube due to damaging the roots.

This is going to be a very long work in progress tank. I still have a 55 gallon that has only 3 glowfish in it to keep it going. I was planning on putting rams or rainbows in that one... another set of fish that is going to dent the pocketbook


As for the length thing, that was the max I was looking at per fish... because I was worried about the volume of water. If the volume is not an issue then I guess we can go bigger.

 

[Tizer]

so use sand, far better for corys anyway in my opinion.

 

[This Old Spouse]

Indeed ... if you're going for an all-cory tank, then use sand as a substrate. Much easier to keep clean and cory like to burrow in it. It makes them happy.