Cory And Malawis

[greatwhitenorth]

Hey all

Just set up a malawi tank over the last 2 month with peacefull malawis like haps and peacocks. They are still lil guys, 2inch at most and thought would be good time to add anybody else now before malawis get any larger. Would love to add some corys/catfish for the bottom but wondering how they would make out? Lookin at leopard, pepper, sterbai or 3 striped? Any suggestions?

Have 75gal tank with 20 malawis... if corys are a go, how many would u suggest? should be schools of 4 or so? Lots of caves, black gravel and few patches of low java grass in tank.

Oh, have a large pleco also that outgrew another tank... 8in or so. Can give back to lfs if he isnt a good mix!

Thanks

 

[Davo86]

Corys would struggle at best with the cichlids,

better choices would be synodontis, Bristlenose, Bulldogs, and possibly hardy botias such as red tailed blue or yo-yos,

 

[greatwhitenorth]

Corys would struggle at best with the cichlids,

better choices would be synodontis, Bristlenose, Bulldogs, and possibly hardy botias such as red tailed blue or yo-yos,

Thanks Davo

Will do some searching on the choices. Botias are loaches? Apologies, new territory for me. Never really took notice of corys cats or loaches until lately..... great lookin fish and many to choose from.

Also, have a 40gal tank of rainbows, couple angels and 2 chinese alge eaters. How about that tank for corys?

Thanks, have a good one!

 

[Davo86]

In that case I'd stick the CAE in with the cichlids and add Corys to the 40G,

Yes Botias are a Loach species, would obviously avoid Clown Loach due to their bigger size but a group of the likes of Yoyos, would have no trouble with the malawis,
(but may not the best choice if you want the malawis to breed)

 

[Carlovel1]

In that case I'd stick the CAE in with the cichlids and add Corys to the 40G,

Yes Botias are a Loach species, would obviously avoid Clown Loach due to their bigger size but a group of the likes of Yoyos, would have no trouble with the malawis,
(but may not the best choice if you want the malawis to breed)

Skunk Loaches are also great for Malawi tanks

 

[scotty]

correct me if i'm wrong but do corys not prefer quite soft water,where malawis prefer harder water??


cheers

scott

 

[greatwhitenorth]

correct me if i'm wrong but do corys not prefer quite soft water,where malawis prefer harder water??


cheers

scott

Sounds like a plan.. Yoyos it is. Beaut of a fish and will look great with black gravel/sand. Did some looking up on them, prefer to be in groups of 4 to 6? Sound like they can hold their own, which is what i was looking for. Sterbais?

Another suggestion: skunk loaches, cool lookin fish. Dont recall seeing them at lfs but will look around.

If find them, can mix with Yoyos and Skunks? 2 or 3 each, or better to stick with one kind!

Thanks for the advise, much appreciated. Like i said this is new territory with me.

Taking advise and will search out some fancy fin corys for 40gal Rainbow tank.

I can see why some would get addicted to corys/cats/loaches

thanks again

In that case I'd stick the CAE in with the cichlids and add Corys to the 40G,

Yes Botias are a Loach species, would obviously avoid Clown Loach due to their bigger size but a group of the likes of Yoyos, would have no trouble with the malawis,
(but may not the best choice if you want the malawis to breed)

Skunk Loaches are also great for Malawi tanks

Sounds like a plan.. Yoyos it is. Beaut of a fish and will look great with black gravel/sand. Did some looking up on them, prefer to be in groups of 4 to 6? Sound like they can hold their own, which is what i was looking for. Sterbais?

Another suggestion: skunk loaches, cool lookin fish. Dont recall seeing them at lfs but will look around.

If find them, can mix with Yoyos and Skunks? 2 or 3 each, or better to stick with one kind!

Thanks for the advise, much appreciated. Like i said this is new territory with me.

Taking advise and will search out some fancy fin corys for 40gal Rainbow tank.

I can see why some would get addicted to corys/cats/loaches

thanks again

 

[moochy13]

blue botias look amazing, and from my experience are plenty hard enough to cope with most things. however, i thought they got to roughly the same size as clown loaches, which when you need a group means having a mighty big tank.

 

[Davo86]

The skunk botias are much more aggressive than the yo-yos and tbf would not be too easy to source,

A larger group of the same species will give you much more interaction and enjoyment IME