Corydora Schooling

[Chuka1212]

I have a cory which I believe to be a reticulated cory. I only got one, and would like to now have a small group because I understand they like the company (and I love corys), but I can't find anymore of the the same cory at the petshops. Will different species school together, or should I wait until I find another reticulated.

 

[ant0]

no they won't, they need to be all the same species or they'll be lonely and won't do well. Get more if you can

 

[Chuka1212]

Cool. Thanks. I will try to find more reticulateds for my loner unless anyone has anything else to say, thanks for the help

 

[Dany]

in the wild, a few species of corydoras will shoal together, providing a small group of their own species are present. i.e. a shoal of peppered will shoal with a small shoal of panda corydoras for example. a single corydoras is unlikely to shoal with a single corydoras of a different species...
Dan

 

[Ravenwing]

My peppered cory's shoal with the aenus....it depends on your fish. They do prefer to have another of there own species - but from what I've seen they're usually happy w/any other cory. If the lone cory isn't being active and isn't eating then I would be concerned...

Again depends on the fish

 

[Sibelius]

Generally however, it's better to be safe and have at least 3 of each species that you own.