Corys W/tiger Barbs

[dthoffsett]

I going to be setting up a 30gallon tank @ work and stocking it with around 8-10 tiger barbs, a bulldog pleco (added when the tank matures) and I was wondering if any has had any problems w/tiger barbs picking on corys. I was thinking of adding 5 bronze cory along w/the pleco once the tank has matured. Any comments on this set up would be appreciated. Oh, and I'll definatley be overfiltering as I know I'll be a little overstocked per the 1"/gal rule. I keep afican cichlids @ home so I'm used to a rigid cleaning regimen. Thanks Dawn

 

[emma12321]

Hi,

Since you plan of keeping a big shoal of barbs they should pick at each other and leave the corys alone. At least one person on here had tigerbarbs nipping their corys dorsal fins but i don't remember how many barbs they kept. So long as you have places for the corys to escape to , plants, caves etc i think they should be fine.

Emma

 

[dthoffsett]

Thanks.

 

[Sheridanp]

Well, I started off with two tiger barbs, and they were nipping the cories. And then I had 6 tiger barbs, and they were still nipping the cories. It's up to you I guess, 8-10 sounds like it would work.