Yes, I adore coreys. They are such characters, so unlike other fish in character, and surprisingly smart....you'd think they're like small rather dumb cows until you watch them. Mine constantly outsmart the guppies for food. One guppy female got so frustrated that Dolores(my biggest corey female) was sitting on top of a lovely big shrimp pellet and blocking her from scarfing it, that she rammed her quite hard with her nose on her flank. It was more like a punch than a push believe me. Dolores, built like a tank, was well aware of it but didn't budge an inch.
Guppy frustrations!
My pepper coreys have developed this lovely metallic green sheen all along their bodies. Just beautiful. I hope yours do too.
p.s. I am so verrrry glad I don't have big poopers for fish.
Goldfish are notorious for that as well, though I occasionally see a cute goldfish and am tempted to buy one anyways(the gold ones with sooty black fins). My niece had a fake piranhah, yes I forget the official name right now
, they grow to 35 pounds
. That blighter would do one bowel movement and foul her entire 50 gallon tank. It would instantly need cleaning again. I guess some fish need heavy duty filtration systems, like goldfish and plecos. (um don't some plecos grow rather LARGE? Hope you have enough tank for him.) Yes, my niece sold him (Pacu! That's the name!!!!
) when he had trouble turning around in the tank to a guy with much bigger tanks. He was supposed to be vegetarian but he inhaled several of her smaller fish.
(the Pacu did, not the guy she sold him to!
)