Got A Young Corydora, But Now What?

[DoubleDutch]

Shrimp pellets are perfect.
Most.plecowafers lack.the right ingredient-combination for Corys (Most plecs.are.more at the herbivorious side than on the carnivorious side.like Corys).
But in a variated diet you can feed them now and then.
They love frozen food as well

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[AlphinaNovaStar]

Okay I only feed them as treats but shrimp pellets are their main food


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[AlphinaNovaStar]

I found a dead corydora in my tank. I now only have one cory. I decided before getting any more fish to do a major water change and make sure all the crap and junk is out of the tank before doing anything else.
I know I wanted a fifty five gallon tank but the problem is getting it to my room. My room is the farthest from the entrance to the house. a fifty five gallon tank would be too heavy for me to carry on my own.
Back on topic, for now I have a twenty gallon tank that I am turning into a live plant tank soon but my question is how many more corydoras do I need for the twenty gallon tank?

 

[Byron]

You want at least five cories; six or seven would be better. This shouldn't be a problem in a 20g.

Food was mentioned previously, I agree the shrimp pellets are an excellent food, but I would also alternate with one or two more. I use the Omega One Veggie round, which all my wild caught cories love. It is veggie-based but it also has fish in it as you can see here:
http://www.omegasea.net/products/nutrition/veggie-rounds

I happen to use the Omega One shrimp pellets too; they seem to be good quality. I understand the veggie is good for the intestinal tract.

You could alternate these daily, shrimp pellets day 1, Veggie day 2, shrimp day 3, etc. For a treat, frozen bloodworms but no more than once a week. I do this on water change day, a couple hours after completing, so the fish are "rewarded" for having put up with my crashing about in their space.

I hope you are doing water changes regularly, once a week, about half the tank volume?

Byron.

 

[AlphinaNovaStar]

I do not know what type of Corydora I got but does it matter what type I get to be his friends?

 

[Byron]

I do not know what type of Corydora I got but does it matter what type I get to be his friends?

We went into this earlier in this thread, when you started it. But I will summarize. First, from your video, I suggested you likely had Corydoras aeneus, the Bronze Cory (and it has some other common names). The group of 5+ would be best if the same species, but cories seem to be fairly acceptable of any species, so long as there are sufficient.

I have 50 in my 70g, representing 12 species, some of which have 1, 2 or 3, others have 6, 7, 10. This usually because it was all the store had, and being wild caught, one can wait months and even years to see them again. I have twice retrieved fry from two species of which I only have two fish, that obviously turned out to be a male and female, and I have seen them spawning and depositing eggs which I have recovered, so I know they are. Point is, that you can mix the species but I always try to get at least five, or three to four, if I possibly can so they have some relations.

In your 20g, you could have 3-4 each of two species, or all 6-7 of one species.

Byron.

 

[AlphinaNovaStar]

My bad but right now my Cory is forgetting he is a catfish. I keep thinking catfish like to swim on the bottom of the tank. Right now he is enjoying being at the top of the tank.



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[Mark43]

I have 2 Corys. How many more i need?

 

[Byron]

I have 2 Corys. How many more i need?

At minimum, you want five in total, so another three. If you have tank space, more will always be better.