How Many Cories Can I Fit In My 60liter Long Tank.

[Luniz]

I have very fine sand substrate. I have the folliong fish at the moment.(They are faily new)

a pair of odessa barbs
1 male neon rainbowfish (the female died)
a pair of cherry barbs

I would like to get some cories. how many more cories could i fit in this tank. Or are cories not compatible with my fishes in the tank.

Cheeers in advance

 

[adgo]

60 liter is around 15 gallons right? if thats it then i think 3 should be ok..they only get about 3" and keep to the bottom so depending how many you want i would say 3-5

 

[richchappy]

corys are best with 2 or 3 corys per square ft of surface area depending on the current bio load

 

[Lynz781]

My tank is 63 litres which is ~ 13 gallons if I rememeber correctly.

 

[fishboy619]

60lt is about 12 gallons UK and 15gallons US.
in my 60lt, i have some pygmy cories, because they are smaller, you can get more of them.

 

[richchappy]

with corys you are best going by surface area not volume,

 

[Maxta]

Yup coz they always always stay at the bottom, now and then dart to surface for air but thats about it.