Kribensis And Cory's

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I have been looking at Cory's and at first I did not like them but they have grown on me but was wondering if my kribensis would attack them or if they would get along from Tom
 
I haven't actually kept them together before, but everyone seems to say that they get on completely fine. :)
 
You need to bear in mind that if you put them both in your 40 or 70 litre tanks there will be trouble when the Kribs start to breed. They get territorial and protective of their young when they breed and such small tanks won't give the corys anywhere to hide.
 
Your kribs will attack them for sure. They will attack any fish.
 
Then maybe they would do better in the 110 litre fish tank that has

These in
1 pleco (0,0,1)
6 five banded barbs (4,2,0)
4 neon tetras (0,0,4)
5 black phantom tetra (3,2,0)
3 gold tetra (0,0,3)
2 black neon tetra (0,0,2)
3 white cloud mountain minnow (0,0,3)
2 apistogramma cacatuiodes (1,1,0)
3 honey gourami (2,1,0)
6 platy (2,4,0)
2 guppies (1,1,0)

37 total and that's at capacity But I would not add any Cory's until some space gets freed up in there
 
Seal36 said:
Then maybe they would do better in the 110 litre fish tank that has

These in
1 pleco (0,0,1)
6 five banded barbs (4,2,0)
4 neon tetras (0,0,4)
5 black phantom tetra (3,2,0)
3 gold tetra (0,0,3)
2 black neon tetra (0,0,2)
3 white cloud mountain minnow (0,0,3)
2 apistogramma cacatuiodes (1,1,0)
3 honey gourami (2,1,0)
6 platy (2,4,0)
2 guppies (1,1,0)

37 total and that's at capacity But I would not add any Cory's until some space gets freed up in there
That is already more than I would stock in a 110l, even if it was a 4-footer.
 
Mixing cichlids from different continents is risky, the body language of Kribensis and Apistogramma will conflict. Breeding Kribs would need at least 90x30cm floorspace to guard a group of fry in a community, even if there were not other cichlids.
 
WCMM really do not belong with everyone else listed in that tank, they are not tropical fish, keeping them in such conditions will keep their metabolism in overdrive and they will die prematurely.  
 
Yeah I know it's overstocked for a 110 litre but I have a very big filter and the kribensis and the apistogramma are in 2 different tanks. Also from looking on here I have now realised that the White Cloud Mountain minnows are cold water fish and I will not be buying anymore and as I brought them from a fish shop that is not my regular one they won't let me take them back as there is nothing wrong with them from Tom
 

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