Minimum Temp For Corys?

[Seidge]

I wanted to know this because i was just in Petsmart (i hate this store) and i saw some Axolotols about an inch long so same size as corys. I know axolotols are cold water because i have one, but i also have corys in my tropical tank. Well why do PetSmart have them in the same tank. Bit weird. I never heard of corys in cold water or axolotls in warm water so why have they done this. I would have asked but there where actually no staff on the shop floor or at the counter

 

[Sp00ky]

I wanted to know this because i was just in Petsmart (i hate this store) and i saw some Axolotols about an inch long so same size as corys. I know axolotols are cold water because i have one, but i also have corys in my tropical tank. Well why do PetSmart have them in the same tank. Bit weird. I never heard of corys in cold water or axolotls in warm water so why have they done this. I would have asked but there where actually no staff on the shop floor or at the counter

it all depends on the cory. Some do well in cool waters of 21 degree some like around 26 degree.

I personally keep mine at around 24 degree for breeding purposes and do the regular cool water changes.

My cory tank is currently at 25 degree.

defo not a cold water fish though... well, not the run of the mill corys anywa

 

[geo7x]

i would imagine that the axolotl is kept in tropical temperatures with the cories, rather than the cories being kept in coldwater temperatures with the axolotl. This is because cories are a commonly seen fish in an lfs, i expect most if not all fish shops stock cories, however unless im mistaken axolotls are less common (?) so as silly as it sounds, i would expect that due to experience of stocking them, the LFS workers would know to keep cories in tropical temperatures (at least sub-tropical), and maybe not have the experience or knowledge to know that axolotls are coldwater. Hope you see where im coming from.