VaegaVic
Fish Addict
I'm absolutely pulling my hair out over this one guys and girls, any help given will be greatly appreciated.
When I first built my tank, I was given free an 8kg bag of white gravel, it wasn't soft or smooth and I was given 7 Cory Melini.
I've recently redone the tank, took 12 hours, but done none the less, with play sand from argos (with 15 MTS sifting through it now).
I sold my Melini as they were wild and I didn't think it fair to keep them in my smaller tank, they are currently in my sister's 300L. The other problem I had with them was their availability, when 2 died from swimbladder problems, it took me 3 months to find a replacement, at £8 each.
I'm now on the hunt for some corys. I currently work at a Pet Shop and the only ones we get in are Peppered, Bronze and Albino, pretty much the basic 3.
However, I want a cory that would ideally get no bigger than 2 inches, possibly 6cm at a push and that aren't black and white.
I've recently upgraded the filter to an Interpet EPF150 so there's masses of filtration, and I've also redone the hardscaping to provide more hiding spaces and swimming space at the same time.
I really wanted Pygmy corys, but they're like gold-dust round here, the only shop that did have them mislabelled them as Hastatus. I would even settle for Hasbrosus if I could find any.
In a nutshell:
Name me a small, common, interesting looking cory that wont cost me a fortune.
Ordering online is out of the question as £30 for 7 corys is a tad excessive.
Currently, I'm leaning towards the peppered, because they're smaller than bronze and look interesting, but information on sizes is so inaccurate on the web. My Melini grew to 7cm each, not the 4.5 on Planet catfish.
Edit: I should also add, although the tank is 64L, it is much longer than others on the market, but makes up by being smaller in width.
When I first built my tank, I was given free an 8kg bag of white gravel, it wasn't soft or smooth and I was given 7 Cory Melini.
I've recently redone the tank, took 12 hours, but done none the less, with play sand from argos (with 15 MTS sifting through it now).
I sold my Melini as they were wild and I didn't think it fair to keep them in my smaller tank, they are currently in my sister's 300L. The other problem I had with them was their availability, when 2 died from swimbladder problems, it took me 3 months to find a replacement, at £8 each.
I'm now on the hunt for some corys. I currently work at a Pet Shop and the only ones we get in are Peppered, Bronze and Albino, pretty much the basic 3.
However, I want a cory that would ideally get no bigger than 2 inches, possibly 6cm at a push and that aren't black and white.
I've recently upgraded the filter to an Interpet EPF150 so there's masses of filtration, and I've also redone the hardscaping to provide more hiding spaces and swimming space at the same time.
I really wanted Pygmy corys, but they're like gold-dust round here, the only shop that did have them mislabelled them as Hastatus. I would even settle for Hasbrosus if I could find any.
In a nutshell:
Name me a small, common, interesting looking cory that wont cost me a fortune.
Ordering online is out of the question as £30 for 7 corys is a tad excessive.
Currently, I'm leaning towards the peppered, because they're smaller than bronze and look interesting, but information on sizes is so inaccurate on the web. My Melini grew to 7cm each, not the 4.5 on Planet catfish.
Edit: I should also add, although the tank is 64L, it is much longer than others on the market, but makes up by being smaller in width.
