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Hi all, new to this forum I am hoping to make some new friends interested in my hobby. I have always been a tank enthusiast but just now have been able to delve in to it as much as I would like... or starting to at least. I am about to start my 120 tank build out of plywood for my living room. My question for here is, I have four Cory cats, two albino one peppered and one that i think but am not very sure is a spotted Cory (punctatus) My question about my four very cute tank mates is will they group together though they are of different genius being of the same species? They seem to be sort of grouping a little but the albies like to hang out the most together. I think that when I split the 29 with an 18 because my 5 year old daughter wanted a hamster and she is getting a guinea pig soon decided to trade her new 29 for a tall 18 so she can have a place for the new guinea pig I will be putting the two albinos and maybe 2-4 more with some otocinclus vittatus probably one of them, and she will be taking the rummies and the pristellas and the red finned shark. In the 29 I will be getting more spotted and peppered. and then in the 120 I will be getting some pandas and other verities. But if they wont group together across the different varieties I need to know so I can buy enough of each variety.

I would add more of the same kind & let them have a school of at least 6 Corydoras.



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Hi there Mrwizerd,

I already responded to a later post you made, but I use this chance anyway to say “Welcome to FP”

About your post, my head is spinning

You build a 120G tank, and you have a 25G and an 18G, is that right? Now, which one was the one with the rummies and the guinea pig in the same tank:%)?

About Cories: The somewhat school with other cories of different type, but certainly enjoy the company of their own kind much more. If possible, you should have at least 4 (better 6) of each kind.

Now again, who is supposed to go in which tank?

Ingo

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Sorry hehe...

120 gallon is in the planning stages, if the epoxy isn't to much I will be starting construction this weekend.

29 gallon is my current main tank, it contains all my fish now that I have added the beta to it. Who knew I inadvertantly created fishmates for him perfectly. It currently contains:

2 - Rummies
5 - Pristellas
1 - Red-Fined Shark
2 - Albino Cory Cats
1 - Peppered Cory Cat
1 - Spotted Cory Cat
1 - Blue Paradise Gourami
1 - Beta
1 - Male Blue Gourami
2 - Female Blue Gourami
1 - Female German Blue Ram
1 - Plecostamus
1 - Male Golden Wonder Killi
3 - Female Golden Wonder Killi

The ones in itallics will be moved to the new 18 gallon tank. The pleco is being givin to my local aquarium store because he keeps uprooting my plants hes almost 4 inches long.

The 18 Gallon will be purchaced this week and it will contain:

2 - Rummies
5 - Pristellas
1 - Red-Fined Shark
2+4 - Albino Cory Cats
2 - Otocoulus (sp?)
1 - Paradise Gourami
2 - Kissing Gourami

Italics are additions to fish I currently own that will be new.

Last edited by mrwizerd at 24-Oct-2005 15:21

Albimo cory's like to stay in groups of 4-8 mostly, as do all cory's. I think that you should go and buy at least two more albino's and three peppered cory's. Then if you have enough room without overstocking the tank, you should get 3 more of the unknown cory's. I'v been dealing with albino cories for about 9 months and since I put 5 new cories in with my two old ones, they have never been happier.

Call me nutz, heck call me a girl (im not u, get the idea)I think there CUTE! the lady next door thinks there ugly I was flabbergasted, they are such fun to watch when there searching for food darting around or acting like big fish, my "spotted" one descided he wanted some blood worms and wasnt gonna wait for them so he chased off the 3" Male Blue Gourami to get them... though in the back of my head I think he was humoring him. Then again I think that my fish have more personality than they probably do... but he was up at the top of the tank and was hanging out next to the larger gourami for most of that day. It was fun to watch. My only problem is that I have to go to my daughters room to watch them, I am really hoping I can make this 120g tank project pan out so that I can have heards of them, I think i am going to have 8 of at last count 6 or 7 differnt verieties. I actually may get a bunch of 10-20 gal tanks and try to bread them I just love the little buggers, and want all to apreciate them. well I am being booted of the computer but my better half but she promised that I have a good fish related suprise for my birthday tomarrow i am hoping that its my 18 gallon... but we will see ... More to follow, if anyone else is a total cory nut please drop me a line with your experiances i would really like to setup my tank to be more suitable for them to have more fun and be more themselves if i can. Oh does anyone know where to get driftwood for a good price online I cant find any at the three fish stores locally.

Thanks!

also has anyone had any experiance with this diy idea

http://www.duboisi.com/diy/BNdiygrotto/bndiygrotto.htm