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	Different Cories In A Tank
wk Fingerling Posts: 32 Kudos: 35 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Aug-2004	Hi, I think this has been discussed before and so pardon me for asking again. Is it ok to keep different cories together to the extend that there may be only one kind for some. I have 6 cories but of 4 different type (2 bronze, 1 albino, 1 Aldofo, 1 which I dunno the name and 1 spotted). They looked ok to me, but sometimes they are loners and does not mix around, esp the Aldofo cory. But they still get together at feeding time but not the Aldofo cory.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	You should have cories in schools of 6 or more. That means 1 species. It would be better for the cories if you returned all but your favorite kind and got more of that 1 kind. Cories of different species will not school together if they have a school of their own. In your case they don't even school when they don't have enough others. EDIT: Welcome to FP!! [span class="edited"][Edited by Janna 2004-08-18 02:15][/span] They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	I agree with Janna. Cories school by sight, meaning that none of the four species you have will school with each other. Start over with just one species of cory, and that way they will school. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	I disagree...I have 12 Cory's with 10 different species...but most of the time they still school..and feeding time is an absolute meeting period for all of them. So I dun think different cory's will matter, as long as there are 6 or more
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	I have about 3 or 4 different cory species in my tank, and they school. Their at all different maturity ages also (15 being the oldest, 7 being the youngest)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Corydoras of the same species will school together & different Corydoras don't. It's better to have 6 Corydoras of the same type, than 6 different ones. :88) http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	My cory's didn't say that
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	I have 12 Cory's with 10 different species...but most of the time they still school Cories sometimes school with other cories out of fear and stress if they don't have enough of a school. If you get more so that there are at least 6 of each kind, the cories will no longer associate with each other. I have experienced this first hand with the cories in my 55 gallon. They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
wk Fingerling Posts: 32 Kudos: 35 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Aug-2004	Thanks for all your replies. I think I agres with Janna. Checked with a friend of mine. He has some cories but only of a kind (albino cory). He has 6 of them and he told that they mind their own business and does not actually school.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Corydoras are schooling/shoaling fish & in the wild they are in groups of hundreds...................... http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
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