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	Cories with Convicts
CoryAddict Enthusiast Posts: 184 Kudos: 231 Votes: 6 Registered: 16-Dec-2004	If I put a school of cories in with a pair of convicts would the convicts attack them?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
crube Small Fry Posts: 9 Kudos: 12 Votes: 0 Registered: 16-Jan-2005	its a good bet the convicts will kill them eventually....
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
x_angel_crue_x Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 24 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-Jan-2005	Im guessing that if you raise them together then the convicts might be _less_ agressive
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	The outcome will depend on several factors (tank size, the size of the cories, the aggressiveness of each convict, etc.), but it is safe to say that the convicts will eventually get the cories. To a seven-inch fish, a Corydoras catfish looks like a little appetizer, despite their spines. Some of the larger Brochis species might work though, if you can find some. 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 12:03
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	in a large enough tank you could probably keep convicts with cories. I would grow them up together and probably go with no less than a 55 gallon tank. So long as the cories grow to at least 2" I don't think even a full grown con could simply eat one.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
crube Small Fry Posts: 9 Kudos: 12 Votes: 0 Registered: 16-Jan-2005	if you are looking for a bottom feeder for the tank (aassuming it is big enough) try a bristlenose catfish or a pictus cat.... neither one will lay down for the convicts and they do a nice job
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	striped or spotted raphael cats should also work but won't be as active or visible as cories or pictus.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I think that the Corydoras will be killed. I would try a Pictus. http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Wingsdlc Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005	Right now I have in a 55 Gal. tank a pair of Convics (male 5", female 3",Pleco 6.5", orange fin loach 4", Synodontis eupterus 3.5", 4 giant danios 2-3.5", and 2 Boesemani Rainbow 2.5-3" and a 3.5" rainbow shark. This is a pretty good set up right now. I don't seem to have too many problems. The convicts seem to have a bit of a problem with my Synodontis because they are making a nest at the base of the drift wood that he hangs out on but most of the time they don't mess with him. The Loach and Plece don't run into much trouble with the convics. I have lots of hiding spots for them so the stay out sight most of the time and don't cause issues. Also I might just have an extra nice pair of Convits compared to most from some of the horror stories that I have heard about them. 55G Planted tank thread 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
synodontis Fish Master Posts: 1403 Kudos: 2000 Votes: 1099 Registered: 02-Oct-2003	so what tank size i'd wouldn't risk corys, id go with an asain bumblebee cat or a doradid(sp) like a spotted rapheal though you wouldn't see them that much if that is what you wanted... cfd -------------------------- Billy was a scientist, Billy is no more. For what he thought was H20, was H2SO4
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
SJinNJ Fish Addict Posts: 568 Kudos: 447 Votes: 16 Registered: 21-May-2003	I wouldn't risk it.
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