CorydorasEthan

@Jungle Fan So glad to see you're okay! Your tank is looking awesome!

Hi I checked a few websites and here's what I found: Wikipedia mentions the only other aquarium fish kept from Lake Valencia would be Pimelodella tapatapae. It could be replicated in the aquarium with the Pictus catfish, which you can commonly find in a lot of pet stores. I also found this article: https://www.tfhmagazine.com/articles/freshwater/firstever-photos-of-diamond-tetras-in-their-natural-habitat It mentions several other fish found to be living in the same area: Wild guppies (Poecilia reticulata) Corynopoma riisei (another species of tetra) Corydoras aeneus Ancistrus spp. Blue Acara Cichlids (Aequidens pulcher) Hope this helps!

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Okay so my julii cories have had this for a while (since around 2 months ago). I thought that they had the same bacterial thing (red spot and fin rot) as the other cories at the time so I tried dosing salt, melafix, and reduced the nitrates. I assumed the barbels would grow back, but they still haven't, and now there appears to be a white growth, maybe fungal, on one of their mouths. Water parameters: White mouth: No barbels: Oh also there's this red colored what looks like hair algae growing everywhere in the tank. Could this be a cause and how could I fix it? Thanks.

I've had dreams where I "discover" more tanks in my room, like I'll look behind the window curtain and there's one. Turns out the tank was neglected yet all the fish survived, so I tried to find ways that I could combine them all into a big tank haha.

Great idea! I have an all Corydoras tank (+ gourami) is it is really fun!

I personally would go with option one with corydoras instead of the plecos. However, keep in mind that endler's and possibly the snails will also go after the corydoras eggs, so you might want to remove the eggs and hatch them in a breeding box or a separate tank. I hope this helps!

Going off what @Guppysnail suggested, I would get a school of 6-10 pygmy cories.

Maybe a Hygrophilia species? Perhaps Hygrophilia lancea.

Looks so good! I really like your choice of fish!

Yep those are bronze corydoras!

If you were looking for a fish, the first one that comes to mind are the Otocinclus catfish.

They're so colorful! Great job on the tank! May I ask what kind of moss that is?

In my experience, Siamese Algae Eaters will eat up green hair algae really quickly. They eliminated the problem in my aquarium in a few weeks. The only problem is once mine became full grown, they started picking on the Corydoras that shared the tank with them. So if you encounter this problem, I would rehome them to a friend's aquarium or something once they have dealt with your algae issues. On the other hand, I have heard many accounts of more amiable SAE's, so it might work out just fine for your aquarium! I hope this helps!

UPDATE: I had too high of nitrates (100 ppm or so) and my cories got red blotch disease and fin rot. I lost 2 peppered cories, 1 habrosus cory, and 3 pygmy cories to the red blotch. Turns out I hadn't been water changing enough, and as soon as a did a 40 or 50% water change, my nitrates went down to around 25-50 ppm and have stayed there. I added salt to the tank (1 tbsp per 10 gallons) a few days prior and so far the fin rot hasn't continued. After the water change, I also purchased 3 cryptocorynes (2 wendtii, 1 lucens), 1 anubias (actually split into two plantlets) and a wad of java moss, as well as some more root tabs to see if they'll grow a bit better for me.

Okay good news I did a larger water change and the nitrates are back down to around 50 ppm. I added a few more plants to help as well. Also, the salt seems to have worked for now, as no more fish have nicks in their fins. Thanks!

Hey guys, I've had a tough week. Despite my addition of the Pothos plant, my nitrates seem to have gone up. Several of my beloved cories, including 3 pygmy cories, 2 habrosus cories, and 2 peppered cories have died to what appears is red blotch disease, likely due to the nitrates. Here are my water parameters (Reads top to bottom GH, Nitrate, Nitrite, Chlorine, KH, pH): Additionally, the albino and green cories (as well as a peppered Cory that already passed) seem to have fin rot. I've added Melafix in an attempt to heal the supossed fin rot, and I've added a NitraZorb bag to the filter in hopes to lower the nitrates (it isn't working so far). I have aquarium salt available, and I heard it can treat red blotch disease, but I read it has to be dissolved before putting into a tank with cories. I added it to a cup with some aquarium water overnight but it didn't dissolve. How do I use this so that it is safe for the cories? Thanks.

Welcome! Your tank looks great!

They work great together! However, I'm not sure whether the eggs/fry of the cories will be safe from the endlers. Try putting in a lot of Java moss or something bushy to increase success rate.

I keep Otocinclus, shrimp, snails, and several different species of Corydoras with Endler's with no trouble at all. I would recommend a school of pygmy cories, micro rasboras, or neon tetras.

From what I've read, a lot of the species of tetra should work just fine, especially the African tetras like the Congo tetra. Rainbowfish species in general originate from areas with harder water, so most Melanotaenia, Glossolepis, and Pseudomugil species should be fine as well. As always, it depends on the water parameters your local fish stores already keep them in. If local fish are already adjusted to harder water, they should be just fine in your tank. I hope this helps!

@Melissa G It looks like normal behavior. Cories, especially when younger, love to play around in the current! My peppered cories used to do it all the time!

Okay thanks! I will keep you all updated!

I measured the tap and it came out as 0 nitrates. Perhaps I do have it overstocked (hard to see from photo). I have 4 Corydoras aeneus, 5 corydoras paleatus, 4 corydoras pygmaeus, 4 corydoras habrosus, 3 corydoras trilineatus, 1 pearl gourami and a lone otocinclus. By coincidence, I happened to pick up this plant for free today (I forgot what it was called, but the name started with a p I think. Maybe a pothos?). The people I got it from said it can grow in water, so would this be a good pick for a riparian plant? Thanks!