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  1. CorydorasEthan
    I believe that there should be at least 6 Corydoras in a school. They look way better in a larger group, and are also a lot happier. Especially in a 95 gallon, you have a lot of room for a large school (6 or more) of Corydoras (bigger group if they are smaller species like pandas, pygmies, or habrosus), a group of aroud 6 or more Kuhli loaches, and some hillstream loaches.
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    I have had both peppered cories (Corydoras paleatus) and bronze/albino cories (Corydoras aeneus) on gravel without any problems. I did eventually move them to a tank with a full sand bottom after a year on the gravel substrate. Hope this helps.
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    Looks really good! I wouldn't worry about the cories. Looks like that tank has plenty of room.
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    Sorry I have quite a few. Hope you guys don't mind... Bucket list of fish I hope to keep: Apistogramma spec., Otocinclus, Rosy Tetra, Emperor Tetra, Congo Tetra, Cardinal Tetra (can't find these at any local shops only neons), Mollies, Hillstream Loach, Oranda Goldfish, White Cloud Minnow, Cherry Barb, Cherry Shrimp Fish I've kept before but want to keep again: False Julii Corydoras Fish I already keep but can't get enough of: Peppered Corydoras, Pygmy Corydoras
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    Nice! I always liked hasbrosus cories but I've never gotten the chance to keep them.
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    Emerald Green Cory as in Brochis splendens or Corydoras aeneus? For tetras, I don't have much experience with them, but I heard X-ray/Pristella tetras, neon tetras, cardinal tetras, rummynose tetras, and glowlight tetras would work well for smaller species.
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    How many cory cats do you have? If you only have a couple, consider getting a few more they look spectacular in larger groups. For a schooling fish, go for tetras, rasboras, or a large group of pygmy cories. Pearl gourami and guppies stay at the top in my experience, so those would be a good choice for the surface/top portion of your community.
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    Schooling: Pygmy cories, because they are really fun to watch in a tight school/shoal. They will swim close together. Shoaling: Undecided yet. I like a lot of different species of cories, but I haven't got a chance to see many tetra or rasbora species for myself. I do like the color of cherry barbs though, so I might try those out once I get my tank stock level down.
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    Nice! C. trilineatus are a favorite of mine. I've kept one before (I found it alone in a petsmart tank) and kept it with a couple of peppered cories. He was always so active and happy, so I was heartbroken when he died of ich along with the rest of the fish in the tank. Pygmy cories are also really cool, I plan on getting more so they school better. I've never personally kept pandas, but I heard they are fun too.
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    Thanks! In the past when my (then) only Endler's Livebearers would breed, I'd just give the babies to my local fish store and keep a couple of the males (the males I have now are from that lineage). But now, with the guppy genes, I figured I might try to breed this strain and start selling them as "fancy guppy/endlers" they reproduce. Also from the same "litter" (they have the same mother and the male Endler's livebearers are the only fish she's mated with) as the tiger-looking endler guppies shown above was a couple of red ones, which look pretty cool too. It is really odd that they are a way different color. The second picture is of both them and their fathers (endler's livebearers). Does anyone know what this kind might be? Thanks again.
  11. CorydorasEthan
    Good thinking! Thanks for the advice!
  12. CorydorasEthan
    Hello everybody, As you could probably tell, Corydoras are my favorite fish. Post your pictures of your cory cats here along with the species name if possible. Here I have my albino and green cories (C. aeneus), both adult and baby peppered cories (C. paleatus), and pygmy cories (C. pygmaeus.). Thanks!
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    Yeah funny story the female actually came into my tank as a small fry when I bought a bristlenose pleco and then grew up and mated with the Endler's livebearer males I have in my tank already.
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    Here are the parents.
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    I have kept Corydoras on small gravel before (paleatus and aeneus) and I had no issues. I fed food that just settled on the top, and it worked fine.
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    Hello everyone, I have two male Endler's livebearers and a female guppy that have bred. The Endler's livebearers are very close to the wild form, but I do not know what breed of guppy the female guppy is. They produced many different fry, but produced the most of this type. Is has a yellow-and-black tail and fins, with maybe a silver and lime pattern across the body. Could anyone identify if this is a certain strain of guppy? Thanks.
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    Wow those guppies look really cool. Keep up the good work!
  18. CorydorasEthan
    I have a similar situation in my 29 gallon tank, where my pearl gourami follows my cories to the food, and bites and chases them away from their sinking foods so that he can eat their food. I found that feeding the cories before the lights come on in the morning and after the lights go off in the night helps, as the gourami can't find his way in the dark, while the cories can. Here's another possible solution. If there is plant cover or something like that in your tank, try dropping the cory food behind these. This way, the cories can get under these plants to the food, but the betta can't swim down onto them. Hope this helps.
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    Hello everyone, My friend has a 5 gallon aquarium with a male betta, a nerite snail, and a mystery snail. They have had this tank for around 4-6 months now. Both nerite snails they have kept in the tank so far seem to like to escape out of the tank often. The first nerite snail escaped the tank and was found dead a few weeks later under the aquarium stand. The second snail has escaped several times, but they always put it back in the tank. Now, the tank is sealed shut so that the snail doesn't escape. The snail still seems to prefer staying above the water line than in the water, and will sometimes rest in the filter of the tank. Is there a problem with the water that should be changed, or is this a common behavior in nerite snails? Thanks.
  20. CorydorasEthan
    I found that feeding chunks of Repashy (or other foods) behind my sponge filter and cabomba work to deter the pearl gourami (or stop him from finding the food). I like your idea about the fence to keep the other fish out. I have some hairgrass that I will try to do that with. I will also try the feeding after the lights go out, as that seems like a good idea too. Thanks everyone!
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    Hello everyone, I have a male pearl gourami in a semi-planted 29 gallon community aquarium. He is quite peaceful most of the time. He is around 3 inches long so far, and I haven't even seen him eat any guppy fry (yet). He is even a little timid when I come up to the tank. The only problem arises when I feed the fish tank. I provide plenty of floating foods (flakes, crisps, freeze-dried bloodworms, fry food, etc. varies depending on the day) and I also provide sinking foods (pellets, Repashy gel food, algae wafers) for my bottom dwellers. The gourami gobbles up a portion of the floating foods, but then instead of eating more, he goes straight to the bottom of the tank to eat the sinking pellets, where my bristlenose pleco, SAEs, Amano shrimp, and various species of cories feed. Whenever a cory is eating nearby, he will suddenly get aggressive, chasing them and nipping/biting them until they swim off. The strange thing is he will only nip the peppered cories and albino cories, and completely ignores the pleco, SAEs, guppies, pygmy cories, and Amano shrimp. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do about this situation? I want him to stop picking on my cories. Any advice would be well appreciated. Thanks.
  22. CorydorasEthan
    Okay so I have the same situation. My school of 5 pygmy cories was active when I bought them, but after a couple of months, they are not as active and are always hiding under their favorite log/rocks. They hardly ever come out to feed now, but they always seem healthy and well-fed when I get the chance to see them. They will always swim away if they see me coming now as well. And even though there are a lot of smaller dither fish (guppies and endler's livebearers I have a ton of them because they are always breeding) as well as an assortment of other larger species of cories, they are still pretty shy. Occassionally, my pygmy cories school around together, but only when the room light is off so they can't see me. One thing I have noticed is that my pygmies are most active at dusk, right before I turn the lights out in the tank. All the other fish are usually sitting around digesting their dinner, so the pygmy cories usually can move around undisturbed (the albino cories in the tank can get pretty active and accidentally bump around a lot of the fish in the tank). They also might be active during the night, so you might want to try feeding them when the light is dim/off, or when the light in the room is off. I would suggest getting a couple more pygmies too, as they look really cool in large groups, and will feel a lot safer. I am also planning on getting more pygmies. Hope this helps.
  23. CorydorasEthan
    So are pygmy cories nocturnal? Is that why they aren't active during the day? Or are they just too scared to come out?
  24. CorydorasEthan
    My pygmy cories like to stay on the bottom, but maybe some more tiny cories will make them a little more active. Thanks!
  25. CorydorasEthan
    Speaking of habrosus cories, I found some at my LFS a week or two ago. I was thinking of picking some up (around 5 of them) and putting them in the same tank as the pygmies, and thought that maybe they would be a bit more active together. Any thoughts?
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