Max amount of Corys in a 55 or 75g?
Max amount of Corys in a 55 or 75g?
What is the max amount of corys you would keep in a 55 or 75g tank. My goal was to have 3-4 schools of 6, with different levels in the tank - like an oceanic shelf. I currently have 3 juliis in my community tank and they are all over the tank.. eating, sleeping, playing where ever. Thanks for the advice.
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Re: Max amount of Corys in a 55 or 75g?
Only a couple of Corydoras species will spend much time off the bottom. The dwarf mid-water schooling species are C. hastatus and C. pygmeus.
Just because there may be different levels doesn't mean the Corys will make use of them.
I have raised as many as 100 C. sterbai to a salable size in a 20 long by changing most of the water daily. Not something you would enjoy doing but that can give you some idea of what can be done.
If you want all Corys maybe go with 20 each of two of the typical sized bottom dwelling species and 50 to 100 of one of the two mid-water schooling dwarf species. They prefer to be in very large groups.
Just because there may be different levels doesn't mean the Corys will make use of them.
I have raised as many as 100 C. sterbai to a salable size in a 20 long by changing most of the water daily. Not something you would enjoy doing but that can give you some idea of what can be done.
If you want all Corys maybe go with 20 each of two of the typical sized bottom dwelling species and 50 to 100 of one of the two mid-water schooling dwarf species. They prefer to be in very large groups.
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