Substrate for cories

[lstratton]

I have a planted tank with the back half planted up with eco complete as the substrate and the front half is a sandy area that has no plants growing on it. I'm thinking of changing the fish in there at the moment. I have some dwarf puffers, but would like to go back to a community tank and I've never kept cories before and everyone always raves about them.

So I just wanted to check that they'd be alright in this tank? It is a 240l Juwel tank, 4 foot long and has been up and running for about 8 months now. I have 2 Tetratec EX1200s running on the tank so the turnover is 10x. There is also CO2 being pumped in for the plants and I dose using the EI index for the ferts.

I've heard that eco complete might harm the barbels on the cories. Any suggestions would be grateful.

Thankyou

[Marc van Arc]

They will search the Eco area for food, but if this material is too sharp they won't dig into it. And as your tank also offers a large sandy area where they can and very likely will dig, I think you have very little to worry about.

[lstratton]

Brilliant, thankyou for that. I will just keep a close eye on them when I get them.

Thankyou

Lucy