I am aware of the males being territorial. My question is, are the males going to be territorial twords my B. splendens I have a total of 6 B. splendens and would like to pick up a pair of C. barbatus. I know of a breeder that has them pretty small, just to the point of being sexable, and would like to incorperate them into my tank. However I would like to hear from some of you that have kept these guys with other "bottom feeders."
Hi there. I have kept Barbatus corys for many years and unfortunately have never succesfully kept them alive with any other fish in there tank. I do not think aggression will be a problem, I must admit I have never seen an aggressive cory, but there liking of cooler water. I would keep them at no more than 72 F. Give them a try and let us Know how you get on.
HayWire wrote:I am aware of the males being territorial. My question is, are the males going to be territorial twords my B. splendens However I would like to hear from some of you that have kept these guys with other "bottom feeders."
Thanks
I keep a group of C. barbatus in a tank together with three different kinds of "bottom feeders" and I find, that C. barbatus are non aggressive and very "friendly" to all of them (Chaetostoma, Beaufortia, Hemiloricaria). BUT I keep them in heavy waters with 21°C at the maximum, where they keep on spawning...
Klaus
I keep a breeding group of 6 C. barbatus in a tank with 4 Brochis multiradiatus.
They all seem to get on fine, and for the time being they are in a small tank (23g uk) unitl my 76g tank is ready.
I have seen no aggression whatsoever, and the barbatus have produced 2 broods since the brochis were placed in the tank. The brochis left the eggs alone also.
Because the brochis are large and there are 6 barbatus, I do use and external eheim to keep the water condition as good as possible.
Oh yes, the Brochis are much bigger than the cories. The ones I have must be al least 4.5 inches long. Much deeper bodies then the cories too. And with the mouth barbels (as these are knicknamed hog nosed catfish) they appear and extra inch long at the front
My question is, are the males going to be territorial twords my B. splendens 
