how many cory's in a 240 litre??????

rixy · Post by **rixy** » 18 Aug 2005, 14:45

how many cory's would be a good clean up crew in a 240 litre tank???thanks in advance for any help.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 Aug 2005, 14:51

You could certainly have more than 5, probably more than 20 too if you wanted, but it depends on what else you have in the tank.

Clean-up is of course a bit of a "definiton", because anything that goes into the tank (food-wise, or more precisely any protein in the food) will turn into ammonia->nitrite->nitrate.

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rixy · Post by **rixy** » 18 Aug 2005, 15:24

hi matsp.my fish are listed in my sig

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 Aug 2005, 15:35

Ok, I didn't see that because I only thought about asking when I was in the middle of writing the reply, and when replying, you don't see sig's. [That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it...]

1 x 12" fire eel,7 x red torpedo's,4 x dwarf gouramies,2 x rainbows,3 x bolivian rams.

With that stocking, I think you can run anything from 5 to 10 cory's or more, if you like.

I don't know what sort of fish a fire-eel is [I have seen them in the shops, but I don't know anything about them], does it eat other fish, or not? If it does, you need to make sure that that your cories are big enough to not be eaten by the fire-eel, now or later when the fire-eel is bigger [if it's getting bigger than that]. Most cories will grow to 2" and a bit (SL), but usually not much bigger than that.

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rixy · Post by **rixy** » 18 Aug 2005, 15:44

thanks for the advice. i was thinking about 6-7 sterbai.what are your thoughts on this.its only to clear up bloodworm,bits of tetra prima etc.i have a royal plec and 2 syno sailfins going back to lfs as they are destroying my plants.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 Aug 2005, 16:16

Sterbai are nice, and like warm water, which I expect you have for the gourami's.

I just bought a few sterbai's myself, and they are nice. A bit pricey compared to the more common cory's, but look more stunning too, so as usual, you get what you pay for. I got 6 myself.

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rixy · Post by **rixy** » 18 Aug 2005, 17:14

trimar are doing them for Â£10 for 3 so what do you reckon.6,or,shall i get 7-8???

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 19 Aug 2005, 08:35

6 is a decent number, should give you good chances of a female/male mix that could give you breeding (I'm assuming you can't pick sex because they are still juveniles and hard to sex). Seems like a much better price than I got mine for, but I guess trimar is pretty good when it comes to pricing...

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rixy · Post by **rixy** » 19 Aug 2005, 18:32

hi matsp,got 9 in the end.babies as well.real cute.just put them in the tank about an hour ago.thanks for all the advice.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 22 Aug 2005, 09:22

Good luck with them. I just moved mine (moving house), and they seem to have coped well with the stress, eating nicely and such.

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bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 22 Aug 2005, 15:28

Good luck with the move, Mats!

rixy · Post by **rixy** » 27 Aug 2005, 14:58

cory's are doing great.best thing i ever did was to get rid of the plecs and get the cory's.sand is soooooooo much cleaner.