Breeding/set Up In A 85 Gallon Tank?

Sasan · Post by **Sasan** » 16 Oct 2005, 20:02

Is it possible for me to have a tank with only corydoras species and Bushymouth catfish?
And let them breed naturaly with no interferrence from me?

Is my tank to big/small for this? Its 125x50x50cm 85 gallons/320 liters.

I know this will probably reduce numbers of surviving youngsters, but i find that to be more interresting to observe..

If its possible, thats great!
If not, i'm still just gonna keep those type of fishs species in my tank.
So how should my tank look/behave?

Also, should my Filter/pump be placed so that it makes alot of bubbles and noise, or should i place it so that its alot of ''current'' in the tank with no splashing?
And should i at all have a strong ''current''?

I just removed the gravel in my tank 2 days ago with fine, beutifull sand.

Any ideas, thoughts, opinions, recommendations are welcome.

WhitePine · Post by **WhitePine** » 16 Oct 2005, 20:30

you might want to read a few of these articles in
Shane's world.

You could also do a forum search on habitat for your specific cats.

Cheers,Whitepine

Sasan · Post by **Sasan** » 16 Oct 2005, 20:39

Thanks alot, will read them right now.
But additional comments are welcome.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 17 Oct 2005, 10:49

You can certainly keep a bunch of cories with bristlenoses, and they'd get along fine. The bristlenoses would definitely breed nicely in that environment too, because the male bristlenose will watch over the eggs until the fry are free-swimming.

I'm not so sure the cories would breed without your intervention in some way. I would think the bristlenoses would get the eggs and fry before they can survive on their own. A large amount of plants would increase the chances of survival of the cories.

Remember that although bristlenose's are supposedly algae eaters, they will certainly munch up small fish if they aren't moving away quickly enough...

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Mats