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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

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.

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

Thankyou

Lucy