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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."

Thanks

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

Hi there,

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.

Stu

Stu how big are the Multis you have? They grow unusually lge for a cory style fish.

kdreymann wrote: BUT I keep them in heavy waters with 21°C at the maximum, where they keep on spawning...
Klaus

Kdreymann, what do you mean by heavy waters?

HayWire wrote:

kdreymann wrote: BUT I keep them in heavy waters with 21°C at the maximum, where they keep on spawning...
Klaus

Kdreymann, what do you mean by heavy waters?

That is fast water made by a strong pump.
How would you call it?
Klaus

How would you call it?

A strong current.

How would you call it?

A strong current.

Silurus wrote:

How would you call it?

A strong current.

Thanx twice!
Klaus

hi there Stingray,

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

Beautiful fish

cheers
Stu