Cory Catfish vs Loaches - Which is Better?
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0:00 Comparing cory catfish vs. loaches for nano tanks
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3:43 Category 4: Hardiness
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8:05 Which is better - corydoras or loaches?
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I'm definitely getting corydora
Thats a crazy deal! I love docts! Excited to see the new stuff, happy you got such a great sponser
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Wow will definitely consider! I can’t choose which is my favourite. I love kuhlis though 😊
How can you tell if the Kory lay eggs? Where do they lay them? What do they look like? How can you tell the difference between male and female korys?
cories are really hardy and cute, but loaches are straight up cool
I had an ammonia spike once and half the fish died but the Corys and the kuhli loach lived. So they ate some tough fish.
i got kuhli's as my 1st loach and they are crazy!! they swim all around the tank and seem to have subpar coordination. their bodies go everywhere and they bump into everything and they look ridiculous when they swim. I love it lol. Very fun to watch. I don't see them 24/7 but when they do show themselves its a party
omg agreed!!! I love when they do that lol!!!!!
I have some that love playing in the bubbles it's so cute watching them go up and down with them lol
I was wondering why mine was going nuts. Guess loaches are just like that
I have 2 yo-yo loaches and when we bought them, I was told they only got a couple inches long! They are so beautiful but too big for my tank. I will be rehoming them 😢 They eat sooo much and eat all the food from the other fish and the frogs so fast! They are nuts! Would I have the same thing with a kuhli loach? I am debating between a couple Corys vs kuhlis.
I'm definitely on team corydoras. If I could only keep one fish for the rest of my life, it would be corys. They're just so corydorable!
Fish for taught corydora song
Me too
I have them both lol
Same!
Yes.. i.m team cory too.. if i had to choose one type of fish... definitly Cory.. 😁
Corys are very hard working but they lift all the vegetation out of its place; loaches (khuli) sometimes you never see them but they are very peaceful and the way they wiggle is so cool. I love them. I particularly love hillstream loaches. Best fish ever.
The black/brown khuli loaches are so chill they just scream “ok I pull up” vibes
I love cories. They're so derpy it's almost comical watching them. Breeding them is pretty fun, easy and rewarding too.
A couple important things to mention are that the popular clown loach also get up to several inches long (I’ve seen some giant ones that were over 7” long). They’re a lot of fun and fun to watch as they play with each other around the tank, but they’re also ravenous snail eaters, and I highly don’t recommend keeping them with corydoras catfish, since when they get a bit larger, clown loaches are notorious for their cruel habit of ripping the eyes out of a corydoras catfish head and eating them.
They can be almost 2 feet actually lol
@@CanadianCorydorasCatfishya I was about to say lol I’ve seen them a foot thick
@@CanadianCorydorasCatfish funny we talked about clown loach went to my local pet store and they have 8 in a 20 gallon with like 4 platys and a yo-yo loach and Kuhli loach’s, no love for the loach it’s sad get abused almost as much as the Bettas
@Dougles_prospecting yes, probably worse. And let's not get started on iridescent sharks.
@@CanadianCorydorasCatfish only like 10% of fish keepers properly take care of there fish and it’s sad to many people don’t know about fish when they buy them
I fell in love with loaches after seeing them in your tank! I saw them at the store and just had to get them. Absolutely love them, they are so cute!
Aside from the always valuable fish talk (I've been looking into pygmy cories for my future little tank!), THANK YOU for also mentioning burnout and the importance of managing your workload and professional life.
Thank you so much for your kindness! 🤗 I love what I do, but making more than 1 video a week was hard so gotta get me some help.
Pygmy cories aew so cute
I used to breed loads of different Cory ' and sometimes the odd one will grow massive about size of your hands as it depends on how Deep your tank is as Deep water presser will make your Cory Grow bigger as I found when I breed them I had over 18 Different species mixed together and they all got on well mixed together
Hello again! I've been watching your vids since you first started on YT (back in the day when you always had your sunglasses on LOL.) Your advice is always spot on. Peace from the UK.
Just found you on Aquarium co-op, thanks for the amazing info!
I love my khuli loaches, while the do spend a bit of time hiding, but when there is plenty of places for them to duck under when they get nervous, they get braver and you see them much more!
I am just crazy about them too, and they live so long!
@Seamus they seem to live quite awhile too, and in some really bad conditions! I had a tank, where the heater when bad, and boiled all my fish it was awful. I finally set it back up again, get some new fish, and who is in there alive after that mayhem? the khuli loach! He lived down in the gravel for about 2 months without a pump or anything. I had just assumed that he passed away too. I will always be a fan of the little clowns!
Girl I'm really proud of you, almost at 100k subs and the educational value of your videos is amazing!!!!
Awww, thank you so much! It's been 3.5 years of hard work, but slow and steady wins the race. 🐢
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tied for me, their both very amazing fish with their own reasons to be completely awesome
I have Sterbais and Dojos... My Dojos are extrovert A-holes that love to splash me when I feed 🤣 and my Sterbais are sooo shy and timid that I sometimes fear they are dead... but I love them both
Your corys are shy with a reason
@@sten423 yes they are. Dojos are in with goldfish but the Corys are with my zebra danios and they can be dominant and faster eaters . Soon they'll be split up so hopefully I will see them more. Now they tend to only be active at night but hide when they see me...
@Kianite 😁cool name
Does anyone know if sterbais and Julii Cory's are very similar? Cause my Juliis are so shy they hide from guppies. Even though I have 2 guppies and 5 Cory's hahaha
@@kylebusc3624 you probably have trilineatus often sold as julli. Try expanding the group with the same species helps 9/10 times!
Commented for your stats, love this kind of video! you should do a step by step auto water change :p
Enjoy your videos but am wondering what the thick green plant on the left side of your tan that goes from top to bottom ? Thanks
This video has perfect timing for me. I am currently adding new fish to my 55 gallon, and am starting to look at choices for my bottom dweller. Of course I also like both, but may go with the Corys cause I have nerite snails.
How do you deal with the eggs? I had nerite snails but got rid of them because cleaning white spots off my driftwood got old real quick
Good luck! Kuhli loaches and hillstream loaches leave my snail alone, so only certain types of loaches (usually the ones with pointed faces) tend to be snail eaters.
My kuli loaches have never bothered my snails
How many marine clownfish and budding aquarists would have been saved if the characters in "Finding Nemo" had been Nemo the Kuhlii Loach and Dory the Cory?
Love the video. I've had several Cory's over time, panda, pygmys, pepper corys and some others. On loaches I have had kuhli, pakastani, clown and currently have hillstream loaches. I too love both corys and loaches for different reasons. In my current planted tank not all the plants are really rooted well yet, Crypt flamingo, dwarf mini hairgrass, Pogostemon helferi, are from tissue culture and need a bit more time, so I am not keeping any corys at this time so the plants can root. I have a 4-1/2 inch bristlenose pleco so maybe my plan is mute anyway. He can be VERY boisterous. yesterday I saw him rip out a full grown Hemianthus tenellus and just munch on it. When the time comes I will have to get a few panda corys cause they are just too darn cute! I LOVED my pygmy corys but I am afraid they look too close to my ottos at that size. So far I will agree corys about equal to loaches in most respects.
I've done albino corys for decades while I've had yoyo loaches for 5 days. The yoyos took to my bladder snail issue with a vengeance cutting 30 snails to a handful overnight. their extremely smart in that within an hour of purchase they found perfect hiding places worming into some driftwood. It took about 4 days before I could slide my office chair (which is 15 feet from the 29 gallon tank) a half foot to get up without the loaches reacting to the vibrations and bugging out. Although I wasn't immediately a fan of their looks, they are quickly growing on me and seem to outclean the corys. They both make for a fun tank and good mates with my dwarf frogs.
I have a Albino Corydora rn and im planning to get Kuhli Loaches in the future
Great video👍
Hi again, I'm getting back into the hobby and it's funny seeing my comments from years ago.
Hello Irene! Love all your videos! I have a fishmergency question! Could I keep 3 Kuhli Loaches with 4 Albino Cory Catfish in a 20 gallon tank together? I have a friend who is moving and cant take her tank. I THOUGHT it was just shrimp but it looks like they came with a few more buddies! LOL
I have both in my 4ft long high tank the Corys clean up during the day and the kulu clean up at night, shift work for fish, but my Bronze Corys are so cute 🐟🐠🐟🐠💙🇦🇺
Great video-thanks! I just set up a lightly planted 10 gallon, sand bottom tank with some big river rocks and spiderwood as a centerpiece. I hope to stock with CPD’s and kuhli loaches. How many of each fish do you think I can safely add? I’m hoping three loaches and six CPDs. What do you think? Is a 10 gallon too small? Thanks!
Sorry that I'm just seeing your comment now! I think that should totally be fine for a 10-gallon tank. Kuhli loaches and CPDs don't have a huge bioload from my experience.
I have both. I have albino corydoras, and a couple of kuhli loaches. The loaches are babies, not an inch long yet... and I can never find them in my 20 gal tank. I have to overturn decor to make sure they are still alive.
I’m Team Panda Garra! It’s like an algea eater hybrid of a Corydora, Loaches and Hillstream loach. Plus, Panda Garra are so spunky and extroverted. I’ve seen mine chilling on my Betta hammock. Lol
Yes! I love those little fellas! They are even loach colored!
@@onebilliontacos3405 exactly! The best of both worlds
Ooo, now I'm going to have to add them to my bucket list.
I LOVE my Panda Garra! I was rehomed a few fish, and he was one of them. He's now become my favorite fish in my tanks. He's got such a personality that it's really cute. He loves to come up to me and swim all over my hands/arms when I'm doing some work in my tank.
They’re adorable!
I have a gang of Julii cories but would LOVE to add kuhli loach into my 20 gal tank!
I've had both in the past, and they are indeed both a joy to keep. After being out of the hobby for a good number of years, I want to start a tank again, and I feel loaches are more interesting because of the variety in shape and behavior, and the fact that they help clean up algae. I'm thinking of getting Hillstream Loaches, together with some White Cloud Mountain Minnows, and possibly some Odessa Barbs.
I love hillstream loaches and bornoe's
I adore both and ave 2 cordies and 1 kahuli in my 10gal. In my betta tank I have 2 younger kahulies and they ate so funny. They rush all over the tank and then crash into my betta and he is all confused. My older kahuli used to life with my old betta and my betta didnt even know he was there. Both are such fun fish. When I got back into keeping fish afyer giving away all my tanks 10 years ago after keeping fish for 25years. 1st fish I wanted was a betta, kahuli and cories. Ive got mollies, a platie, 3 glofish, cherry shrimp, nirate snail and a bunch bladder snails (have 5 tanks going. Use to have 10 big and several 1gal) soon will have a glo tank with 3 glofish for my BF.
Cories were the first fish I was able to breed as well!
I bought 3 sumo loaches when I was stocking my 30 gallon tank. Basically haven't seen them since. They live under my hardscape, only come out at night lol.
I got a betta fish an a few neons with shrimp but thants in one tank ,and in the other tank I got 2 corie and I thought about them all together,
Would it work or should I keep kthem as are and just get mor fish in with cories as on there oan at moment? Thanks
I have about 14 Khuli loaches in a tank with a few angels, platys and other misc community fish. My loaches are super active! I can always see at least 4 or 5 at a time but usually 10+.
Would pygmy Corys be small enough for angels to try to eat them?
I love my Kuhli loaches, I wouldn't trade them for the world. Literally the most entertaining fish I've ever had, besides the Angelfish my mom used to have.
Corydoras will always have my heart. they are the first fish I ever got and my fish Whiskers lasted 7 years
What type of fish are the small bright blue fish in this aquarium. I assume it is a tetra but haven’t seem ones so vibrant.
i got both lol, coincidentally the exact types in the thumbnail; albino corydoras and kuhli loaches.
I got both and they both happen to be the oldest fish I got. The loach is 6 years old and the albino Cory is going on 12. I know it’s hard to believe but I’m certain of it cuz I got it within 6 months to 1 year of moving to Florida and that was 13 years ago
As far as personality, - I've only kept the Kulli loach, so I have limited ex-
experience with loaches; but Cories !
They're very bold little things. When in my tank cleaning or planting or even moving things around - my Cories won't get out-of-the-way ! They'll wait till I literally have to move them away with my hand ! All my Cowries are like this. They're fearless.
I keep the Aneus variety.
I think I'm gonna try some kuhli loaches in my new tank.
I love Kuhli loaches!! Just make sure they can't find a way to swim out of the tank, I unfortunately lost one out of my quarantine tank this way :(
Have a pictus catfish, looking for tank makes, sounds like Cory's would be good
I have 2 yoyo loaches and 6 albino corydoras in my tank it's awesome
Are cory's good for a planted dirt tank? Will they move the soil or try to bury themselves in substrate or uproot the plants?
I have black kuhli loaches from petsmart and I absolutely love them. They are always out and about and very interesting to watch
this video is just fantastic! thank u so much! youre doing such a great job and your enthusiasm! woohoo! just a blast to watch! thanks again!
love em both. But so far, I've owned the cory's. Yet to find the loaches though
keep looking, it took me requesting my local fish store to order them. When they get them look them over good, if they look emaciated, think twice, they are prone to internal parasites. That said I completely cured mine ,now when I get any fish, I immediately use general cure and mix it with their food and treat ( 2 -4 weeks for loaches)
@@primesspct2 thanks for that info!
@@MFarid92 yvw! good luck in your hunt for cool loaches!
I actualy think dwarf corydoras are super adorable, but unfortunately everyone else seems to agree, so I didn't find any to buy and ended up buying some kuhli loaches instead (they are also super cute)
Question! You said you didn’t have too nocturnal an experience with your kuhlis. What can we do to replicate that?
Which one is best for keeping with a betta in a 3.5 gal tank pls ??
You are such a great teacher! Right to the point and very clear.
I've read that Kuhli loaches get scratched up by gravel, and they need soft sand substrate. Is this true? Ive seen people raising them with gravel and it seems to work.
That is great. We have an albino Corydora that has lasted for 5 years with us.
I have 3 juli corys in a heavily planted 60 gallon tank. I've had them almost a year. They were very active and now they just kind of lay there. Water parameters are good. Do I need more of them so they get more active?
Yes
I got kuhli 1st and then i bought corydora they're living in the same tank. Corydora cleaned the tank a day time and kuhli at night 😊
I have 4 Kuhli loaches and I barely see them. once I introduced 4 bronze corys and 2 panda corys to my tank... when I wake up I only need to clean the the fish poo... now I have 7 bronze corys!
@Irene, do you notice any issues with your loaches on ecocomplete?
Do Khuli loaches turn over the substrate as well as Corydoras?
Your videos are nice❤
Awesome video, Hey question. Maybe its my algorithm or something but I cannot find any videos on the pink flamingo cryptocoryne care. It was an accidental purchase that I happen to have one. Score, because I only spent 3$ Could you or Cory do a video on the pink flamingo?
I have so many questions, do you keep the pink without C02? What are the lighting requirements? Placement in tank, like how big does it get? Slow or fast grower? Why do people say its a hard to keep plant why companies put it in the easy category? Little bit of mixed info out there it seems.
I have red devil angel and ramiraizen cichlid breeding pair. Is it good & safer to add clown loaches & Hill Street loaches as a take mate.? Dose it affect the eggs of ramiraizen & angel ?
Can we keep both of them in a tank
I have 2 panda Cory, gonna get 2 more and planning for 2 - 4 kuli loaches?
My Cory's are lazy and picky eaters. Have peppered, green, and pandas. Have hillstream loaches and they're awesome. They are grazers though so I have to make sure I'm cycling out rocks growing alge for them to eat off of. Looking forward to getting some kuli loaches
I had corydoras lay eggs on the leaves of some plants. The betta camped out next to the plant and ate them.
I love them both, too ❤️❤️
I have both. They live in a planted blackwater tank.
I have a 4" kuhli you weren't wrong for that quote
Would you suggest any of the two for a 10 gallon with 5 platy fish? I’ve been looking through what the internet says and generally snails would be better but I wanted to see if I still had the opportunity to put some loaches or corys.
Kuhli loaches are great in a small tank, as well as rosy loaches dwarf chain loaches etc. panda cories and Pygmy cories are great too
Can I keep 2 kuhli loaches and 6 shrimps together since they are known as nano fish
Can you do platys vs molys video 😁
I have both.... and personally I don't understand the need to choose, both are excellent :)
Me too! I love them both and my loaches love having the Cories to hang out with
@@briedalton9237 I keep mine in separate tanks but that sounds like an excellent combination as well :)
@@pangiokuhli512 I keep them in 3’s in a 20gallon long and they keep the bottom sparkling!
Just curious can you keep both in the same tank. I just upgraded from a 10 to a 36 gallon and would love to get some Cory's
Sure can!
Can you keep hill stream loaches with Kuly loaches together?
I have a 10 gallon tank and I’m planning to buy Cory. I’ve had guppy, molly and zebra danio already. How many Cory cat should I buy?
I really like your videos i love how you add timestamp to the description so the viewers can go directly to the part they wanted to watch
I love cory's, but hill stream loaches are my favorite!!!! They are so cute! My dojo loach is actually a trouble maker in my 30 gallon. He got ahold of my honey gourami, sucked his lil tentacle thing off, and since Doom the gourami didn't feel too well after that loach took advantage and kept sucking on him and ultimately killing him. :( When I walked into the room after disposing of Doom he proceeded to let out a cloud of reproductive fluid in the tank... I wish I had a different tank I had set up to put him in before any of this happened.
Can khuli loaches be in a 5 gallon tank
Cory’s are so easy and do a great job of cleaning 🧼. Loaches I have found you must have good quality water 💦. My experience with loaches is cycled water about 2 months and longer. Cory’s are way forgiving. Great video !!!
Can you keep both in the same tank? What would be a minimum tank size if you want to keep both?
I know this is random but I need help my axolotls gills has lost all the hair on them I have checked all the chemicals and changed the sand I dont know what to do. He is a little over 1 years old. Any tips or tricks please?
I feel in a video like this, for price comparing the higher end Cory to a higher end loach is kinda pointless. I feel if you’re looking at a $30+ for a schooling fish, you’re pretty sure what you want
What about both in the same tank? If I get a 30-40 gallon tank with 6+ of each species is that okay? Or should I just do like 12 of one in the tank
Great video! I was hoping for a definitive answer to help me with my dilemma of choosing which I want for the next tank I’m setting up! I guess it will come down to what’s available at my LFS when the tank is ready!
My favorite are panda corys. Have bred them.
Kind regards uk.
Im doing a yellowtail forktail species tank but want a bottom dweller to eat left over food, the frucatis love my hard water of Iowa. Will a new zealander do ok with a south american?
Lol. Sunday night. Made me think of Mutual of Omahas Wild Kingdom. Sunday nights were great!! Thank you for bringing that up⚘
ThI've kept 2 kinds of each in the past and both are great: albino cories, salt n pepper cories, kuhli loaches, and zebra (striata) loaches. The cories are nice but seem a little basic and boring? If I had to choose I'm on team loach: if I only have 1 tank at my new place (which I'm setting up now) it must contain Kuhli's. If I have one smaller and one larger tank, then the larger one must contain Striatas! They're so unique and beautiful!
Well done
Can u have both in same tank?
I just got 6 sterbai Cory’s and they are so cute! I was nervous they would hide and stuff but omg they didn’t. They’re all over the tank 😂. They love playing with each other too which is just adorable.
I love this 😂 I hope they’re still doing well!
My Cory cats literally sit on rocks all day, all 7 of them just sitting there, eating the algae. Also, I had some loaches that killed 3 bettas. 3 of them, I had to give them back to the fish store because they literally attacked and killed every fish in the tank other than the 14 inch at the time common pleco, 1 and a half inch common mini pleco, and 3 inch bristle nosed pleco.
Every albino corydoras I had died within a couple days. I had 2 dark green corydoras in the same tanks and they're perfectly fine.
I've only lost one kuhli when I 1st bought them. Twice I tried corys and they didn't live past a couple weeks to a couple months :(
Great video. ….. I’m definitely an albino corydoras person. In this video I see some brilliant blue schooling fish in the background. What are they?
What's your take on Dojo aka Weather Loach?