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I have 2 oranda goldfish and a black moor goldfish with my albino Cory, I’ve had them for about a year and a half. Should I remove my Cory from that tank?
I got a pair of albino corydoras for clean up in my betta tank, and recently relocated them into their own tank in a group of 6 now, and they're doing way better as a group. One of my corys from the original pair was hyperactive and constantly zipping around, now he chills with the group.
Cory cats are so much fun to watch scurrying about taking care of business. To wake up and find a splotch of eggs on the glass or on a plant leaf is like them saying thanks for taking good care of us.
Being a CoryDora owner myself for over three years I personally have not experienced the toxin issue. I do think I even shipped three together in one fish bag from Alabama to Florida. Without any deaths, so I’m curious about the scientific findings on that myself. Cory thanks so much for this video I enjoyed it it was fun and it was informative.
I love my emerald Cory’s so much! I’ve got the Goonies in one of my tanks; Mikey, Mouth and Data, and Chunk the snail 😂 Honestly I have Cory’s in every tank I have. They are so fun to watch!
Agreed they are very amusing. Especially when they school and scavenge for food together, super cute. Mine will sometimes "spaz" around the tank. Swimming up and down or side to side. Then relax for a bit. Search for food or they like to swim against the current I have in my tank that also produces bubbles of oxygen for them. I have a 44 gallon tank with 1 betta and 8 cory catfish.
@@felixm3384 and I thought mine were Just crazy. 2 or 3 of mine do that since they were introduced in my tank. Im pretty new to the hobby so I was worried. But it seems like they are fine, just very active
UpperKetchup33 3 Water Requirements for Corydoras A pH between 7.0 and 8.0, alkalinity between 3° and 10° dKH (54ppm to 180ppm), and temperature between 74° and 80° F are ideal conditions for most captive bred Cory cats and their relatives. Wild caught fish may require a pH of 5.5 to 7.0 and alkalinity below 3° dKH (54ppm). Hope that helped
@@leo2o915 I feed mine sinking pellets, frozen baby brine shrimp, and frozen bloodworms. And sometimes a algae wafer. But what can I say. they're spoiled.
I have a tip I hope u try.. I have a very small bowl shaped dish at the bottom of each of my large aquariums (the size of a small cupped palm). I take what I call a "feeding tube" and dip it into the water until it reaches the dish and it allows me to drop food directly into the dish. The foods stay in the dish and keeps the gravel CLEANER and the left overs can easily be found for later. I sink shrimp pellets, wafers, worms, anything that sinks goes down the feeding tube into the dish. Other than that I use floating pond pellets and never flakes and I promise I have to vacuum less than I used to with other feeding methods. I know u read ALL the comments so thanks for your time 👍🐙
Funny thing my spotted corys did. I added root tabs for the plants. Within minutes the corys sniffed two tabs out and went to town lol so i guess you can also think of them as blood hounds of the aquarium.
@@somehuman7482 , I can try to take a video in a week or two....after my new fish tank parts come in. My tank is a mess (which is probably why the fish has lived so long)....and is due for a major overhaul! I can't imagine the video will be very exciting, though, as my 22 years + 2 months (since I have owned it) cory doesn't do much besides sit on the bottom!
@@drumline13 Well I hope you believe me when I say that I'll be excited to see your old timer of a catfish lol. I love seeing other people's aquariums and the creatures that live in them! But I don't want you to feel like you have to rush, please take your time, I'll be happily awaiting to see your old fish friend! 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
My local pet store didn't tell me not to mix the types for a school when I started my tank. Luckily they adapted to school with each other since it's all they had to work with. Knowing what I do now I plan on getting the same kind from now on.
@@wordsofcheresie936 you just have to watch and remove the aggressive ones, after that they will get along just fine and even interbreed to create ones more beautiful than the originals.
I bought 5 yesterday. The day before I vacuumed the sand and thought it's clean. In an hour of adding them they digged up so much the tank looked like as if it's under waterchange. They are awesome for keeping the sand clean! They also cleaned the rocks, the hides you name it.
Spent a good thirty minutes watching my new group of Corydoras habrosus tonight. Thanks for the terrific inspiration! I’ve learned a lot following the channel for a bit over a year.
@Eric K - Sorry you lost her, but it is cool to have a small tropical fish live that long 😎 Clorox is a Skunk corydora- my daughter named her that because she cleans up the substrate - lol
Corys are a long standing addiction, as well as Plecos and more recently Rainbows. I have a variety from Lasers to Long fin Pandas, to Reticulated, etc. I have 18 tanks and each houses Corys except the tank of my 9" Jack Dempsey "Cobalt". The mistake I see most with Corys is they aren't fed and suffer long term effects. I use a turkey baster to by pass other fast and aggressive eaters, to help get blood worms, black worms, frozen shrimp, etc. down where they can access it. Great care video, combining care sheet facts with personal experience. Thanks!
Yep @@GooseyGoose23 you know the baster trick. So many ppl think bottom feeders get enough that falls down, and sadly they starve. My Cories are plump... Just feeding the Rainbows from LRBretz some frozen shrimp. Can't wait for them to grow out..
Question, we just adopted about 5-6 corys 3 panda 3 albino and one green lazor which was my favorite. earlier today I walked in and saw the green lazor just laying and not moving. He was dead . Im wondering why as the other guys are thriving so far. My guess is water temp. We keep discuss so the water temp is about 87-89 . Any advice would help as he was my favorite one and want to prevent this in the future.
Don't get stabbed by the dorsal fins. I think the toxins are released from there. I got stung a few times and the numbness can last for hours. Not that painful but it made me feel very uncomfortable. Agitating to an extent.
@@goldenfox334 one pulled a gun on him and asked for all the money in the register, and then the other cory standing closer to him started stabbing him when he refused
I got my first 3 peppered corys last week and got another 3 yesterday and they're amazing! They've really blossomed since becoming 6 and they're the only ones in my tank. I spend so long staring at them
I just got 8 panda cories and love them. I took the risk and have them with my 10 tiger barbs. So far no damage to them or harassing.. I watch them carefully everyday I check them. I still might take them out and put on my guppy tank.
I have granules that mostly sink to the bottom and the cories love them. Sometimes they sink a bit into the substrate, but they normally sit on top and it’s easy for them to eat
Wow man, I love when I watch your content, I feel super informed and your explainations and straight forwardness ensures me that your telling us things to absolute best of your knowledge so I know everything you say is the truth. Keep it up brotha, much love😁😎
thanks great video i personally have salt and pepper corys they are great little bottom feeders i know a lot of people are going to find this really helpful good job ;)
I love cories i wish i could have them in my tank but my fish wont allow it so i used it as an excuse to set up a community tank for my daughter. Great vid got a new subscriber today.
Very helpful! We have one peppered Cory and we are upgrading our tank size to 10 to 20 gallons. He’s a cool dude. His name is Cory lol. He hangs around with our Betta perfectly fine. I just wanted to see how many I can school our Cory with.
My gourami didn't like my 6 corys at first. He bullied them for about the first week. Now, they're friendly to each other and have been going strong for about 6 months
i bought 6 corydoras and got a few extra for free, their about 4 months old and they are sooo cute and tiny! one of them if half the size of the rest hes soooo smoll
Thank you for this video. I just bought four juvenile emeralds. They never stop! Constant activity. Really cute too. Time to break out the blood worms! Have a great day
So glad I watched this video. I currently have two albino, one panda and one Julii. I am going to go pick up more today because I didn’t know they have to have 3 of each kind.
I like that you have small pebbles in tank at beginning of this video. I had corys many years ago and they had no issue in my gravel tank. Happy and healthy.
Just bought a school of 100 corydoras pygmeus. For my aquarium 160 cm long 60 cm wide and 60 cm tall with lots of plants. Love them in a larger school.
Thanks for the info. I have my pepper Cory''s in my shrimp tank at 71* the big female lays eggs every 4-6 weeks ☺️👏 and once the fry reach a certain size I put them other tanks
Cory, on cories! 😍 I am addicted to pygmy species, but mostly because I have bettas. I am now thinking of a larger species for my 29 gallon with a giant betta. I did have a bad experience: I got 7 baby pandas that began to die, quickly. I chalked this up to a recent heat wave. Then a betta died... I found it odd, as the parameters were perfect. I got another betta, it died... Khulis and snails were fine! The third betta, I finally realized had internal parasites and I treated the tank. Lost some beautiful fish! (Cross contamination to 3 other betta.) Those pandas came from a fish shop I've never been to. I believe they were the original carriers. Unfortunately, the treatment wiped out most of my khulis, too. But it had to be done, and saved my dumbo platinum female betta! Not mention, future fish. 🙂
i'm watching my 5 bronzies in my pond and they group up (have a chat) then they scatter, meet back up then go their seperate ways again, pretty cool to watch. (yes, I will get more)
I have a 55 gallon community tank aquarium I just went out and bought like 5 Corey Cat fish And they're loving it So it's hard to find the exotic snot I buy knows but yeah I got them
I got really lucky and found some cory hastatus at a chain pet store! I bought all the ones they had. Unfortunately, they only had 3. It was 2 weeks ago, so they are still in quarantine, but I want to get another group of fish that will make them feel more comfortable. Thanks for another great video, Cory!
Found some Julii corys for sale at Petsmart today. Tiny, less than 2 inches. I got 3 today but I'm going back tomorrow to buy 2-3 more, which I think is all they have.
My how times change with experience and research. I started fishkeeping over 30yrs ago. I kept many corys and no two were the same. Every time I saw a new variety I just bought one.
I have a 15 gallon with 2 pandas and only 1 sterbai. I know that's bad but they all school together and I've had them for over a year. They are doing fine
I have 5 different types of corydas catfishes One albino two bronzes and two juliies catfishes..they love the blood warms and The shrimp pellets..... I Love my corycatfishes..:)
I love these little guys! I have a 36 gallon and brand spankin new to the hobby. I research each fish for about a week or 2 before I buy, to find the best tank mates and such for a newbie like me... I have boughten 10 panda cory's on different occasions, 3 weeks apart, from the same store. Only 2 survived... : ( I would have them for a few days before one would die so I would take it back to the store get a new one plus one more and they would die a few days later. That's $70.00 on little fish down the toilet.... I was so sad and gave up on having a small troop. And honestly, embarrassed about going back to the store with dead fish every other day! I would have the store test my water and I checked the water temp before I took the new ones home to make sure everything was ok. My other fish were all fine as well. The 2 survivors are active and well for more than 30 days so I think they will live. I want more but I'm scared they will just die. Any suggestions??
Peppered cory can survive in ponds in water temperature 40 f ( 4 celsius) . I keep them all year in pond outside and they dooing well . They still active and eating when water temperature drop to around 8 celsius. Very hardy fish. During winter they all ,,sleeping,, on bottom with koi :)
I just got 4 julii corys recently with 3 blue wags platys in a 10 gallon and I'm loving them, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to maybe get 4 more but I will at least get 2 more for sure to make it 6 so they feel safer 🥰
Wish I watch some of your videos before I brought 3 corydoras. I did a mistake buying three different species. The pet shop I got them from didn't advise me to only get one type, he said they all get on so upto you. I did ask the question best one type or different. Nevermind, as least it give me an excuse to buy more. I did plan to get more another week anyway, hope they still have some of the species I need
I have 4 green Cory catfish and 3 plants(with rocks of course). And I just got them today and I'm pretty excited to see how he turn out, I hope they live.
I have 5 in my 75 gallon. They are the main clean up crew in my tank, but I don't have enough. I constantly have to clean up scraps because they get full and don't eat anymore. I know I have to do most of the work, but still. I'm not sure how many I should have. I have 2 iridescent sharks, 2 Angelfish, 4 Discus, and 1 Glofish. The iridescents do not clean up. The iridescents have shrimp pellets that they eat. They dont touch the flakes. The corycats eat everything, but they get full like I said. My tank is 79 degrees and my corycats are fine. They even laid eggs (which my discus ate). I just don't have enough to clean up the food the other fish don't eat. And I've tried feeding them less but that just resulted in one of my discus not eating enough and getting killed by the other Discus. I feed my fish just enough, but scraps still end up not not eaten and decaying on my gravel. 2 of my discus have Cloudy Eye disease, which is caused by poor water conditions. I constantly clean my tank, but with the scraps decaying at the bottom the nitrite and nitrate levels inevitably rise. I have restored the water conditions and the discus are improving, but I dont want this to happen again.
I keep only one Juli Cory in a 29 gallon with Mollies. Everything appears okay. I feel kinda mean only have one cory. But The Cory I have loves all the hiding spots and frequent small feedings. Over time I'll introduce one or two more.
aww my fish store didn’t tell me about the no-mixing rule! hopefully they adapt :( I would definitely return some and get some of the same but the store has a no returns policy...
@Gabrielė MacMac thank you! I actually ended up doing this a couple days ago! I was definitely OK losing the money rather than cause the death of a fish!
I believe they can give off toxic stuff with that gland. I was adding plants to my tank and had changed the water, when moving some pieces around, the cory got spooked and he freaked out bad,he started darting around the tank and hitting the sand ,he passed his school of other cory fish and they also began to freak out in the same way. Then they all became very still and would not move unless poked by my betta. I watched them for a while and they did not perk up until i added melafix to the tank. Definitely think the melafix saved them.
Hi from England, thanks for info, I've kept these before, I am now in a Hostel, We have a communal tank with goldfish, a Guy the other day just 'threw' a Cory in!, He seems OK, His hiding place is a log, the temp I have not checked,or PH, bet they are well outside the zone for Him, gonna get some frozen bloodworms, and some Mates for Him!
Hi Cory, I believe them releasing toxin when bagged is true as it happened with my Skunks. I got 5 and thankfully had only a 10 minute drive home. 4 of them were floating listlessly upside down when I got home, thankfully they all survived. I introduced them with no acclamation as I felt they needed out the bag asap. Had no problems with 10 Bronze Corydoras (bags of 5 2 weeks apart). All are well and are the best/most entertaining fish in my tank. Have a look in my channel if you have time ;-)
I'm obsessed with these catfish. I had 3 and then the bronze/brown ones started breeding and I saw catfish the size of rice in my tank then there were 30.....so I had to sell some to a local pet store in my town (and no it wasn't some chain pet store)
Corys are great, as you said a school of corys with a betta or gourami makes an interesting tank. I have 7 in my 15 gallons, they are doing great. Although they are still very timid and are not very interactive, although they are very cute when poke around the sand.
Might be brighter lighting than they wish, you could try creating some more dark spots or trying like half light for a few hours and see if they get more active.
@@AquariumCoop I do have low level lighting in the aquarium (3watt led bulb). I suspected that they are not getting enough hiding places and made three caves, but now they hide under them whenever I approach the aquarium. The only time they are out is the time when I feed them.
I have pairs of albino, skunk, emerald, pepper, juli, and panda they all school together and they are cross breeding. They are a bunch of swingers that are always "T"ing off with different partners
Somebody scared me out of keeping Corey Dora's years ago. He explained how he had almost a full decade of trouble keeping them and no matter what measure he took his corridor is always died. For that reason I was hesitant and purchasing them and I had purchased a Juli Cory more then a year back and the fish is still perfectly sound and healthier than I am
As owning 5 peppered Cory catfish and 6 Albino. I have noticed that mine love eating thier pellets and leftover fish food best! Mine will only eat fish poop if it’s the middle of the day and there’s no more left over fish food and they ate their pellets, then they will eat the fish poop. But they definitely try to avoid it lol
Thank you i always had a question of why my two leopard and three pandas were not schooling and separated I guess I thought same category was enough. Going to get them more frends for the both party now.
Great video, what I needed. After months of watching your videos I decided to go with some pygmy cory school of 12 in a 50 tall. They are very scared and always hide and being so small I can hardly know if they still live, I just see a couple now and then and when I feed algae wafers I see lots but still not sure how many (1 corpse appeared yesterday...)
thank you for this video! a little while ago i heard about cories and the stress toxin phenomenon and it was scaring me off of ordering some cories, but this is very reassuring!! :)
Just got my first 3! Wanted 6 but they talked me out of it because it was a fresh shipment, they were julli Corys! BEAUTIFUL! Wanted albino but they were out.
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I have 2 oranda goldfish and a black moor goldfish with my albino Cory, I’ve had them for about a year and a half. Should I remove my Cory from that tank?
Hi, can i mix cory fish with baby blood parrot (2inches size)...tq
What is the smallest corydoras you can keep with discus or rams? Can habrosus withstand a temp range 79F to 85F with a consistent average of 82F?
Cory McElroy is my favorite Cory.
Yeah but it's almost impossible to get one...
@@AquaPeet
They're waaaay too expensive if you want one from a reputable breeder.
Haha Corydoras McElroyii
LOL that cracked me up
This is the best comment thread, here LOL
I love these short, informative videos on species!
Tazawa Tanks hi
What type are the ones at 0:43?
Hello@@Not_Alex
Can anyone help with what filter to use?
@@thedapperpenguin8524 Bronze
I got a pair of albino corydoras for clean up in my betta tank, and recently relocated them into their own tank in a group of 6 now, and they're doing way better as a group. One of my corys from the original pair was hyperactive and constantly zipping around, now he chills with the group.
Cory cats are so much fun to watch scurrying about taking care of business. To wake up and find a splotch of eggs on the glass or on a plant leaf is like them saying thanks for taking good care of us.
Being a CoryDora owner myself for over three years I personally have not experienced the toxin issue. I do think I even shipped three together in one fish bag from Alabama to Florida. Without any deaths, so I’m curious about the scientific findings on that myself. Cory thanks so much for this video I enjoyed it it was fun and it was informative.
you must be breeding cousins
I love my emerald Cory’s so much! I’ve got the Goonies in one of my tanks; Mikey, Mouth and Data, and Chunk the snail 😂 Honestly I have Cory’s in every tank I have. They are so fun to watch!
And Cory Feldman lol
Agreed they are very amusing. Especially when they school and scavenge for food together, super cute. Mine will sometimes "spaz" around the tank. Swimming up and down or side to side. Then relax for a bit. Search for food or they like to swim against the current I have in my tank that also produces bubbles of oxygen for them. I have a 44 gallon tank with 1 betta and 8 cory catfish.
@@felixm3384 and I thought mine were Just crazy. 2 or 3 of mine do that since they were introduced in my tank. Im pretty new to the hobby so I was worried. But it seems like they are fine, just very active
@@ashleybonner5423 Feldman is "Mouth"
My fav fish by far! 🐈🐟
What water do they go in plz help
UpperKetchup33 3
Water Requirements for Corydoras
A pH between 7.0 and 8.0, alkalinity between 3° and 10° dKH (54ppm to 180ppm), and temperature between 74° and 80° F are ideal conditions for most captive bred Cory cats and their relatives. Wild caught fish may require a pH of 5.5 to 7.0 and alkalinity below 3° dKH (54ppm).
Hope that helped
What do you feed yours ? I tried feeding bug bites but they don’t like them lol
@@leo2o915 I feed mine sinking pellets, frozen baby brine shrimp, and frozen bloodworms. And sometimes a algae wafer. But what can I say. they're spoiled.
I have a tip I hope u try.. I have a very small bowl shaped dish at the bottom of each of my large aquariums (the size of a small cupped palm). I take what I call a "feeding tube" and dip it into the water until it reaches the dish and it allows me to drop food directly into the dish. The foods stay in the dish and keeps the gravel CLEANER and the left overs can easily be found for later. I sink shrimp pellets, wafers, worms, anything that sinks goes down the feeding tube into the dish. Other than that I use floating pond pellets and never flakes and I promise I have to vacuum less than I used to with other feeding methods. I know u read ALL the comments so thanks for your time 👍🐙
Not Too Sure These Days I've seen dishes like this being sold for shrimp and wondered if they would work for cories / khulis!
Mindy Gregersen 🍀
Great idea!!
Funny thing my spotted corys did. I added root tabs for the plants. Within minutes the corys sniffed two tabs out and went to town lol so i guess you can also think of them as blood hounds of the aquarium.
I've had my single bronze cory for approximately 22 years! :)
@Legalize Ranch, yep! Officially over 22 years now!
@@drumline13 Can you make a video of the fish? I love Corydoras they're cool asf
@@somehuman7482 , I can try to take a video in a week or two....after my new fish tank parts come in. My tank is a mess (which is probably why the fish has lived so long)....and is due for a major overhaul! I can't imagine the video will be very exciting, though, as my 22 years + 2 months (since I have owned it) cory doesn't do much besides sit on the bottom!
@@drumline13 Well I hope you believe me when I say that I'll be excited to see your old timer of a catfish lol. I love seeing other people's aquariums and the creatures that live in them! But I don't want you to feel like you have to rush, please take your time, I'll be happily awaiting to see your old fish friend! 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
@@somehuman7482 Unfortunately, my Cory died at the beginning of the month. I owned it for 23 years and 5 months. Not a bad run!
My local pet store didn't tell me not to mix the types for a school when I started my tank. Luckily they adapted to school with each other since it's all they had to work with. Knowing what I do now I plan on getting the same kind from now on.
@@wordsofcheresie936 I'm not sure if this is a troll answer or a serious answer
@@ZSFries Troll.
@@wordsofcheresie936 you just have to watch and remove the aggressive ones, after that they will get along just fine and even interbreed to create ones more beautiful than the originals.
Same I got like two same ones and the other two different ones but they swim together. No one said not to . __.
I have two skunk and two bronze and they are schooling together as well.
I bought 5 yesterday. The day before I vacuumed the sand and thought it's clean. In an hour of adding them they digged up so much the tank looked like as if it's under waterchange. They are awesome for keeping the sand clean! They also cleaned the rocks, the hides you name it.
Spent a good thirty minutes watching my new group of Corydoras habrosus tonight. Thanks for the terrific inspiration! I’ve learned a lot following the channel for a bit over a year.
What temperature have you been keeping them? Two years of anecdotes would be useful. I want to try them with discus
Great info!! Cory cats are long-lived - I have one I bought. for my daughter when she was about 10, maybe 12 - she's 19 now 💕👍
I had a salt n pepper Cory for 8 years! She died this summer. She got full burial honors in my backyard. Never had a fish for that long before!
@Eric K - Sorry you lost her, but it is cool to have a small tropical fish live that long 😎 Clorox is a Skunk corydora- my daughter named her that because she cleans up the substrate - lol
@@CJBlack265 LOL i giggled at clorox haha good story!
@James Merryman , I'm past the 22-year-mark with mine....
I like how you jump straight to the point and not waste time
Corys are a long standing addiction, as well as Plecos and more recently Rainbows. I have a variety from Lasers to Long fin Pandas, to Reticulated, etc. I have 18 tanks and each houses Corys except the tank of my 9" Jack Dempsey "Cobalt". The mistake I see most with Corys is they aren't fed and suffer long term effects. I use a turkey baster to by pass other fast and aggressive eaters, to help get blood worms, black worms, frozen shrimp, etc. down where they can access it. Great care video, combining care sheet facts with personal experience. Thanks!
Bob Caylor's Fish Hobby i was reading this thinking “this sounds like Bob” and it was you.
Yep @@GooseyGoose23 you know the baster trick. So many ppl think bottom feeders get enough that falls down, and sadly they starve. My Cories are plump... Just feeding the Rainbows from LRBretz some frozen shrimp. Can't wait for them to grow out..
Question, we just adopted about 5-6 corys 3 panda 3 albino and one green lazor which was my favorite. earlier today I walked in and saw the green lazor just laying and not moving. He was dead . Im wondering why as the other guys are thriving so far. My guess is water temp. We keep discuss so the water temp is about 87-89 . Any advice would help as he was my favorite one and want to prevent this in the future.
1131justin just stress probably. They need to be in groups with the same kind of corydoras
Don't get stabbed by the dorsal fins. I think the toxins are released from there. I got stung a few times and the numbness can last for hours. Not that painful but it made me feel very uncomfortable. Agitating to an extent.
OKAY. D: Luckily I won't be touching them.
How did you manage that. I didnt know they had a toxin if they actually do but how did you manage to get stabbed 😂😂
@@goldenfox334 one pulled a gun on him and asked for all the money in the register, and then the other cory standing closer to him started stabbing him when he refused
And he said, “ hand over the jumbo bloodworms” 🤣
@@goldenfox334 got stung by a striped eel catfish once, hurts like hell managed to dilute it with submerging my arm in hot water
I got my first 3 peppered corys last week and got another 3 yesterday and they're amazing! They've really blossomed since becoming 6 and they're the only ones in my tank. I spend so long staring at them
I just got 8 panda cories and love them. I took the risk and have them with my 10 tiger barbs. So far no damage to them or harassing.. I watch them carefully everyday I check them. I still might take them out and put on my guppy tank.
@@MrHahaveryhappy been a minute but update? Getting them next week :)
I have granules that mostly sink to the bottom and the cories love them. Sometimes they sink a bit into the substrate, but they normally sit on top and it’s easy for them to eat
Pro tip, if you get julii or false julii corydoras, they turn a cool dark color with a dark substrate.
I’ve got five sterbai in my 29 with male guppies. First time I’ve had them and have really enjoyed them. So active and busy.
I have 10 Corys and they’re all different types. They school, eat, play, and sleep together just fine! They’re funny little fish and a joy to watch.
Wow man, I love when I watch your content, I feel super informed and your explainations and straight forwardness ensures me that your telling us things to absolute best of your knowledge so I know everything you say is the truth. Keep it up brotha, much love😁😎
thanks great video i personally have salt and pepper corys they are great little bottom feeders i know a lot of people are going to find this really helpful good job ;)
Very good video on Cory 101 which I need. I like how you assume most people watching are new to Corydoras without having them feel stupid
I love cories i wish i could have them in my tank but my fish wont allow it so i used it as an excuse to set up a community tank for my daughter. Great vid got a new subscriber today.
Very helpful! We have one peppered Cory and we are upgrading our tank size to 10 to 20 gallons. He’s a cool dude. His name is Cory lol. He hangs around with our Betta perfectly fine. I just wanted to see how many I can school our Cory with.
If the only tankmate is the betta, you could get at maximum 9 more peppered corys. 5 to 6 is often recommended as the minimum group size.
My gourami didn't like my 6 corys at first. He bullied them for about the first week. Now, they're friendly to each other and have been going strong for about 6 months
Thanks a lot. I have learned a lot from this channel. It actually made me buy my first aquarium tank.
Cory's are so much like plecos where they come in some many different colors and patterns where you just feel like you gotta catch em all!
My favorite corydora is the pygmy corydora perfect babys for nano tanks
Man no joke, I love you Cory!! You answered everything question I had about these guys and now I'm In love
I have 4 albinos and 6 emeralds in my 58 gallon. They are awesome to watch during feeding time.
i bought 6 corydoras and got a few extra for free, their about 4 months old and they are sooo cute and tiny! one of them if half the size of the rest hes soooo smoll
Thank you for this video. I just bought four juvenile emeralds. They never stop! Constant activity. Really cute too. Time to break out the blood worms! Have a great day
So glad I watched this video. I currently have two albino, one panda and one Julii. I am going to go pick up more today because I didn’t know they have to have 3 of each kind.
I like that you have small pebbles in tank at beginning of this video. I had corys many years ago and they had no issue in my gravel tank. Happy and healthy.
Just bought a school of 100 corydoras pygmeus. For my aquarium 160 cm long 60 cm wide and 60 cm tall with lots of plants. Love them in a larger school.
Corydoras my favorite fish and its my birthday! Thanks Cory
Thanks for the info. I have my pepper Cory''s in my shrimp tank at 71* the big female lays eggs every 4-6 weeks ☺️👏 and once the fry reach a certain size I put them other tanks
i cant for the life of me get corydoras to breed
Cory, on cories! 😍 I am addicted to pygmy species, but mostly because I have bettas. I am now thinking of a larger species for my 29 gallon with a giant betta. I did have a bad experience: I got 7 baby pandas that began to die, quickly. I chalked this up to a recent heat wave. Then a betta died... I found it odd, as the parameters were perfect. I got another betta, it died... Khulis and snails were fine! The third betta, I finally realized had internal parasites and I treated the tank. Lost some beautiful fish! (Cross contamination to 3 other betta.) Those pandas came from a fish shop I've never been to. I believe they were the original carriers. Unfortunately, the treatment wiped out most of my khulis, too. But it had to be done, and saved my dumbo platinum female betta! Not mention, future fish. 🙂
i'm watching my 5 bronzies in my pond and they group up (have a chat) then they scatter, meet back up then go their seperate ways again, pretty cool to watch. (yes, I will get more)
I had a group of 5 panda cories and they grouped together - they were my favorite!!!! My bronze cories would also school with them as well
I have a 55 gallon community tank aquarium I just went out and bought like 5 Corey Cat fish And they're loving it So it's hard to find the exotic snot I buy knows but yeah I got them
Watching your videos motivated me to start fishkeeping again. Just finished aquascaping my 150litre cube. Thank you for the great content
I keep rewatching this video because I want Cory cats in my tanks. Thanks
I got really lucky and found some cory hastatus at a chain pet store! I bought all the ones they had. Unfortunately, they only had 3. It was 2 weeks ago, so they are still in quarantine, but I want to get another group of fish that will make them feel more comfortable. Thanks for another great video, Cory!
You keep them in quarantine for two weeks? For my Juli Corey’s I do 7 days, as Ich will have died off by then.
Found some Julii corys for sale at Petsmart today. Tiny, less than 2 inches. I got 3 today but I'm going back tomorrow to buy 2-3 more, which I think is all they have.
I have 4 corydoras, 2 of each kind and they group up fine. They do all the crazy stuff that corydoras! Tank only corydoras
My how times change with experience and research. I started fishkeeping over 30yrs ago. I kept many corys and no two were the same. Every time I saw a new variety I just bought one.
This man deserves a Million Subs. You are the God Cory.
I have a 15 gallon with 2 pandas and only 1 sterbai. I know that's bad but they all school together and I've had them for over a year. They are doing fine
They have become my favourite fish ❤
I have 3 with my betta in my 10 gallon. They are really cool!
How are they doing now? Do they get along thinking of a 9 or 10 gallon with a betta and perhaps 3 Cory for my own tank.
I have 5 different types of corydas catfishes One albino two bronzes and two juliies catfishes..they love the blood warms and The shrimp pellets..... I Love my corycatfishes..:)
Do you still have them? :)
i love these little guys
These short info Videos are awesome and Thanks to you I really will keep interest in Cory's. I think they will be great for my 40 breeder.
I love these little guys! I have a 36 gallon and brand spankin new to the hobby. I research each fish for about a week or 2 before I buy, to find the best tank mates and such for a newbie like me... I have boughten 10 panda cory's on different occasions, 3 weeks apart, from the same store. Only 2 survived... : ( I would have them for a few days before one would die so I would take it back to the store get a new one plus one more and they would die a few days later. That's $70.00 on little fish down the toilet.... I was so sad and gave up on having a small troop. And honestly, embarrassed about going back to the store with dead fish every other day! I would have the store test my water and I checked the water temp before I took the new ones home to make sure everything was ok. My other fish were all fine as well. The 2 survivors are active and well for more than 30 days so I think they will live. I want more but I'm scared they will just die. Any suggestions??
Peppered cory can survive in ponds in water temperature 40 f ( 4 celsius) . I keep them all year in pond outside and they dooing well . They still active and eating when water temperature drop to around 8 celsius. Very hardy fish. During winter they all ,,sleeping,, on bottom with koi :)
I just got 4 julii corys recently with 3 blue wags platys in a 10 gallon and I'm loving them, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to maybe get 4 more but I will at least get 2 more for sure to make it 6 so they feel safer 🥰
I keep 1 Cory with 2 guppies and 10 neon tetras and it does well
Wish I watch some of your videos before I brought 3 corydoras. I did a mistake buying three different species. The pet shop I got them from didn't advise me to only get one type, he said they all get on so upto you. I did ask the question best one type or different. Nevermind, as least it give me an excuse to buy more. I did plan to get more another week anyway, hope they still have some of the species I need
Trying to convince my parents to let me make a corydora aquarium. I love the Julii Cory’s, so beautiful.
I have 4 green Cory catfish and 3 plants(with rocks of course). And I just got them today and I'm pretty excited to see how he turn out, I hope they live.
I will always love these aquatic puppies
I have 5 in my 75 gallon. They are the main clean up crew in my tank, but I don't have enough. I constantly have to clean up scraps because they get full and don't eat anymore. I know I have to do most of the work, but still. I'm not sure how many I should have. I have 2 iridescent sharks, 2 Angelfish, 4 Discus, and 1 Glofish. The iridescents do not clean up. The iridescents have shrimp pellets that they eat. They dont touch the flakes. The corycats eat everything, but they get full like I said. My tank is 79 degrees and my corycats are fine. They even laid eggs (which my discus ate). I just don't have enough to clean up the food the other fish don't eat.
And I've tried feeding them less but that just resulted in one of my discus not eating enough and getting killed by the other Discus. I feed my fish just enough, but scraps still end up not not eaten and decaying on my gravel. 2 of my discus have Cloudy Eye disease, which is caused by poor water conditions. I constantly clean my tank, but with the scraps decaying at the bottom the nitrite and nitrate levels inevitably rise. I have restored the water conditions and the discus are improving, but I dont want this to happen again.
Cory's advice on corys. Seems suspicious.🤔😝
I love my corydora party, they're so cute - I started with four, and I keep getting more
Cory has come to school us on Cory's. Awesome vid and probably one of my favorite fish!
Cory, your straight forward and honest advise and opinions are so appreciated.... thank you :)
Love cories! So much variety and color patterns! Thanks for the info!😉
I have 3 types of corys in my 55gl. 9 in total. All get along and feed together. Pandas are the most active
watching u stalk and capture cory's in Peru was a pleasure :)
I keep only one Juli Cory in a 29 gallon with Mollies. Everything appears okay. I feel kinda mean only have one cory. But The Cory I have loves all the hiding spots and frequent small feedings. Over time I'll introduce one or two more.
I have an albino cory male breeding with a bronze female. The fry grew to look exactly like the mother. The have a nice dark brown/green color.
aww my fish store didn’t tell me about the no-mixing rule! hopefully they adapt :( I would definitely return some and get some of the same but the store has a no returns policy...
@Gabrielė MacMac thank you! I actually ended up doing this a couple days ago! I was definitely OK losing the money rather than cause the death of a fish!
I believe they can give off toxic stuff with that gland. I was adding plants to my tank and had changed the water, when moving some pieces around, the cory got spooked and he freaked out bad,he started darting around the tank and hitting the sand ,he passed his school of other cory fish and they also began to freak out in the same way. Then they all became very still and would not move unless poked by my betta. I watched them for a while and they did not perk up until i added melafix to the tank. Definitely think the melafix saved them.
Hi from England, thanks for info, I've kept these before, I am now in a Hostel, We have a communal tank with goldfish, a Guy the other day just 'threw' a Cory in!, He seems OK, His hiding place is a log, the temp I have not checked,or PH, bet they are well outside the zone for Him, gonna get some frozen bloodworms, and some Mates for Him!
Have 5 of the green emerald in my 220 they are awsome to have in a large tank
Hi Cory, I believe them releasing toxin when bagged is true as it happened with my Skunks. I got 5 and thankfully had only a 10 minute drive home. 4 of them were floating listlessly upside down when I got home, thankfully they all survived. I introduced them with no acclamation as I felt they needed out the bag asap. Had no problems with 10 Bronze Corydoras (bags of 5 2 weeks apart). All are well and are the best/most entertaining fish in my tank. Have a look in my channel if you have time ;-)
I'm obsessed with these catfish. I had 3 and then the bronze/brown ones started breeding and I saw catfish the size of rice in my tank then there were 30.....so I had to sell some to a local pet store in my town (and no it wasn't some chain pet store)
Corys are great, as you said a school of corys with a betta or gourami makes an interesting tank. I have 7 in my 15 gallons, they are doing great. Although they are still very timid and are not very interactive, although they are very cute when poke around the sand.
Might be brighter lighting than they wish, you could try creating some more dark spots or trying like half light for a few hours and see if they get more active.
@@AquariumCoop I do have low level lighting in the aquarium (3watt led bulb). I suspected that they are not getting enough hiding places and made three caves, but now they hide under them whenever I approach the aquarium. The only time they are out is the time when I feed them.
Can you make a video about unique fish that can live in a 5 gallon tank
Thanks👍
I think he already has videos on nano tanks
I have pairs of albino, skunk, emerald, pepper, juli, and panda they all school together and they are cross breeding. They are a bunch of swingers that are always "T"ing off with different partners
I enjoy these videos. I have around 7 Cories none of which are the same kind except 3 but they all stay together.
My oldest cory is twelve! Thanks for the information!
One thing I've found recently is corys seem to prefer just empty, open sand with only a few decorations and plants dotted around.
Corys are my favourite!! I have albinos, julii and bronze that school together.
I also have pygmaeus in with a male Betta and they are adorable!!!
Do the pygmies stay on the bottom or are they mid-tank????
Somebody scared me out of keeping Corey Dora's years ago. He explained how he had almost a full decade of trouble keeping them and no matter what measure he took his corridor is always died. For that reason I was hesitant and purchasing them and I had purchased a Juli Cory more then a year back and the fish is still perfectly sound and healthier than I am
As owning 5 peppered Cory catfish and 6 Albino. I have noticed that mine love eating thier pellets and leftover fish food best! Mine will only eat fish poop if it’s the middle of the day and there’s no more left over fish food and they ate their pellets, then they will eat the fish poop. But they definitely try to avoid it lol
Love the guide! Could you do a guide on what goes well if female fighting fish?
Thank you i always had a question of why my two leopard and three pandas were not schooling and separated I guess I thought same category was enough. Going to get them more frends for the both party now.
I set up a 20 gallon long tank that I am currently cycling. I will get 2 honey gourami, 6 panda corydoras, and 6 zebra danios.
Great video, what I needed. After months of watching your videos I decided to go with some pygmy cory school of 12 in a 50 tall. They are very scared and always hide and being so small I can hardly know if they still live, I just see a couple now and then and when I feed algae wafers I see lots but still not sure how many (1 corpse appeared yesterday...)
CORY pls make a crayfish guide I really need to know this info...
Short video but filled with lots of information....Love it
thank you for this video! a little while ago i heard about cories and the stress toxin phenomenon and it was scaring me off of ordering some cories, but this is very reassuring!! :)
Just got my first 3! Wanted 6 but they talked me out of it because it was a fresh shipment, they were julli Corys! BEAUTIFUL! Wanted albino but they were out.