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I had an interesting case with a rainbow shark who got along with every type of peaceful fish. The only fish they hated with a passion was a specific blue acara
I’m currently quarantining 6 panda corydoras for my 29g community tank and they are so fun to watch! I got the idea to add these little guys from your 29g community video so thank you so much!
I bought a panda cory that was by himself in a tank at Petco. I had 7 at home already, and I thought he needed a family. I was only stopping in for cat food 🤣🤣
Hope ya'll had a great Easter. I've noticed over the years that cories don't really do well even in a small group by themselves. They hide most of the time and aren't very playful, but if you add in some top or mid dwelling fish like rasboras or small tetras that are out all the time, the cories come out also and are much more active and playful. I read somewhere once that if the water above them is empty of othe fish they are fearful of predators that may have eaten all the other fish off, but if they see othet fish above them out and about and apparently safe, they will come out into the open also. Might be a built in biological safeguard? 👍❤👍
Thanks for telling me this. I’m doing research for my first tank. I think I want to do WCMMs and some type of cory. Eventually some Amano shrimp and a couple Nerite snails once I’m more confident I won’t kill them. I’ll be sure not to get my corys first. I don’t want them terrified.
Cories are such adorable little clowns. I added four rescue cories (2 albino, 2 bronze) to a 40 gallon long that housed a single Betta and some guppies. The Betta grumpily ignored the guppies but was absolutely fascinated by the albino cories. She would follow them around, just staring, and occasionally shoving herself into their little tumbling mob to get a bite of their sinking wafer. She also would chase their farts to the top of the tank, which was hilarious. They bred like crazy too. Ended up with 12, despite the other fish munching the eggs.
Great video! I have been researching corys to learn more about them before purchasing . this is an important consideration. I haven’t kept any yet because I have dojo loaches. They are like aquatic golden retriever puppies, big energetic and non stop playful. They also know every inch of the bottom of the tank. I have always felt they would playfully harass any bottom dwellers. The loaches are moving soon to a new 75 gallon to accommodate their size and I will replace them in my 29 gallon with a nice group of corys. As always I appreciate your content.
As always seems to be the case, there are exceptions to the rule. I have a Rainbow in with my cory cats without any issues. I did lose a cory (pygmy) to a bumblebee catfish though... and then I lost the bumblebee. The bumblebee wasn't a big fish, but it managed to get pyg down into his belly, but them he succumbed to the spined fins (I'm assuming).
When I added cories to my tank with oto catfish, my otos started cooperatively looking for food with my cories...almost like they felt more brave with them around... normally they were quiet and somewhat nocturnal but liked hanging out with the bigger guys. It was cute =)
Bristle nose plecos are also very bad tank mates for plecos as the cory need a high protein diet and the plecos get bloated on a high protein diet so keep away from bn and other herbivores plecos.
Thanks Im just about to rescue 2 false julii cory catfish and was going to put them in with my betta and Bristolnose pleco in a 30gl...but was wondering about that. Ill keep them separate and set up a nice tank for them and find a few more for a school. Thanks.
Personally I’ve had a ton of luck with putting yo-yo loaches , otocinclus’ & a single male betta with my corys!! (Always be careful with bettas though ! My male, he’s a red crown tail , is fairly non temperamental & when he does get grumpy I have a specific yoyo loach that likes to put him in his place)
That was VERY good advice! I have a tank with a Rainbow Shark and did not realize how bad that would be with my cory catfish (or any bottom dwellers). I had a school of them and the shark went after them. And I can't introduce new corydoras into the tank with the shark being super aggressive against them. I am now down to only 1 Sterbi Cory and 1 Julii Cory. Luckily the two last cories are thick and chunky and can defend themselves for the past five years. Still, I don't recommend that combo.
i have a 20g long. I had one female GBR and 8 panda cory cats. The GBR got too aggressive and territorial so i had to rehome it. It started off when i fed them it would chase them away. Then it became bad even without food. My GBR stayed at the bottom always and was in the same space as my corys. Tank was heavily planted and it still was bad
I will be keeping a close eye on my opaline gourami and corydoras in my 65 gallon now. Thanks for the great list and that last one is absolutely a must. 😀
I love my Cory cats. I didn’t know I could get so attached to a specific type of fish, but these guys are so much fun to watch. My tank is in my living room across from my couch. I can sit there literally for hours watching them play, they’re such clowns. I have 13 Venezuelan Black Corys and Venezuelan Orange Corys. They live with several guppies and seem quite happy. I’m moving this summer, and I am so NOT thrilled about breaking down these tanks - the only good thing is it gives me the opportunity to change the substrate from black sand to white sand. Right now my black fish blend right in with the black sand and I can’t appreciate their subtle colors. I can’t wait to see how striking they’ll look against the white sand! 🐟🦞🐠
I have a pair of hillstream loaches with one being dominant. As well as 6 albino corys I have a single remaining salt and pepper cory that the dominant loach harasses whenever he come near it. I believe it is because their coloring is so similar as the hillstream gets along with all the albinos with no issues.
Reading some of the comments - I have a bristle nose place in my 125 with 6-7 bronze corys - he doesn't seem to bother them. And a butterfly pleco in with 6 meleni corys - no issues with them. The one I've noticed seems to be an issue is the yoyo loaches. I have one in each of the smaller tanks 40b and 32 flex. Loach chases the Cory's in the 40b. And Loach chases the common Corys in the 32, and sometimes the rasporas and tetras. Neither tank has mystery snails anymore - maybe that's the issue. Planning to rehome them back at the LFS - get more Cory's :)
@@PrimeTimeAquatics I will be keeping an eye on him then. My female Cory is almost the same size. She may be able to keep him in line for now. Great info on the video
I just rescued an albino cory the other day it was housed with a big rainbow shark big kissing gourami jack dempsey and a few other big fish I dont the names of. The poor thing was in there by herself and the lady wanted top dollar for it($15) but I had to take it was fully grown actually the biggest cory ive seen like nearly 3 inch long and thick. She is now in the quarantine tank and then into the big community tank with the 12 other corys about quarter of its size lol can't wait to put her in :)
@@MikeJones-em8vz What are you going on about Mikey? Just because your cory lives by itself with sharks and oscars doesn't mean its HAPPY to live there. The cory I rescued was like a statue didn't move a muscle all day now its in a 500L tank with 12 other friends of the same species looks visibly 10x happier.
@@ItsSweetShot well that isn't this story though yours is super sweet. This dude runs off cichlids lol ..tbh it's all how you introduce fish to each other. I have predators and prey chillin
Another fish that don't go well with corys is the bristlenose pleco. Sometimes it spend time on the bottom of the tank and will use its gill spikes to make sure no one else sit beside it. Also, the corys can get harassed when a male bristlenose tries to impress some ladies. Also, once I had tiger barbs harass the coryes. I've always keept tiger barbs and corys together, w/o any issue, but after a while, I begin to see corys with nipped fins. I begin to observe the fish and, what do you know, from 20 tiger barbs, only one had taken the questionable "fun" activity, of nipping corys. Luckly, I was able to solve the problem, by just rehoming the "defective" tiger barb.:)
I haven't had any issues with mixing a rainbow shark with a large group of cories. The shark keeps to his/her log and the cories keep away. Also with mixing Corydoras and Shelldwellers, no mention that they both have extremely different tank parameters?
Thanks, I have never had a cory cat in a tank; however, the insights are helpful. The concept of "No Buddy" as the worst "Buddy" will definitely stay with me. Jim PS: The former life guard in the our room yelling "Buddy Check !" every time one of you said "Buddy" really added to the video ambiance. 😵💫 Yours in family life, Jim
I have a few pepper Cory’s along with a Rainbow shark, albino algae eater and yo-yo loaches. They all get along pretty well but the Shark does have a cave and when others get close he chases them away but it’s never violent or physical.
Great video I bought 6 panda Cory's to go with my honey gourami and black tetras seem to be happy I am new to this love the videos they are a massive help
@primetimeaquatics probably a bad idea to attempt to breed caudopunctatus with a cory cat? 29 gallon 2 diy rock caves opposite sides of tank some driftwood above those and a heavily planted middle with a lava rock center. 3 shells spread out in front. Currently 2 other inhabitants 3 snail and 1 bristle nose. Thankyou for the informational video as always simple to the point. There is so much to learn ab fish. Also hello @thesmallscape 👋
Thank you- great info. Years ago when we had fish, strangely enough, we never had any Cory's. I say strangely, because I LOVE catfish, botias + fish like that. Hmmm I think I will get many different kinds of Cory's. Thank you for this info, however, I am not a Cichlid fan, so no worries there. 👍
Love your videos. If you want corydoras but have a tank with larger more aggressive bottom dwellers and cichlids hoplo catfish may be an option. They can hold their own and are quite bold
I would of love to put a bunch of corries in my tank with clown fish and a bichir. The clowns I doubt would bother them. However, the Bichir would eventually once it gets bigger eat them. Given mine likes to be hand fed and never bothers anyone.
In my planted tank pygmy cories (a group of 12) were not doing well until I added lambchop rasboras. Pygmies were super skittish and constantly getting sick, I assume stress might have been to blame. But now with the friendly and active rasboras they have become very relaxed and outgoing. Also, their health has improved and they have packed on some weight. So if someone is looking for great buddies for shy cories, I can suggest lambchop rasboras.
Get more! theyre way more interactive in groups of 6+ not that its wrong to keep 4 its just the corys become like a flock of puppies when you get them into a bigger number!! You wont regret it!
I would add dwarf chain loaches to the list: not because of aggression, but because they are such energetic eaters that they outcompete the corys for food. I was not able to keep corys in my 75 gallon long term until I re-homed these frenetic little guys.
Great topic. I would love to add corys when I have the space. Right now all the tanks are at max capacity. Mutt endler guppies...need I say more?! Happy Monday!
I have had goldfish with cory cats and have found no issues.You just want to put adult size cory cats in with them so no risk of getting swallowed by mistake.The pygmy cory cat is a no-no with goldfish.I have the green cory's the largest size they get 3.5 inches adult size.
Great video! Cory’s are so timid and sweet. Definitely won’t blend with the ones you have mentioned. But all the fish in this video are great. I have kept fancy goldfish and Cory’s and see the city’s get mad at the goldfish.
Add Sumo Loach to the list. I have a bottom dweller tank with 3 red fin corys. And the Sumo Loach that I had to get rid of because he was too aggressive.
My gold fish ate my panda Cory Food fish were to go in a 1/2 acre pond but it didn’t warm up etc .So sad wish I hear about this,Cory fish was stuck in gold fish mouth for 4 days really feel stupid not knowing this thank you for educating me.
Upside down catfish, albino armored catfish, think both are males they do keep space which are in a 55 gallon Have lazers cories mixed with emerald corys only once have they laid eggs though!
Serpae Tetras will attack their dorsal fins and Giant Danios will out compete them for food. Competion for food would also be problem with goldfish. Meanwhile, I've read that Corydoras will out compete Kuli Loaches for food causing the loaches to eventually starve.
Only reason why I'm keeping 1 cory because the rest died. It was a group of 6. Cories are expensive. I was excited wanting them. I'm not sure if it was my tank gravel being rough or pet store. Maybe my betta attack them while I looked awhile.
Would love a recommendation for catching corydoras from a planted tank. I don’t want to tear the tank apart to get them out(they’re going into a larger tank). Any tricks to accomplish this??
Corys are definitely underrated and under appreciated. I only have the two Emerald Corys in my 29 gallon community tank and that's because I'm having a hard time finding them. They are busy little fish!
ive had a rainbow shark with my yoyo loaches for about a year now, and ive seen aggression but i think the loaches can hold their own. definitely wouldnt recommend rainbow with corys tho. great video!
Do you keep Brochis in your fish room at all? (the Cory cousin on steroids!)...I've just bought a small shoal of 7 and can't wait for them to fully mature, the last ones I kept many years ago reached an enormous size!
@primetimeaquatics I have been trying to find a definite answer to this question. Will glofish sunburst Cory’s eat shrimp eggs or babies if put in the same tank?
I had the most bizarre thing happen just now. I have an unused 2 gallon under my 33 gallon mbuna tank with some water and a piece of driftwood. I switched of the tiny filter there a few days ago and there was no heating either yet I decided to net some trumpet snails out of the mbuna tank and I guess one of the fry got caught in the net because I found a little demasoni mbuna under the driftwood. I'm acclimating it to the original tank atm
I had a red-tailed black shark (female) who shared a tank with a school of emerald cories. They got along great. In fact, they even shared a cave. I often found the school and shark sharing the cave and resting together. The orange-finned loach I added at one point was a whole different matter. That thing was aggressive toward both species, and I ended up getting rid of it.
Seeing as I had a bristlenose pleco attack my small Raphael catfish I'd avoid any particularly aggressive plec with cories. Oddly enough my other one is completely peaceful
I have a non-cory question. I'm not thinking of doing this, but was just curious as I have limited experience with both. Red tailed black shark and shell dwellers, including the gold oscellatus. As for cories, nothing works better for them than a dozen of their own kind and 25 small tetras... and maybe a gaggle of kuhlis...
I have 3 juvenile firemouth cichlids currently in my community planted tank just letting them grow a little before moving them with my other larger fire mouths, and they do dislike the Cory cats, but fortunately they just chase them away and the aquarium is so heavily planted the Cories just hide in the plants for awhile. In general except for angelfish and discus, pretty much all cichlids are a no no with Cory cats
Love, love, love my palleatus cories. I started with 7, and now have more than 12. I am about to move the to my 240 litre tank. I was thinking of moving my Buenos Aires Tetras in with them, any risks there, do you think? I watched a UA-cam video last year at some point where the author was keeping a black ghost knife with some cories, and it had eaten all their eyes. I remembered it as a combo to avoid...
I have habrosa corys. I have one that keeps looking dead. I remove it and a couple days it’s fine. I put it back in and same thing happens. Finally made a tank just for him. His tanks mates were others just like him , a betta and Celestrial pearl danio. Any clue what the problem could be. All others were 👍🏻
Hello. I am thinking about getting a 1 Yellow Lab Cichlid, 1 Turkana Jewel Cichlid, 6 Congo Tetra and 3 Panda Cory. Also 3 Nerite snails; maybe 3 Amano shrimp. I have a 40 gallon breeder tank. What do you think about this as tank mates? Thank you.
I don’t trust cichlids around shrimp and snails. They tend to eat them. The labs might bully the jewels. I probably would out Cory cats with African cichlids. Hope this helps.
i've heard conflicting advice. can you keep 'normal' corys in a 10 gallon. not the dwarf or pygmy, but like albino or sterbi even if its a species only tank? is the tank big enough to house a large enough group?
Good information that actually happened to my brother geophagus he tried to eat a Cory catfish and the catfish spread out its fins while in the mouth of the geophagus and they both died so Cory catfish can be deadly with larger fish on the other note I had a large severum try to eat the catfish but happily spit it back out never tried it again I was able to keep this cichlid that was 10 inches with 2 inch catfish
I have a female swordtail that takes pleasure in chasing my tiny little julii cory cats at feeding time...they just move, but she is very irritating to them. They are in a large tank, so they just scurry out of her way. If I see any damage she may be evicted!
I had them together and don't remember any issues. The ones on really have to worry about are the Syncrossus loaches - they can get aggressive towards other loaches.
I’m starting a 10 gal tank and plan to get the start of my fish Friday. Can I start with 6 zebra danios and 1 mystery snail, then a week or 2 later can I add 3 albino Cory? Also is that the max amount I should go with?
I have 4 panda cory cats that are best friends. Would it be OK to put in albino ones, too? I'm not sure if they hang out together or only school with their own kind.
i have two swordtails that breed too much and now have over 30 new swordtails with the additional dozen swordtails that were born a few weeks before them. is there a way to control them with another another fish that'll go after the fry, but not attack every fish. i'm getting a 29gal tank ready, so i have a 20gal long and 29gal and separate the swordtails to prevent further overpopulation. along with them is 1 loach, 3 cory catfish, 5 mystery snails, 4 ghost shrimp with 1 carrying eggs.
Will different species of Cory feel comfortable in mixed groups? A local chain of stores seem to have slipped one pygmy Cory in with my group of salt&peppers. The little feller seems to school and shoal with the larger group just didn't know if it would add to their enrichment having only the same species or 2 different groups of different species.
I have a pictus and a feather fin in with a bunch of cory cats and for almost a year it does not seem to an issue but the feather fin getting huge. Will it eat the cory's?
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I was at my petchain store the other day, and the employee gave away a cory for free because otherwise it would have been the last one in the tank. ❤
That’s cool!
I saw you selling it on aquaBid for 7.99
I love Corys I will put my UA-cam channel for Corys and put a video
I had an interesting case with a rainbow shark who got along with every type of peaceful fish. The only fish they hated with a passion was a specific blue acara
I’m currently quarantining 6 panda corydoras for my 29g community tank and they are so fun to watch! I got the idea to add these little guys from your 29g community video so thank you so much!
I bought a panda cory that was by himself in a tank at Petco. I had 7 at home already, and I thought he needed a family. I was only stopping in for cat food 🤣🤣
Too funny!
Hope ya'll had a great Easter. I've noticed over the years that cories don't really do well even in a small group by themselves. They hide most of the time and aren't very playful, but if you add in some top or mid dwelling fish like rasboras or small tetras that are out all the time, the cories come out also and are much more active and playful.
I read somewhere once that if the water above them is empty of othe fish they are fearful of predators that may have eaten all the other fish off, but if they see othet fish above them out and about and apparently safe, they will come out into the open also.
Might be a built in biological safeguard?
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For sure. They definitely do better when there are small fish swimming above them.
Thanks for telling me this. I’m doing research for my first tank. I think I want to do WCMMs and some type of cory. Eventually some Amano shrimp and a couple Nerite snails once I’m more confident I won’t kill them. I’ll be sure not to get my corys first. I don’t want them terrified.
Cories are such adorable little clowns. I added four rescue cories (2 albino, 2 bronze) to a 40 gallon long that housed a single Betta and some guppies. The Betta grumpily ignored the guppies but was absolutely fascinated by the albino cories. She would follow them around, just staring, and occasionally shoving herself into their little tumbling mob to get a bite of their sinking wafer. She also would chase their farts to the top of the tank, which was hilarious.
They bred like crazy too. Ended up with 12, despite the other fish munching the eggs.
my Bettas love being with Cory's. That's really funny that your betta chased their little "bubbles"🤣🥰🌿🐟👍❤️🤗
Great video! I have been researching corys to learn more about them before purchasing . this is an important consideration. I haven’t kept any yet because I have dojo loaches. They are like aquatic golden retriever puppies, big energetic and non stop playful. They also know every inch of the bottom of the tank. I have always felt they would playfully harass any bottom dwellers. The loaches are moving soon to a new 75 gallon to accommodate their size and I will replace them in my 29 gallon with a nice group of corys. As always I appreciate your content.
Fantastic video! I will add that. I had pearl gouramis and cories in the same tank, and they got along famously well. Pearls are very peaceful. ❤
As always seems to be the case, there are exceptions to the rule. I have a Rainbow in with my cory cats without any issues. I did lose a cory (pygmy) to a bumblebee catfish though... and then I lost the bumblebee. The bumblebee wasn't a big fish, but it managed to get pyg down into his belly, but them he succumbed to the spined fins (I'm assuming).
When I added cories to my tank with oto catfish, my otos started cooperatively looking for food with my cories...almost like they felt more brave with them around... normally they were quiet and somewhat nocturnal but liked hanging out with the bigger guys. It was cute =)
That’s cool! 😀
Bristle nose plecos are also very bad tank mates for plecos as the cory need a high protein diet and the plecos get bloated on a high protein diet so keep away from bn and other herbivores plecos.
Thanks Im just about to rescue 2 false julii cory catfish and was going to put them in with my betta and Bristolnose pleco in a 30gl...but was wondering about that.
Ill keep them separate and set up a nice tank for them and find a few more for a school.
Thanks.
Thank you so much I have learned a lot much love from Canada 🇨🇦
Personally I’ve had a ton of luck with putting yo-yo loaches , otocinclus’ & a single male betta with my corys!! (Always be careful with bettas though ! My male, he’s a red crown tail , is fairly non temperamental & when he does get grumpy I have a specific yoyo loach that likes to put him in his place)
Great list, as usual. Thanks. 😀👍
That was VERY good advice! I have a tank with a Rainbow Shark and did not realize how bad that would be with my cory catfish (or any bottom dwellers). I had a school of them and the shark went after them. And I can't introduce new corydoras into the tank with the shark being super aggressive against them. I am now down to only 1 Sterbi Cory and 1 Julii Cory. Luckily the two last cories are thick and chunky and can defend themselves for the past five years. Still, I don't recommend that combo.
i have a 20g long. I had one female GBR and 8 panda cory cats. The GBR got too aggressive and territorial so i had to rehome it. It started off when i fed them it would chase them away. Then it became bad even without food. My GBR stayed at the bottom always and was in the same space as my corys. Tank was heavily planted and it still was bad
I love your vids. You have a way of coming up with so many creative topics. Keep up the good work!! 🤙🏻
Thank you!
Absolutely right. I lose a large cory and a Koi. The koi tried but wasn't able to swallow the cory.
I will be keeping a close eye on my opaline gourami and corydoras in my 65 gallon now. Thanks for the great list and that last one is absolutely a must. 😀
I love my Cory cats. I didn’t know I could get so attached to a specific type of fish, but these guys are so much fun to watch. My tank is in my living room across from my couch. I can sit there literally for hours watching them play, they’re such clowns. I have 13 Venezuelan Black Corys and Venezuelan Orange Corys. They live with several guppies and seem quite happy.
I’m moving this summer, and I am so NOT thrilled about breaking down these tanks - the only good thing is it gives me the opportunity to change the substrate from black sand to white sand. Right now my black fish blend right in with the black sand and I can’t appreciate their subtle colors. I can’t wait to see how striking they’ll look against the white sand! 🐟🦞🐠
I have a pair of hillstream loaches with one being dominant. As well as 6 albino corys I have a single remaining salt and pepper cory that the dominant loach harasses whenever he come near it. I believe it is because their coloring is so similar as the hillstream gets along with all the albinos with no issues.
Love your species videos, great info as usual, thanks !
Reading some of the comments - I have a bristle nose place in my 125 with 6-7 bronze corys - he doesn't seem to bother them. And a butterfly pleco in with 6 meleni corys - no issues with them. The one I've noticed seems to be an issue is the yoyo loaches. I have one in each of the smaller tanks 40b and 32 flex. Loach chases the Cory's in the 40b. And Loach chases the common Corys in the 32, and sometimes the rasporas and tetras. Neither tank has mystery snails anymore - maybe that's the issue. Planning to rehome them back at the LFS - get more Cory's :)
My BN plecos have never bothered my cory cats either, but I could see it happening.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics I will be keeping an eye on him then. My female Cory is almost the same size. She may be able to keep him in line for now. Great info on the video
I just rescued an albino cory the other day it was housed with a big rainbow shark big kissing gourami jack dempsey and a few other big fish I dont the names of. The poor thing was in there by herself and the lady wanted top dollar for it($15) but I had to take it was fully grown actually the biggest cory ive seen like nearly 3 inch long and thick. She is now in the quarantine tank and then into the big community tank with the 12 other corys about quarter of its size lol can't wait to put her in :)
My Cory don't get picked on by anything. Of course im not a conformist .. I have all breeds of fish in tanks. Stop listening to these tools.
@@MikeJones-em8vz What are you going on about Mikey? Just because your cory lives by itself with sharks and oscars doesn't mean its HAPPY to live there. The cory I rescued was like a statue didn't move a muscle all day now its in a 500L tank with 12 other friends of the same species looks visibly 10x happier.
@@ItsSweetShot well that isn't this story though yours is super sweet. This dude runs off cichlids lol ..tbh it's all how you introduce fish to each other. I have predators and prey chillin
Another fish that don't go well with corys is the bristlenose pleco. Sometimes it spend time on the bottom of the tank and will use its gill spikes to make sure no one else sit beside it. Also, the corys can get harassed when a male bristlenose tries to impress some ladies.
Also, once I had tiger barbs harass the coryes. I've always keept tiger barbs and corys together, w/o any issue, but after a while, I begin to see corys with nipped fins. I begin to observe the fish and, what do you know, from 20 tiger barbs, only one had taken the questionable "fun" activity, of nipping corys. Luckly, I was able to solve the problem, by just rehoming the "defective" tiger barb.:)
I haven't had any issues with mixing a rainbow shark with a large group of cories. The shark keeps to his/her log and the cories keep away. Also with mixing Corydoras and Shelldwellers, no mention that they both have extremely different tank parameters?
Awesome video, I have 15-20 Cory catfish with 11 rainbow sharks in my 55 gallon tank, no problems at all.
Thanks, I have never had a cory cat in a tank; however, the insights are helpful.
The concept of "No Buddy" as the worst "Buddy" will definitely stay with me.
Jim
PS: The former life guard in the our room yelling "Buddy Check !" every time one of you said "Buddy" really added to the video ambiance. 😵💫 Yours in family life, Jim
Too funny!
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Yup, it was as if a we had a “G” rated Red Cross endorsed non-alcoholic “drinking game” going on. 🫤
I have a few pepper Cory’s along with a Rainbow shark, albino algae eater and yo-yo loaches. They all get along pretty well but the Shark does have a cave and when others get close he chases them away but it’s never violent or physical.
Great video I bought 6 panda Cory's to go with my honey gourami and black tetras seem to be happy I am new to this love the videos they are a massive help
@primetimeaquatics probably a bad idea to attempt to breed caudopunctatus with a cory cat? 29 gallon 2 diy rock caves opposite sides of tank some driftwood above those and a heavily planted middle with a lava rock center. 3 shells spread out in front. Currently 2 other inhabitants 3 snail and 1 bristle nose. Thankyou for the informational video as always simple to the point. There is so much to learn ab fish. Also hello @thesmallscape 👋
Cory cats probably won’t be an issue, but the bristlenose might eat the eggs.
Thank you- great info. Years ago when we had fish, strangely enough, we never had any Cory's. I say strangely, because I LOVE catfish, botias + fish like that. Hmmm I think I will get many different kinds of Cory's. Thank you for this info, however, I am not a Cichlid fan, so no worries there. 👍
thaks jason very helpful i have a blue acara with 4 albino cory that are breeding and they are doing great!
Happy Easter Monday 🐣 excellent video for keeping your Cory’s safe and happy 😃
So i've never got into corys in my several years of fishkeeping but I'm always tempted!
Love your videos. If you want corydoras but have a tank with larger more aggressive bottom dwellers and cichlids hoplo catfish may be an option. They can hold their own and are quite bold
I would of love to put a bunch of corries in my tank with clown fish and a bichir. The clowns I doubt would bother them. However, the Bichir would eventually once it gets bigger eat them. Given mine likes to be hand fed and never bothers anyone.
Great Video!👍
In my planted tank pygmy cories (a group of 12) were not doing well until I added lambchop rasboras. Pygmies were super skittish and constantly getting sick, I assume stress might have been to blame. But now with the friendly and active rasboras they have become very relaxed and outgoing. Also, their health has improved and they have packed on some weight. So if someone is looking for great buddies for shy cories, I can suggest lambchop rasboras.
Great info! I currently have 4 corys in a community tank and I want to make sure they have great tankmates! Thank you both!
Get more! theyre way more interactive in groups of 6+ not that its wrong to keep 4 its just the corys become like a flock of puppies when you get them into a bigger number!! You wont regret it!
I would add dwarf chain loaches to the list: not because of aggression, but because they are such energetic eaters that they outcompete the corys for food. I was not able to keep corys in my 75 gallon long term until I re-homed these frenetic little guys.
Little food brings out some troubles as well make sure who eats what when where!
Great topic. I would love to add corys when I have the space. Right now all the tanks are at max capacity. Mutt endler guppies...need I say more?! Happy Monday!
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I have had goldfish with cory cats and have found no issues.You just want to put adult size cory cats in with them so no risk of getting swallowed by mistake.The pygmy cory cat is a no-no with goldfish.I have the green cory's the largest size they get 3.5 inches adult size.
Malawi and Tanganjika ciklids have 8-9,5 in hardness in water
That Mbuna tank was stunning.
Great video! Cory’s are so timid and sweet. Definitely won’t blend with the ones you have mentioned. But all the fish in this video are great. I have kept fancy goldfish and Cory’s and see the city’s get mad at the goldfish.
I have already made the mistake with RT shark! And I want both!
Add Sumo Loach to the list. I have a bottom dweller tank with 3 red fin corys. And the Sumo Loach that I had to get rid of because he was too aggressive.
My gold fish ate my panda Cory Food fish were to go in a 1/2 acre pond but it didn’t warm up etc .So sad wish I hear about this,Cory fish was stuck in gold fish mouth for 4 days really feel stupid not knowing this thank you for educating me.
Upside down catfish, albino armored catfish, think both are males they do keep space which are in a 55 gallon
Have lazers cories mixed with emerald corys only once have they laid eggs though!
Serpae Tetras will attack their dorsal fins and Giant Danios will out compete them for food. Competion for food would also be problem with goldfish. Meanwhile, I've read that Corydoras will out compete Kuli Loaches for food causing the loaches to eventually starve.
My Cory’s years ago were buddies with the pleco.
My goldfish were ok with the Cory’s but again that was years ago
Only reason why I'm keeping 1 cory because the rest died. It was a group of 6. Cories are expensive. I was excited wanting them. I'm not sure if it was my tank gravel being rough or pet store. Maybe my betta attack them while I looked awhile.
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My comets are very aggressive. I call them pretty colored sharks!
Would love a recommendation for catching corydoras from a planted tank.
I don’t want to tear the tank apart to get them out(they’re going into a larger tank).
Any tricks to accomplish this??
Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/5TL7cB14EB4/v-deo.htmlsi=wEq2aKvgqQF8u54e
i have never known Julidochromis to ever get really agg but when i kept them with corys of any type they went after them constantly
Corys are definitely underrated and under appreciated. I only have the two Emerald Corys in my 29 gallon community tank and that's because I'm having a hard time finding them. They are busy little fish!
we just bought 10, they're really awesome
@@Alexkeepsfish congrats! They're so much fun to watch, they get so crazy at times lol
ive had a rainbow shark with my yoyo loaches for about a year now, and ive seen aggression but i think the loaches can hold their own. definitely wouldnt recommend rainbow with corys tho. great video!
Do you keep Brochis in your fish room at all? (the Cory cousin on steroids!)...I've just bought a small shoal of 7 and can't wait for them to fully mature, the last ones I kept many years ago reached an enormous size!
I don’t have them, but they are cool!
@primetimeaquatics I have been trying to find a definite answer to this question. Will glofish sunburst Cory’s eat shrimp eggs or babies if put in the same tank?
They may eat babies since they are so tiny.
I had the most bizarre thing happen just now. I have an unused 2 gallon under my 33 gallon mbuna tank with some water and a piece of driftwood. I switched of the tiny filter there a few days ago and there was no heating either yet I decided to net some trumpet snails out of the mbuna tank and I guess one of the fry got caught in the net because I found a little demasoni mbuna under the driftwood. I'm acclimating it to the original tank atm
Nice
Too funny!
My Adult Male Green Terror (Gold Saum) is so friendly that my Green Brochis Splendens is like his kids, no Aggression at al. For now it works great. 😅
I had a red-tailed black shark (female) who shared a tank with a school of emerald cories. They got along great. In fact, they even shared a cave. I often found the school and shark sharing the cave and resting together. The orange-finned loach I added at one point was a whole different matter. That thing was aggressive toward both species, and I ended up getting rid of it.
Seeing as I had a bristlenose pleco attack my small Raphael catfish I'd avoid any particularly aggressive plec with cories. Oddly enough my other one is completely peaceful
I'm sorry that happened. We have had good luck with the combo.
My rainbow shark left my Cory's alone but got super aggressive when I added bolivian rams so I had to remove him
I have a non-cory question. I'm not thinking of doing this, but was just curious as I have limited experience with both. Red tailed black shark and shell dwellers, including the gold oscellatus.
As for cories, nothing works better for them than a dozen of their own kind and 25 small tetras... and maybe a gaggle of kuhlis...
My guess it would be a battle until one of them is eliminated?
Would a smaller breed of gourami do well with corys?
Definitely - honey and sparkling gouramis work.
I have 3 juvenile firemouth cichlids currently in my community planted tank just letting them grow a little before moving them with my other larger fire mouths, and they do dislike the Cory cats, but fortunately they just chase them away and the aquarium is so heavily planted the Cories just hide in the plants for awhile. In general except for angelfish and discus, pretty much all cichlids are a no no with Cory cats
Love my corys. Thanks for the info.
Love, love, love my palleatus cories. I started with 7, and now have more than 12. I am about to move the to my 240 litre tank. I was thinking of moving my Buenos Aires Tetras in with them, any risks there, do you think?
I watched a UA-cam video last year at some point where the author was keeping a black ghost knife with some cories, and it had eaten all their eyes. I remembered it as a combo to avoid...
I have habrosa corys. I have one that keeps looking dead. I remove it and a couple days it’s fine. I put it back in and same thing happens. Finally made a tank just for him. His tanks mates were others just like him , a betta and Celestrial pearl danio. Any clue what the problem could be. All others were 👍🏻
If he's eating ok, that could be the way he is. I've had some cories for years that will sleep on their sides and do really weird things.
Forgot to add mbu puffers to the list!
55 gallon tank with 3 cory’s , a rainbow shark,and chinese algae eaters besides regular swimming fish. No problem at all
0:09 look behind his head, there are fish going crazy 😆
I love Cory Cats. such happy no-nonsense little fish.
Hello. I am thinking about getting a 1 Yellow Lab Cichlid, 1 Turkana Jewel Cichlid, 6 Congo Tetra and 3 Panda Cory. Also 3 Nerite snails; maybe 3 Amano shrimp. I have a 40 gallon breeder tank. What do you think about this as tank mates? Thank you.
I don’t trust cichlids around shrimp and snails. They tend to eat them. The labs might bully the jewels. I probably would out Cory cats with African cichlids. Hope this helps.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Ok. Thank you. So the whole thing is a no. Lol
i've heard conflicting advice. can you keep 'normal' corys in a 10 gallon. not the dwarf or pygmy, but like albino or sterbi even if its a species only tank? is the tank big enough to house a large enough group?
It tends to be too small for a group of Cory cats. Would go with a 20 gallon.
What about geos?
I didn’t know how giant common goldfish got🪷
Can you keep Cories with a pearl gourami?
Definitely
Good information that actually happened to my brother geophagus he tried to eat a Cory catfish and the catfish spread out its fins while in the mouth of the geophagus and they both died so Cory catfish can be deadly with larger fish on the other note I had a large severum try to eat the catfish but happily spit it back out never tried it again I was able to keep this cichlid that was 10 inches with 2 inch catfish
Ya, it really stinks when they get lodged. They both often pay the price.
I have a female swordtail that takes pleasure in chasing my tiny little julii cory cats at feeding time...they just move, but she is very irritating to them. They are in a large tank, so they just scurry out of her way. If I see any damage she may be evicted!
What about blood parrots?
I’ve kept them together - don’t remember them ever interacting with each other.
Would a ghost knife be good with Cory cats? He seems to be some what of a gentle giant.
Probably not when they get to full size ?
Question on loaches, “do YoYo Loaches get along with Clown Loaches? Maybe a do’s and don’ts with Loaches….
I had them together and don't remember any issues. The ones on really have to worry about are the Syncrossus loaches - they can get aggressive towards other loaches.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics thank you for your response….you guys rock.
Good to know.
Can they go along with small loach?
Ya, it usually works ok.
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Thank you for the information
I’m starting a 10 gal tank and plan to get the start of my fish Friday. Can I start with 6 zebra danios and 1 mystery snail, then a week or 2 later can I add 3 albino Cory? Also is that the max amount I should go with?
I might go with either pygmy cory cats or habrosus cory cats instead? Most other cory cats get too large for a 10 gallon.
I'll tell you what Leopard Cory's do not get along with other Cory's. They killed my panda,salt and pepper ,Venezuela, and albino.
I have 4 panda cory cats that are best friends. Would it be OK to put in albino ones, too? I'm not sure if they hang out together or only school with their own kind.
Yep, shouldn't be a problem.
i have two swordtails that breed too much and now have over 30 new swordtails with the additional dozen swordtails that were born a few weeks before them. is there a way to control them with another another fish that'll go after the fry, but not attack every fish. i'm getting a 29gal tank ready, so i have a 20gal long and 29gal and separate the swordtails to prevent further overpopulation. along with them is 1 loach, 3 cory catfish, 5 mystery snails, 4 ghost shrimp with 1 carrying eggs.
A dwarf Gourami may help. Some of the medium-sized gobies can also help.
Will different species of Cory feel comfortable in mixed groups? A local chain of stores seem to have slipped one pygmy Cory in with my group of salt&peppers. The little feller seems to school and shoal with the larger group just didn't know if it would add to their enrichment having only the same species or 2 different groups of different species.
The Pygmy probably wont interact with the other Cory cats, but sometimes similar type Corys will.
I have a pictus and a feather fin in with a bunch of cory cats and for almost a year it does not seem to an issue but the feather fin getting huge. Will it eat the cory's?
If they Cory cats are full grown (2.5”) probably not.
Recently got a (Florida)flag killifish i had to return because he would not leave my skunk cories alone for a second. Constantly nipping them.
I have a albino Cory in a five gallon should I still get a nother to put in with him in there I have Molly's guppys Plattys in with him
A five gallon light be crowded for them. Generally they do best in groups in a 20 gallon or larger.
I bought a ram and as soon as it was inside my tank, started tearing corys apart. Took it out and gave it away.