Albino Cories!

[NatureFish]

I'm getting three albino Cory cats next week! Yay! Is there anything I should know before I go get them? They will be in a planted tank with sand. I hope they breed so I can have little baby Cories! I am sure baby cories have to be the cutest fry ever! I have heard they are prone to a lot of not so great things but fingers crossed with the proper care mine won't get anything like what I've been hearing about.


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[emerald76]

What's in the tank with them? Mine love frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp as a treat but you should probably feed a very fresh diet if you want spawning.


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[Mattfinn]

Just remember their preferred temp is below 27 Celsius.

 

[NatureFish]

What's in the tank with them? Mine love frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp as a treat but you should probably feed a very fresh diet if you want spawning.


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I plan to put nerites in there with them. Besides that I'm thinking of just doing a species only tank. How many cories do you think I could keep in a 10gal? I'm going to just do three for now but if they breed...well...you know how that goes. How do you carefully remove their eggs from glass, plants etc? I bought some freeze dried blood worms and brine shrimp and some algae discs a while back... Tbh I don't know if they are still good...what's the shelf life on those foods? I got them late last year.


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[emerald76]

Nerites may eat the eggs, it's not common but not unheard of either. You use a razor blade to pull off the eggs. In a ten, your cories would be happiest in a group of six, in which case you have a high chance of getting at least one M/F 'pair' of the group (not that they pair but you'd get a shot at both sexes), but I wouldn't stuff six in a ten. Could you get a twenty long?


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[Mattfinn]

Nerites may eat the eggs, it's not common but not unheard of either. You use a razor blade to pull off the eggs. In a ten, your cories would be happiest in a group of six, in which case you have a high chance of getting at least one M/F 'pair' of the group (not that they pair but you'd get a shot at both sexes), but I wouldn't stuff six in a ten. Could you get a twenty long?


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+1 on the tank size. Either a 20L or look at some of the habrosus or Pygmy Cory species out there.

 

[NatureFish]

Well isn't the Albino Cory a pygmy? Would 4 be ok in the ten? I can't get any more tanks and this is the tank needing to be stocked. I don't want them to be crowded though. 3 seems like a good number aside from the whole gender thing. But let me know if four will work.


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[emerald76]

No, it's an albino morph of the Paleatus


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[Fishobsessed7]

Or aeneus


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3 tanks and counting! (6 if you count the bettas)

 

[NatureFish]

I'm so confused now.


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[NatureFish]

Are green cories and juli cories also not pygmys?


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[Fishobsessed7]

Nope.

Pygmys are C. Pygmaeus, C habrosus, and C hastatus


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3 tanks and counting! (6 if you count the bettas)

 

[NatureFish]

Who sells those species? I can't find them...


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[Mattfinn]

I think your best bet is a specialty fish store or something like aquabid.

 

[NatureFish]

What about octcinclus catfish? I probably spelled that wrong lol. I hear they are a hit or miss and that's why I was interested in getting Corydoras. I think the albino cories should be fine. I mean if they breed great, if not, thats fine. I will be picking out the cories so as long as I get the right sex it should be fine right?


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[Angela1108]

Ottos need a very established tank as they eat almost only bio film and they are pretty sensitive fish.

I think you're best bet would be the dwarf/pygmy coreys like others have mentioned.

Wetspot has them for sale and they almost always also post them on aquabid as well as directly through their store.


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[NatureFish]

If I get three cories and pick out two females and one male will that be suitable? I'm not a huge fan of the pygmy coloration.


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