Coursair
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Cories do best in groups. 5-6 minimum. More is better. Don't forget to feed your Bottom feeders.
Bottom feeder for the 40 gallon
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Cories do best in groups. 5-6 minimum. More is better. Don't forget to feed your Bottom feeders.
Coursair
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Bamboo Shrimp should NEVER be on the bottom, if you see them picking at the bottom they are starving. They need perches near filter outflow. They are filter feeders and need a specialized diet.
Coursair
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BTW bottom feeders don't eat poop or crap. They eat food. Sinking food and some leftovers that get to the bottom.
If you need to clean the bottom of your tank, gravel vac or get live plants and don't over feed.
Respect your cleanup crew
If you need to clean the bottom of your tank, gravel vac or get live plants and don't over feed.
Respect your cleanup crew
butterfly_koi
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Not always, this cat can reach between 8 to 12 inches depending on a healthy diet, acidic waters and room to romp and roam. In fact most cats have the potential to reach large sizes if allowed to, well except for Cories of course, they stay pretty small.
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bloodlucky
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BTW bottom feeders don't eat poop or crap. They eat food. Sinking food and some leftovers that get to the bottom.
If you need to clean the bottom of your tank, gravel vac or get live plants and don't over feed.
Respect your cleanup crew
LMAOO don't even get me started on gravel vacs, I ended up cycling my tank with fish and had to siphon almost every day. The work paid off though, there were no deaths ^_^
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bloodlucky
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Ok I will get more. Does it matter if I mix types? Like peppered and pandas, etc
Coursair
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People will tell you it's fine. But IME it's better to have at least 5 or 6 ( more is better ) of the same species. You'll get to see really cute behaviors and they might breed for you
Not all mixed groups will shoal together and it's sad if you get an odd fish out
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People will tell you it's fine. But IME it's better to have at least 5 or 6 ( more is better ) of the same species. You'll get to see really cute behaviors and they might breed for you
Not all mixed groups will shoal together and it's sad if you get an odd fish out
I have a mix of bronze and peppered (4 bronze and 3 peppered). I had 5 of each but some have died and I just havent replaced any. Even when I had 5 of each species they never all shoaled together. Honestly mine seem to pair off, I usually one see two bronze together, rarely do I see all 4 together, even when I had 5 per species they were never all together. There's times I've seen a pair of peppered together, but I've also seen both bronze and peppered hanging out together. They hide in the same place during majority of the day. So from my experience I don't think it really matters as far as mixing species goes.
In my largest tank, the 220g, I have 5 different species of cory's, 5 of each species, and mine tend to shoal in mixed groups. Sometimes 2 or 3 of the same species will be together but mostly it's just a mix. While cories like to be with their own species they do equally well in mixed groups. I've kept them both with species only in a tank to mixed groups and have never seen different behavior between the two in the 30+ years I've kept them. Personally I think it's a matter of personal choice.
