Can multiple species of corydoras be housed together?

[KidFish]

I thought it might be unique to get lots of different corydoras for my 125 just 2 or 3 of each kind here and there. Any objections? I understand emeralds get quite large.. Would that be a problem?

 

[jennamckay]

I don't see a problem with it. Although they do like to have company from the same type of cory and school in 6+ groups of the same kind, they sometimes will all school together

 

[cfosgate]

Nope, no problem. Emeralds can get up to 4" long but in a 125 that shouldn't be a problem. As jennamckay said they all like to school in groups of five to six or more.

 

[BBradbury]

Corydoras

I thought it might be unique to get lots of different corydoras for my 125 just 2 or 3 of each kind here and there. Any objections? I understand emeralds get quite large.. Would that be a problem?

Hello Kid...

Corydoras of the same species do best in a shoal of 6 or more. You can have several species together in a larger tank too. My Emeralds are several years old and the largest female is a bit more than 2.5 inches. They're in a 55 gallon tank. The Emeralds are in the tank with Bronzes of the same size. Don't believe they get much larger.

B

 

[leannaby]

I have julli and peppered Cory's together and they get on good..

 

[ScotJudd]

I have Julii, peppered, bronze and pandas in my 60g and they all get on great even though there is quite a size difference.

 

[Gakkan]

I have bronze, peppered and sterba, the sterba keep to themselves. But the bronze and peppered stick with each other, sometimes hanging out with the sterba. The bronze are definitely the more sociable ones though.