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01-22-2005, 09:29 PM
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Cories
I have been considering getting some type of cory for my 55- gal community tank. I am planning to add a Blue Gourami in a few days. My tank inhabitants as of right now include 3 Red-Eyed Tetras, 3 Silver Hatchetfish, 5 Danios and 3 CAE. My water is very hard with a pH of 8.4. Are cories a good possibility?
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01-22-2005, 10:57 PM
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Certainly....go with 5-7 of a mid-sized type, like aeneus, trilineatus, metae, schwartzi, etc. You may want to eventually pare-down those CAEs to just one, as they tend to get quite large and can harass other fish. Your hatchets and tetras wouldn't mind 2-3 more companions each, either.
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01-23-2005, 12:22 AM
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Cories would definitly do well in your tank. I agree with the CAE's - the older they get, the more territorial and/or aggressive they can become - especially to other bottom dwellers.
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02-01-2005, 01:58 PM
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Thanks for the advice! I've already been seeing how aggressive the CAE's get. They're a hoot to watch and don't seem to be afraid of anything.
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02-01-2005, 10:02 PM
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Dont Hatchets, and Tetras like SOft acidic water? I thought cories did too? Defintely get rid of The CAE get a Bushy Nose Pleco will thrive under all water conditons from 5.8 ph to 9.0. Bushy Nose Plecos are also grow to be onky 5icnhes.
JMHO
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02-01-2005, 10:12 PM
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i recently picked up a 6 - 7 inch CAE from the pet store, hes been in the tank for a week, and he seems very shy, he comes out occasionally to clean the glass, but he hasnt bothered anything, including my vast collection of loaches, and my small 2 inch CAE
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10 Gallon:
1 flower shrimp, 1 zebra danio,2 blue danio
1 white cloud danio, 1 tiny CAE,
1 fan dance goby, 1 drawf redtip gourami, 3 silver hatchet fish, 1 baby blue zebra cihlid, 3 Green Panchax killifish, 1 madagascar rainbow, 1 dwarf neon rainbow, 1 aquatic frog
90 Gallon
1 CAE, 1 giant panda cory,2 green spotted cory,
2 giant danio. 1 large tinfoil barb, 1 rosy barb, 1 marbled goby,
1 purple spotted gudgeon, 1 jade goby, 1 red dwarf gouromi, 2 clown loaches,4 tiger barbs, 5 weather loaches, 3 blood parrots,1 firemouth cichlid, 1 goldfish, 1 Electric yellow cichlid, 1 Auratus cichlid, 1 Zebra Tilapia cichlid,
1 Yellowfin Borleyi cichlid, 1 purple peacock cichlid, 2 striped barbs, 1 figure 8 puffer, 1 electric catfish, 1 african butterfly fish
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02-02-2005, 12:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishLover14
Dont Hatchets, and Tetras like SOft acidic water? I thought cories did too? Defintely get rid of The CAE get a Bushy Nose Pleco will thrive under all water conditons from 5.8 ph to 9.0. Bushy Nose Plecos are also grow to be onky 5icnhes.
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Hi!
Yep, Hatchets and Tetras definately like soft acidic water. I bought them before I researched about them. I don't want to do that again. They are doing pretty well, though. They just wander around the tank seemingly happy. My Hatchets had an outbreak of ich, but I was able to get that under control.
I'll check out about bushy nose plecos
Thanks,
Michelle
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02-02-2005, 06:11 PM
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in my experiance, and lots of other people i know's experiance, and from what ive read here in the past, people on this forums experiance, plecos dont really do too well at eating algae whereas CAE's destroy it, but a busy nose pleco would be awsome, ive been lookin for one
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10 Gallon:
1 flower shrimp, 1 zebra danio,2 blue danio
1 white cloud danio, 1 tiny CAE,
1 fan dance goby, 1 drawf redtip gourami, 3 silver hatchet fish, 1 baby blue zebra cihlid, 3 Green Panchax killifish, 1 madagascar rainbow, 1 dwarf neon rainbow, 1 aquatic frog
90 Gallon
1 CAE, 1 giant panda cory,2 green spotted cory,
2 giant danio. 1 large tinfoil barb, 1 rosy barb, 1 marbled goby,
1 purple spotted gudgeon, 1 jade goby, 1 red dwarf gouromi, 2 clown loaches,4 tiger barbs, 5 weather loaches, 3 blood parrots,1 firemouth cichlid, 1 goldfish, 1 Electric yellow cichlid, 1 Auratus cichlid, 1 Zebra Tilapia cichlid,
1 Yellowfin Borleyi cichlid, 1 purple peacock cichlid, 2 striped barbs, 1 figure 8 puffer, 1 electric catfish, 1 african butterfly fish
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