BBradbury
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Hello Aa...
Have kept Corys for a few years and apparently, my information on the care of these fish is sadly outdated. I'd been instructed to keep them in a substrate that was nonabrasive and not to have any sharp decorations in their tank, because the whiskers (barbels) could be injured as the fish foraged around the substrate or suddenly took off across the tank.
I understood the need for a semi-neutral pH, pure water conditions and that if you used standard aquarium salt in the tank, to keep it to a minimum, like about a teaspoon for every 5 gallons of new water.
I'd also learned that you never kept Corydoras in small tanks, 10 gallons or so, because they were extremely shy fish and needed several of their own species to feel comfortable, so small tanks were out of the question because you should keep 5 or 6 together and stock 1 for ever 5 gallons of tank volume, so there would be enough room for them to forage around the tank.
Is this information completely outdated?
B
Have kept Corys for a few years and apparently, my information on the care of these fish is sadly outdated. I'd been instructed to keep them in a substrate that was nonabrasive and not to have any sharp decorations in their tank, because the whiskers (barbels) could be injured as the fish foraged around the substrate or suddenly took off across the tank.
I understood the need for a semi-neutral pH, pure water conditions and that if you used standard aquarium salt in the tank, to keep it to a minimum, like about a teaspoon for every 5 gallons of new water.
I'd also learned that you never kept Corydoras in small tanks, 10 gallons or so, because they were extremely shy fish and needed several of their own species to feel comfortable, so small tanks were out of the question because you should keep 5 or 6 together and stock 1 for ever 5 gallons of tank volume, so there would be enough room for them to forage around the tank.
Is this information completely outdated?
B
