Lovin Fish
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My Betta hangs out with the rambunctious corydoras, then when he's had enough he cruises back to the top! So neat
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Thanks for sharing!!! I absolutely love corydoras, but can't have any:'( my favorite is the panda Corydora
Lovin Fish said:They are for sure the cutest little plumb fish! They are adorable waddling about the tank. I'm sorry you can't have any! They are a delight!
I can't decide which kind I like the best! I think the False Bandit gets my attention a bit more than the others though
Yeah for sure!! In my next tank, I will have sand so.....CORYDORAS!! Haha I've heard you can't have them in gravel tank because of their barbels. That's the only thing keeping me away from a schoal of these haha
I on the other hand have seen wear and barbels getting small from gravel. I wouldnt recommend it.
I used gravel that was about 3/8 of an inch in diameter.
From observing the feeding habits it appears they try to move the gravel to access food. They dont seem to be able to move the gravel as it is fairly heavy. Imagine only ever being able to sift through that. I believe sand is or a mixture of that and rocks in their natural habitat.
I can conclude that the wear is associated with how long they are in a pure gravel enviroment. In terms of how long i would say 6 months +. Wether some species have more fragile barbels im not sure. I can say that it happened to a pair of panda corys.
You can get a bag of pool filter sand for less than $10. Maybe you can reconsider.
Home depot sells play sand 6 bucks for 50 lbs. rinse several times and your good to go.
Nah its just as easy as gravel.
Put 1" - 1 1/2" down.
As far as the gravel vac goes you can hover it slighty above the gravel. If alot of sand goes up the tube you can pinch the plastic tubing and it will drop down.
Every few months you should agitate half or a portion of the sand to release any gases that might accumulate.
I find sand is alot cleaner and the food doesnt get trapped as easy as gravel.
And if you have some corys the make cool trails by swimming through it.