Will different varieties of cory catfish school together?

[kpaisley]

Yesterday I purchased 3 pygmy cory cats from the lfs. (I know that 6 is the minimum preferred number to have...the store only had 3, and I had been to every store within a 30 mile radius with these being the only 3...I intend to add more when I can find them available)

When I got them home I noticed that the markings on one of the fish is quite different from the other 2, and think he may be a different variety of cory catfish. Since I am having a hard time finding them in general, and am not sure that the 3 I have are all the same, I am just questioning if I end up with 6 cory cats and they are not all the same variety if they are still happy as a school, or if they need to all be the same.

 

[twiddlemuffin]

In most cases they will not.

 

[HN1]

In the absence of their own species they absolutely will in most cases. In the prescience of an adequate number of their own, they will prefer it over the others.

 

[vinniethethumb]

I have 6 corys 2 different species (3 each). They often school together, its pretty cool to watch. The do however separate to their own species from time to time. I think your ok having the different species I would just try to get about 3 of each.

 

[ScotJudd]

I have 3 pandas and 3 Julii. Recently I introduced two very small pandas and one of the Julii has taken to hanging out with the new pandas. Often all 8 feed and shoal together. I wouldn't have a lone Cory with a shoal of others but they do all seem to get on well.