How many cories?

[johndoe222]

I'm gonna get a used 10g sometime in the near future and I was wondering how many bronze cories I could put in there if I had a mail crowntail betta. Any help welcome!

[Rue]

I wouldn't put any cories in a 10g. They're a schooling fish...so a group of 6 is recommended....and they're quite active...needing a fair amount of room.

[smaug]

Don't go with the larger corys. Peppered corys or even smaller such as dwarf cory could do just fine in a 10 gal. If you go as small as dwarf cory then you could get 10 of them. With leopard {julii} corys you could go with up to 6. With this amount of small cory you can easily keep a beta with them.

[johndoe222]

Ok thanks Smaug. How many should I get at a time?

[smaug]

You could get the whole group if your tank has an established filter,half at a time if it is freshlt cycled.

[johndoe222]

Well I'm going with a AC20 and I'm gonna put it in my dads already established 55g for acouple of weeks and then put it on the 10g. If I did that would it still cycle the tank or would it bypass it? And I don't plan on really putting any substrate in the tank.

[smaug]

No substrate? That's not a cory friendly tank . They are natural rooters and should be provided with suitably natural habitat. As for the hob,yes it will attain a bb load with a few weeks in an established tank,a month would be better. Please don't get corys without a suitably set up tank for cory. They need structure such as gravel and raised surface to forage over and seek cover behind.

[johndoe222]

Ok so after a little research I think i'm gonna go with some kind of sand and plant the back of the tank and maybe a big rock on one side. Any idea what kind of sand would be good for plants and cories?

[admael]

I use tahitian moon sand for my planted tank with fert tabs & weights. There are many of the smaller cory species to choose from.

I had 12 of the habrosus in a 10 gallon.

gladysae • cochui • hastatus • habrosus

[Rue]

Sorry...I still wouldn't do it. They're just too active.

...I'll just add...it's like keeping a betta in a bowl. Can you? Yes. Should you? No.