.vortex. wrote:i have to corries, a blood red parrot fish, and oscar, and a pleco in one tank.
one of the fish ate the corries fins but didnt kill them.... any idea why? they are still living anad it doesnt seem to bother them..... </3
this happened a while ago.
Well... Oscars are quite BIG on the predator side, so I think that's your villain. Weird it didn't eat the corries, though they do have pretty tough armor, so maybe that's why. But as safety measure I'd maybe move the corries to another tank, or they might really end up as Oscar snack some day... It's slight concern if the corrie's fins aren't growing back... Like do they have fin rot, or is someone nipping their fins as they grow...
-Alois-Trancy- wrote:Hime wrote:Corries should be fine with the neons and bettas. The only issues could be lack of current(hence lack of oxygen on the bottom) and too high temp, 26-28C is max recommendation for corries(28C given only to few species, and some like it even cooler than 26C).
Angel and corries shouldn't be an issue either, I know few who keep them together and have no problems. Angels really aren't bottom dwelling, like some other cichlids might, so they shouldn't go and bug the corries. And if hiding places are provided for the corries, in which the angel can't fit, then even less likely something will happen.
As for decoration corries loooove sand and caves and such to hide in. They also enjoy little current.
I meant to say and the barb but i didn't type it. The barb can fit into all the hiding spaces despite his large size, and he is a bottom dweller and i'd say his temperament is aggressive, though i am unsure of the species standard.
I am hoping that the plants will provide lots of oxygen for them and couldn't i have the temperature cooler as i know bettas can stand cooler temperatures, not sure about neons. Also can you show me in Farenheight please? i'm bad at conversions.
I suppose with the barb you just have to try it out with the corries. Most of what I've heard of barbs they are more aggressive when they are in too small groups and like to target flowy things(like betta's fins or the long fin things gouramis have). And if your barb has been living peacefully with the angel and other fish that would be likely 'barb targets' then it kinda seems unlikely that it would start bullying the corries. And if there's space, the bard can just take it's own area and corries go around elsewhere.
Okay, so in farenheits around 79-82 would be on the higher end of the comfortzone for corries(I think 79 is on the lower range of what they recommed for betta?). Corydoras sterbai and aeneus at least tolerate the higher end(82) without issues, probably one or two others as well(can't remember all the species...). But for most species temperature recommendation goes to 79. I got my corries(C.metae) in tad over 77F at the moment, they've spawned and I almost managed to raise some of the fry, but got other issue with the tank and the fry died...
Neons don't need super warm water either, like 79 would be fine and they could still go few degrees colder as well.
So over all, the whole thing revolves around only couple couple degrees, where betta likes it the warmest and corries coolest. Depending on your filteration system you could maybe create some current on the bottom, while surface remains calm for the betta?
I have a feeling I forgot to type something, but I have to go soon so....____
Oh, quick update on my fishies. Since the mystery death of one otto some time back and now the recent corry, I got some worm killing medicine(broad range too). So bye bye worms(and snails eating my plants
). I think it was right move, as all the corries seem so much more active now(started on Sat, so now it's day 3 on meds) and the first day of medication couple were little irritated looking(spinning on the sand and such), which I think was the potential qill worms dying. So I'm really hoping mystery fish deaths stop now, so I can actually add up fish instead of replacing them. ^^
