My 29 gallon has 4 bettas (1 m, 3 f, very peaceful), 5 zebra danios, 2 black skirt tetras, 1 lone non-fin-nipping tiger barb, and 4 cories. I do water changes 2x per week. The tank is spotless...
How many more cories can I put in? I'll be getting peppered, albino, and panda cories.
2007-03-03 02:06:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
My fish are all fine together. My male betta is to mellow to be mean. My tiger barb can entertain himself. It is a freak set-up, but it's working for me.
2007-03-03 02:17:15 · update #1
Not many. Corys need some space on the bottom so I would suggest you leave it at the 4 you have. Besides, you will have enough on your hands soon with the problems your other fish will create.
MM
2007-03-03 02:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The real question is how good is your filtration, and how well do you control the nitrates? If you add more cory cats you'll need to watch your nitrate levels closely. There are no hard rules on the number of fish you can keep, but by the 1 inch of fish per gallon rule of thumb you are pushing it.
PS- The bettas are a disaster waiting to happen. If the wrong betta dies the current pecking order may dissolve into a cage match.
2007-03-03 11:42:45 · answer #2 · answered by Sabersquirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few more Corydoras wouldn't hurt,but it would be good to stick with one specie,because they are schooling fish that do the best in a single specie community. With your excellent maintenance regimen it will probably be difficult to keep the little guys from spawning. Don't regard all Corys as a group,each specie has very different habits and preferences and deserves some research before purchasing. One important facet to Cory keeping is the addition of some "live" plant material in the diet. Rinsed and smashed canned peas are a special treat. Also blanched veggies like squash or spinach leaves are good. Also when making your decisions about stocking levels be sure to consider adult size.----Good luck.-----PeeTee
2007-03-03 10:28:19 · answer #3 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Doing the math, and I'm being extremely lenient, you should have an 80 gallon tank. You are very overstocked. You just can't add any more fish. I would say get a second 60 gallon tank and split up your fish and then you could add maybe 2 cories.
2007-03-03 14:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One rule of thumb is 1 fish per gallon
2007-03-07 00:28:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG that's so sad that you have to answer your own question since you and Smooth as butter on a kitten! are the same person.
I agree with MM though, your setup may be fine for now but I doubt it will stay that way and adding more fish, even though they mostly stay on the bottom may be too much and cause aggression over space with your other fish.
2007-03-03 11:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by April 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think cories are more of a benefit to the bio load in a tank than harmful. They stay pretty busy cleaning uneaten food from the botton, which helps keep the water clear. They don't consume much oxygen from the water, because oxygen transfer occurs in the stomach rather than in the gills as with other fish.
I wouldn't be concerned with adding 2 more.
2007-03-03 12:29:36 · answer #7 · answered by Overt Operative 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the rule that you want to go by is one icnh of fish per gallon of water for tropical fish for gold fish ii is inch of fish per two gallons of water
2007-03-03 17:02:01 · answer #8 · answered by JENNIFER H 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe 2.
2007-03-03 10:27:39 · answer #9 · answered by Smooth as butter on a kitten! 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋