Cory cats questions?

Question

1. Are mollies and cory cats compatibitle?

2. Do cory cats also require the "1 gallon per inch of fish" rule? I do not have any other bottom feeders besides 1 small snail.

3. About how much do cory cats cost?

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I was going to get maybe 3 pgymy cories. Is that ok?

Answer 1

1. Yes

2. Yes again and some species of corys can get 3"

3. $3-10 each depending on species

Corys also need to be schools of no less than 3.

Answer 2

1: Yes,cories are very compatible with mollies. Corycats are a very gentle species that like to be in a group of atleast five to thrive. Make sure if you do get corycats that they are in a group.

2: Yes all fish need a gallon per inch and some 2 gallons per inch. No need to worry about the cories and the snail they won't bother him a bit.

3: Cories differ in price. Albinos are 2-3 dollars, and others are usually 3-6 dollars. There are a few corydoras that can cost 8-10 dollars but those are the "fancy types". I reccommend peppered corydoras and a few albinos for a starter group. Then you can add more kinds in like the emerald green and the panda cory. But thats my opinion go by the cory you like!
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Answer 3

1) yes

2) yes and no - they produce wastes, so are still part of the tank's bioload, but the 1 inch per gallon is outdated - there are things like filtration, body shape and mass of the fish, surface area of the tank for oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange, and how much you feed and clean that should also be considered. Cories are schooling fish, so they should be in groups of 3+. As long as you wouldn't consider the tank overcrowded figuring the adult size of the cories, you should be okay to add them (although I'd wait till the current ich problem is resolved - cories are one of the species that are sensitive to medications and salt).

3) this depends a lot on the type of cory. Some of the more common ones available I've seen under $2. Others go above $10.

Answer 4

My tank has many Mollies and 2 cory's so they do get along, I acctually see them playing sometimes... and when we had baby Mollies the Cory's made sure they got some food and were sweet to them.

Cory's love the bottom of the tank, obviously, and I think they will be okay with .5 gallon per fish

umm my mom got her Cory's for like 2$, I was just at Walmart looking for a cleaning fish and they were 2-4$... they are adorable!

Answer 5

1. Yes.

2. NO. The inch per gallon rule is not valid. Corydoras require at least 10 gallons of tank space, plus friends.

3. Around $2.50.

Answer 6

specific, they'll consume them. My corys opt to await the wafer to soften up somewhat. they take a tiny chew at a time then swim away to consume it. Mine look to desire the different backside feeder wafers nonetheless. those designed for loaches and catfish. much less algae, greater meat. style is powerful, shop feeding the algae wafers, purely make advantageous they do no longer look to be rotting on the tank backside after some hours. edit: to the guy who pronounced feed hikari sinking wafers particularly of algae wafers: take a seem on the components. playstation : shrimp pellets make a multitude, dissolve down into the gravel and feed micro organism. I feed my cories the two varieties of hikari sinking wafers, the eco-friendly %. witht the algae and the orange %. designed for backside feeders. there is quite little distinction in components. plent of protein in commercial algae wafers.