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Hi there,
From what I know, cories are substrate foragers so they tend to uproot a lot of foreground plants. Hairgrass are especially susceptible if they had not had a chance to settle in the substrate.
Hi to all,
I find my 2 white cories and afew sterba cories are slowly but surely digging up my hairglass when they look for food at the bottom level.
So does it mean these two are not suitable in the same tank?
Hi there,
From what I know, cories are substrate foragers so they tend to uproot a lot of foreground plants. Hairgrass are especially susceptible if they had not had a chance to settle in the substrate.
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Cories or any bottom feeders should be introduced after the plants have established themselves in the tank. Any newly planted foreground will be quickly remove when they search for food
The only foreground plants that survived my 16 corys are Echinodorus tenelleus and sagittaria subulata.
The results would be Cories 10, newly planted hairgrass 0.
There were some established hairgrass that survived the ordeal intially, but these few days i see more being uprooted. What i can do is to drop the cory food in areas without hairgrass to minimise the uprooting.
I was still thinking of increasing my cory population but i guess got to shelf the plan for now.
I've had that problem with my tank as well... What I did was, as you suggested, drop the food in a different place. I also had large two large swordtails which I noticed were digging them up faster than the cories during feeding. Once I removed the swordtails, and set root fertilizers in with the hairgrass, it didn't take very long before they took hold. Every once in a while I'll have one or two small individuals that will come unrooted, but the damage is quite minimal.
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hairgrass usually get dug up by cories because they haven't been establish. Normally if you want to keep them, you have to wait a 1-2 months till HG is fully grown.
HG has been known as very slow starters and will spread only after the above period.
How about cories and other plants?
depends on what cory lor... i had cory.Hasbrosus( around 1 -2cm big) ones and thats the max size they will grow to. they are small and super cute.. i kept them in a planted tank with lapis sand before.. they dosn't seems to be digging but they sure are looking for food in the foreground.
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When keeping Corydoras spp. with plants, these are the things to look out for (mileage will vary):
1. You should not have problems with dwarf size Corydoras, like C. habrosus, C. pygmeaus, C. hastatus etc.
2. Plants should be well established before introducing any Corydoras (i.e. well rooted and growing well).
3. Exception to point 2 are fine leave plants e.g. riccia, Hemianthus callitrichoides, Elatine triandra and others. They are more likely to dislodge at the slightest touch or movement than other plants.
4. Long nosed Corydoras dig a fair amount more than others.
Thanks, will look for some dwarf cories then.
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