How many Corydoras habrosus to keep?

**EvolutionZ** · 2nd Feb 2008, 22:40

hi guys.. need some fauna for my vivarium..
the water area is rougly 30cm x 15cm x 10cm. 2cm is being taken up by lapis sand..
im only looking at corydoras hasbrosus..
filteration is a resun cyclone cy-20 mini canister filter(200l/hr) filled with ceramic rings..
how many is the max number recommanded? thanks

**benny** · 3rd Feb 2008, 00:51

Under these circumstances, I would only recommended 4 to 6 pieces.

Cheers,

**EvolutionZ** · 3rd Feb 2008, 12:15

hmmm.. i believe cory only does well in a group of 6? if so then i'll get 6 then.. thanks!

**benny** · 3rd Feb 2008, 14:16

Yes. The more the merrier. However, there is not enough space in your vivarium setup.

Cheers,

**EvolutionZ** · 3rd Feb 2008, 18:29

yea.. sadly only small little space.. i'll get 6 then.. no other tankmates. thanks

anyway.. was wondering how many C.hasbrosus can i keep if my tank is a 2ft x 1 ft x 1.3ft tank? with a pair of apisto

**Freshman** · 3rd Feb 2008, 18:45

You have some Corydoras hasbrosus in your previous setup right?

2ft x 1ft x 1.3ft tank...if without the apisto, I will keep 15-20 C.hasbrosus.

Just saw your vivarium photos. Looks nice.

But the condition doesn't look very favorable..
Did you test the water parameters?

**EvolutionZ** · 3rd Feb 2008, 18:50

previous set up was the plastic guppy tank.. now change to 1ft cube vivarium.. and sold off the hasbrosus le.. now im keen on buying this cute little fellow again..

**Freshman** · 3rd Feb 2008, 19:06

For your info, Y618 is selling C.hasbrosus.

**EvolutionZ** · 3rd Feb 2008, 19:48

i will be buying from c328.. y618 more expensive =)

**benny** · 3rd Feb 2008, 22:46

Originally Posted by EvolutionZ

yea.. sadly only small little space.. i'll get 6 then.. no other tankmates. thanks

anyway.. was wondering how many C.hasbrosus can i keep if my tank is a 2ft x 1 ft x 1.3ft tank? with a pair of apisto

Depending on which Apistogramma species. If it's a matured Apistogramma cacatuoides, then I'm afraid it will attack your dwarf Corydoras. Just the right size for it's large mouth. This is from a personal experience.

Cheers,

**EvolutionZ** · 3rd Feb 2008, 22:57

Originally Posted by benny

Depending on which Apistogramma species. If it's a matured Apistogramma cacatuoides, then I'm afraid it will attack your dwarf Corydoras. Just the right size for it's large mouth. This is from a personal experience.

Cheers,

didn't know that... i might keep apisto in future after my crs hobby ends(which i believe will last quite long) still thinking of C.hasbrosus of a school of 12 as dither fishes.. i will be keeping either A.trifasicata or A.agasizzi if i had the chance to keep

**EvolutionZ** · 6th Feb 2008, 12:30

@freshman: well i added 6 cory.hasbrosus yesterday.. they started muching on the frozen bloodworm few hours upon releaseing..

@benny: i will be keeping a pair of apisto agasizzi "super red" in the 2ft tank.. with 12 C.hasbrosus.. you think the agasizzi will attack the cory?

**benny** · 6th Feb 2008, 12:51

I'm can't be sure. Most of my smaller Apistogramma agassizii don't really attack the Corydoras habrosus in my tank. But that could be due to the fact that the Apistogramma agassizii is still relatively small at about 4 to 6 cm. I had a 10 cm specimen that bites anything that comes near. Even larger corydoras species!!

Cheers,

**Freshman** · 6th Feb 2008, 14:41

Welcome back to Corydoras

Possible to share some photos of those C.hasbrosus in your vivarium?
Are you using any gravels? A thin layer of fine riversand will look great.

* Are you planning to breed those apisto?
If yes, then I suggest you to focus solely on them. Corydoras are not ideal tankmates for cichlid breeding tank.

**EvolutionZ** · 7th Feb 2008, 00:55

Originally Posted by Freshman

Welcome back to Corydoras

Possible to share some photos of those C.hasbrosus in your vivarium?
Are you using any gravels? A thin layer of fine riversand will look great.

* Are you planning to breed those apisto?
If yes, then I suggest you to focus solely on them. Corydoras are not ideal tankmates for cichlid breeding tank.

will take some photo tomorrow... there is a layer of lapis sand lookalike gravel..

and yes im planning to breed the apisto.. i guess i catch all the cory into the isolation boxes if the apisto happens to breed.

**EvolutionZ** · 7th Feb 2008, 01:09

Originally Posted by benny

I'm can't be sure. Most of my smaller Apistogramma agassizii don't really attack the Corydoras habrosus in my tank. But that could be due to the fact that the Apistogramma agassizii is still relatively small at about 4 to 6 cm. I had a 10 cm specimen that bites anything that comes near. Even larger corydoras species!!

Cheers,

wow.. 10cm thats really big