Doubleace's Corydoras Tank

[doubleace]

Hi Guys

Here's the update of my tank and currently only got 2 types of corydoras. Comments and advise are all welcome!




young duplicareus



young habrosus

[EvolutionZ]

great looking bro.. if you can add more driftwood, the tank would look more natural!

[whiskerbreed]

Cool...!
Hmm.. a school of tetras would be nice.
Are you planning to put in any plants in there?
If not, maybe you'll like some floating plants for shades?



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[Shi Xuan]

Hi whiskerbreed,

I like those cories in your tank but the water looks cloudy at least to me. I used to keep corydoras duplicareus but they'd never breed in my tanks before. Right now, I'm keeping half a dozen of habrosus in my tank and hopefully they will breed one day. What's the purpose of this tank? Are you using it as a breeding or display tank? Your tank seems quite large but looks too empty, so I believe planting the tank generously would make the cories feel more comfortable.

greetings,
Shi Xuan

[doubleace]

Thanks guys.. Actually i'm not planning to plant any plants in this tank as i'm going to make a cory biotope tank so I will make it as close as cory in their nature habitat. So i had to add in some more driftwood?

[900801]

Nice tank set up,where did you get the duplicareus from,C328?

[EvolutionZ]

yea.. add more drift wood. can provide hiding space too.

1. add more cories! you need more!
2. get smaller indian almond leaves(aka ketapang leaves) because i feel big leaves make your tank looks small
3. if possible.. change to brown sand.. but now white sand gives it a fresh look too..

my 2 cents.

[doubleace]

Nice tank set up,where did you get the duplicareus from,C328?

900801,
yup i got them from C328.

yea.. add more drift wood. can provide hiding space too.

1. add more cories! you need more!
2. get smaller indian almond leaves(aka ketapang leaves) because i feel big leaves make your tank looks small
3. if possible.. change to brown sand.. but now white sand gives it a fresh look too..

my 2 cents.

EvolutionZ,
alright.. noted.. i will go and look for more driftwood.

[doubleace]

Guys,

currently i'm using a eheim 2042 HOF for my tank and is there any canister filter that can put same level as the tank? If i'm putting more cories into the tank i think the bioload for the HOF is not enough.

[luenny]

Nice tank. Looks natural too with the ketapang leaves in. How many cories do you have there? I think it will look nicer once the dupli grows up. Now it's a bit empty. If you add in plants or dw now, you will probably not get to see the cories most of the time.

[doubleace]

luenny,
currently i have 6 duplicareus, 6 habrosus and 10 otocinclus (for cleaning) in the tank. I will add some other types of cories once i got them. But is the bioload enough for the HOF to handle if i add in more cories in future?

[illumnae]

Amazing! Seems like cory biotope tanks are all the rage now Good for me to get inspiration for the one i'll be setting up next year...going to place an order for a 3 foot tank with sump for ease of maintenance and more media space

[luenny]

I think your bioload's a bit high for HOF (depending on the size of your HOF). Anyway, do you really need that many oto for cleaning?

[SCOPE]

Nice biotope for cories to play around....shall add more cories.
I just happened to see that there are 2 uncommon cories just arrived at C328 today - Corydoras concolor & Corydoras Bicolor...

[EvolutionZ]

his ehiem HOF is 760l/hr.. should be quite big? it also depends what you fill inside.. best to stuff biohome in.

[doubleace]

haha... i also think 10 otos are too much for them to do the cleaning. Ya my HOF is 760l/h. So is it alright or too small?

Scope,
Thanks for the information will go down and take a look.

[EvolutionZ]

maybe adding another of the same HOF will be better? cories love fast water..

[doubleace]

maybe adding another of the same HOF will be better? cories love fast water..

Put one on each side? I think it will like tornado...

[EvolutionZ]

hehe.. ok la.. i'll be using a total of 1300l/hr.. with 2 filter..but mostly reduced to 800l/hr because of filter media.

[nasty12]

Nice biotope for cories to play around....shall add more cories.
I just happened to see that there are 2 uncommon cories just arrived at C328 today - Corydoras concolor & Corydoras Bicolor...

bro any idea how much they costs? i also kana the Venom from corys!!!