Bronze cories with loach?

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 14 Jun 2003, 07:46

In a 20Long, would 6 bronze cories get along with a single weather loach?

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 14 Jun 2003, 10:55

Hi!

Dyou wonna put the loach with the corys or other way round? Loaches are shoaling and shouldnt be kept single.

Post by **Silurus** » 14 Jun 2003, 11:47

Weather loaches prefer cooler water than the average tank.

Allan · Post by **Allan** » 14 Jun 2003, 12:58

I must ad that a weather loach will outgrow your aquarium, if the tank is only 20 inches long. But imo that a suitable size for the bronze corys.

But the loach is peacefull, and so is the corys, so they won't fight each other, if thats your question.

At a temp om approx 21 degrees C, both the loach and corys will imo be fine, but the loach can only take higher temperatures for a limited ammount of time. On other pages i find that 18 C is ideal temp for a weather loach in an aquarium.

Here in Denmark the fish is sold primarely as a garden pond fish, and we have quite cold/icy winters.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 14 Jun 2003, 15:32

If you want to keep Corys with a loach that is very similer to the weather then look for the Pepper loach which live's in warmer waters and will be fine in your tank as they dont grow big!

Graeme.

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 14 Jun 2003, 19:19

Hmmm....tank is 24 inches, though I doubt 4 inches makes that much a difference!

Drat. I've heard some other reports of pepper loaches not being exceedingly friendly, and I love the look of the dojo. Reminds me of a larger, friendlier kuhli loach.....

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 15 Jun 2003, 11:59

They should be fine.
Despite the adult size of the Misgurnis species (the usual Dojo is M anguillicaudatus; mainland Europe has another beautiful species that is sadly endangered: M fossilis, the TRUE weatherloach) they're very friendy.
Most loaches are groupers, but Misgurnis often occur single and do fine when kept so.
The Asian Dojo (anguillicaudatus) has an enormous tolerance for waterparameters and can cope with temperatures ranging almost from 0-30'C. They can be kept in gardenponds and tropical fishtanks both (unlike M fossilis, that cannot be kept warm). Actually, they're often released in the wild or used as baitfish (both should NOT be done!) and occur in both the US and the UK in the wild nowadays.

I've kept one for years in a Salamandertank, with Japanese Firebelly Newts, Corydoras paleatus, White Cloud minnows and a small Freshwaterlobster. That tank was about 8-10'C in winter, but in summer the temperature could be well above 25'C. The Dojo can cope with the lesser oxygenlevels, because like Corydoras, it can breathe air by using its' gut.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 15 Jun 2003, 15:58

I would love to see them reports on the pepper loaches.

Graeme.

Allan · Post by **Allan** » 15 Jun 2003, 16:08

The Asian Dojo (anguillicaudatus) has an enormous tolerance for waterparameters and can cope with temperatures ranging almost from 0-30'C

I wont despute that the fish can cope with temperatures up to 30 C, and i do like your setup with changing temperatures around the year. Good and natural for the fish.

But imo the fish won't be happy for a constant, year round temperature in the high scale. I've seen several coldwater fish get hit by fungus after a to long period of high temperature.

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 15 Jun 2003, 21:50

i've kept this tank many years ago, and as for temperatures, I didn't have much choice: it was a non heated tank, and the temperatures in the old parental house fluctuated enormously, throughout the year. All of us, including all the fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects and humans had to cope with it....

Some species couldn't cope with it, I lost many other species of newts for example. Others really thrived; we bred White Cloud Minnows, Corydoras aeneus and C paleatus by the truckload and raised the fry with mashed tubifex (I didn't even know there was something like artemia...).
The Dojo was one of the alltime survivors, no matter what we threw at him, he survived. Even when the pump got bust, and we didn't have the cas to get a new one (I was 14 or so at the time, and had to do a month with 5 bucks) he got through. At one time we had a leak in the tank (broken glasspane), and he had to live in a bucket unti the "glue" hardened...for 5 days. NO problem for him, we just had to cover the bucket really good.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 18 Jun 2003, 01:39

Well i would think this is a no! Weathers live in cooler waters and Corys Dont! Warmer water will just kill their lifespan.

Graeme.