how many corys are suitable for a 60litre tank?

[hague1982]

i've just bought my son a superfish aqua 60 aquarium the tank sizes are as follows 470x330x330(to maximum water level). I know how you all take fish keeping seriously and wanted to make sure i would be doing the right thing by researching the fish my son wanted and making sure there compatable for his tank.

So here we go how many corydoras would i be able to house in a aquarium this size and what substrate would they prefer, yes i know there are going to be the sponge bob ornaments such as the pineapple house easter island house and a few figures but other than that they'll be afew plants and a few rocks etc (I personally don't agree with ornanments like this in a aquarium but hey he's a kid).

[DJ-don]

In my 60 litre tank, i've kept up to 6 bronze cory's and they seemed to do fine.

but it all depends on what fish and size. if you were to say to get pygmy cory's i would say around 8 is good.

but the magic number i say is 6

a good starter cory is the bronze cory or the peppermint cory or even sterbais
these are the too most commonly found in the trade

[hague1982]

i was thinking panda corys really like the colouration of them plus there 9-11quid can't remember how much for 3 at my local LFS i'll get 6 then if thats the case! put in a sand substrat and some rainbow rocks and false plants would they benefit from any wood etc

[hague1982]

been reading up on panda corys and decided they wouldn't go with the other fish as they require a lowe temp so i thought why not go for the corydoras leucomelas as they prefer a high temp also might go for rummynose tetras with them as well what you think?

[DJ-don]

it's all up to personal choice from here
most corydoras are very sturdy fish. how high is the temp? i dont think it would be much of a problem if the temp was anything higher than 27'C

most fish will do well at 25'C

[hague1982]

just bought some prisicilla tetras so the temp is about 27 at the minute so yeah suppose it wouldn't be a problem