Corys in deep tanks

taybelZ · Post by **taybelZ** » 19 Apr 2006, 15:07

hiya, I'm kinda newish to the world of cories.

I currently am housing 10 sterbais in a 4x2x2, i was told my a guy that cories aren't too fond of deep tanks (anything over 18inch). As they are found in the shallow waters in the wild...

Is this true?

Thanks
David

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 19 Apr 2006, 15:09

This is probably a common myth. Young fry don't live well in deep water (over 4-6"), but adults should be fine. I have my C. sterbai in a tank where there's more than 20" of water, so I think you should be fine.

taybelZ · Post by **taybelZ** » 19 Apr 2006, 15:15

hi mat, thanks for the quick reply.

What would you consider young fry? Mine are proably 3 months old, and i would guess 3.5cms (head to tail)

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 19 Apr 2006, 15:20

By fry, I mean really tiny fish - less than 2cm for sure.

Mine were probably around 4cm when I put them in the big tank - but 3.5 should be fine.

And I think 3months old cory's are smaller than 3.5cm, by the way... But I've never bred them, so I don't know for sure... Mine are over 6 months since I got them, and they have grown from around 4 to around 5 cm in that time - and there's certainly more growing before they are fully grown, but the females I've got are certainly showing that they are a bit gravid...

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Mats

eupterus · Post by **eupterus** » 19 Apr 2006, 22:32

I keep some of my cories in a 400l tank which is 5x2x2 and have had no problems, there are even some pygmaeus, habrosus and hastatus and they have no problems getting to the surface for a gulp if they choose.

Ther is a photo here if you want to look

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hp?t=15424