tempratures

PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn · Post by **PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn** » 22 Feb 2007, 01:26

I used the cat-e0log feature to compare temprature ranges, and all i get is C. leucomelas

i looked at the temp of my comunity tank (with a trio of C paleatus)and its around 28c (and has been for the past 2 years(maybey 3 not sure exactly when i got them) that i've kept this trio (there were 4, but 1 died to bacterial poisening that struck my tank)now i've been reading a lot more on Planet catfish and realise that corys like lower tempratures (none of this was ever mentioned in my fish books)

now i'm looking at sorting out my tanks a bit. the tank their in now is a 12" cube and is a bit overstocked (4 pencilfish(beckfordi) 1wcmm 1 female ram 3 corys) so their going to be moved to the juwel trigon that i have, but the temp in there is again going to be around 28c or so.

so heres my dilema,these peppered corys seem to be doing fine in the higher temps, but obviously intorducing more (i want a school of 9-10 corys in the juwel) wouldnt really work in there. but otherwise i havent really got a home for them.

i'm going to be stripping out the 12" cube and setting it up as a planted tank with cherry shrimp, and if i did that i could keep 5 or so in at aroung 20c

if i did this, what sp of corys are available for the juwel, sterbai are my favourates @ the mo (also not a big fan of C leucomelas. their nice, but not something i'd want in my tank)

PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn · Post by **PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn** » 25 Feb 2007, 23:37

bump.

is a 12"cube big enough for 5 c paleatus?? any1 have experience with keeping shrimp with cories??

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 26 Feb 2007, 14:20

As to your first post: if you enter min 28, max 28, you get a few different fish. If you enter more than 28, then you only get C. leucomelas, since that's the only one listed as "more than 28" on the Max temp in the Cat-eLog.

Search result 28-28'C

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Mats

PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn · Post by **PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn** » 28 Feb 2007, 00:26

well tha sorts my cories for the trigon out, but these peppered cories i think i will keep in the cube, it seems their ok with shrimp (from what i've read on APC) (and shrimplets) so going to set the temp at 20c or so (btw how slowly should i bring the temp down??) and should i get more (remember theres only 25l)

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 28 Feb 2007, 11:41

A 25L/5.5g(imp) tank should be fine for a small group of C. paleatus. They probably would prefer the same volume of water in a more oblong shape, rather than a cube tho'.

I'd recommend some slightly smaller corys, such as one of the dwarf species - I have a cube-tank (well, ok, it's technically my wifes) with some C. habrosus, and they do nicely in there.

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Mats

PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn · Post by **PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn** » 28 Feb 2007, 16:47

in that tank i'd prefer the dwarfs aswell. but i allready have the peppered cories, and i wouldnt want to get rid of them.

i think i may get 2 more for company, and maybey with the cooler temps i'll finally get them to spawn