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Old October 12th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Dwarf Corydoras - preference? school with Oto?

Hello,

I've been wanting corydoras for ages, but my tank is too small for a nice school. But then I found that there are dwarf corydoras! Hazaa!

I don't know which of the three types (hastatus, habrosus, pygmaeus) we'll get....

I have only two questions:

1. If I add my oto back to the 12g, will she school with the cories? Would it be better to add a few otos, too?

2. Are there any important differences between the three types I listed?

Thanks!
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Old October 12th, 2009  
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I love my dwarf cories, they're super cute.
I don't think they'll school with otos. Cories are bottom dwellers and otos usually hang on the sides, plants etc.
One of the dwarf cory species looks very similar to otos.
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Old October 12th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
If you have room I'd get a few more otos. I have peppered cories and otos and they don't school together at all.
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Old October 12th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Okay, thanks Lucy and Sue. Well, since they won't school together, I will get my little oto some friends like her. She seems fine now, but I'm sure she'd like at least a couple friends.

Hmmmm. I think I can do 6 dwarf cories and 3 otos in the 12g.

I'd like them to have a happy school so they're comfortable, but I don't want to stuff them in there either. Do those numbers seem okay?

Btw, I switched it to sand substrate last night because I read that cories like that. I have a big bag of the gravel media in a pantyhose sitting ostentatiously up front. Hopefully, I don't lose my cycle.
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Old October 12th, 2009  
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That sounds ok to me. I don't think the otos have much of a bio load anyway. They're so teeny.
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