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aj_1992 · April 8th, 2007

just wondering if i can have 2 panda corys w/ 4 male guppies in a 10g. i know, i've been very annoying in my past posts.

andiuk · April 8th, 2007

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Originally Posted by aj_1992

just wondering if i can have 2 panda corys w/ 4 male guppies in a 10g. i know, i've been very annoying in my past posts.

everything i've read and been told about corys seems to suggest that they're good in community tanks, but can eat smaller fish - i think the main problem might be having only 2 of them... everything ive read/been told suggests that they prefer a group of at least 3 of 4 of them!

Butterfly · April 8th, 2007

everything i've read and been told about corys seems to suggest that they're good in community tanks, but can eat smaller fish - i think the main problem might be having only 2 of them... everything ive read/been told suggests that they prefer a group of at least 3 of 4 of them!
I've never heard of or seen them eat smaller fish. but you are right in saying they need 3 or more in a group.
I think you would be fine with 3 corys and four male guppys.
aj_1992 have you been annoying in your previous posts? i hadn't noticed so relax

Love the guppy in your avatar.
Carol

COBettaCouple · April 8th, 2007

Corys are excellent, peaceful fish for your tank and will get along with the guppies no problem. Our corys get along fine with the platys and it's a fun combination to watch. You'll enjoy corys & male guppies. Be sure to have a few hiding spots like caves or hollow logs, our corys seem to love them and the bubble stone. They're such fun, hyper little guys.

The panda corys will be a great visual look alongside the male guppies.. Butterfly's suggestion of 3 corys and 4 male guppies sounds great.. Please post pics when you can and enjoy all the fun these fish will give you.

poefox · April 14th, 2007

I agree with what was said about the proportions by Butterfly and FLBettaCouple. Guppies will pretty much keep to themselves and not be that concerned with what's going on at the bottom of the tank, while the corys will be busy doing their 'job' of scavenging for stray food.

Butterfly · April 14th, 2007

The only time the guppies will notice the Corys is at feeding time. Mine are such gluttons they share everybodies food but they (guppies) aren't big enough to keep the Corys from eating

It should be a very pretty tank.
Carol

COBettaCouple · April 14th, 2007

Have you gotten your tank up & cycled? If so, have you gotten your fish?

aj_1992 · April 15th, 2007

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Originally Posted by FLBettaCouple

Have you gotten your tank up & cycled? If so, have you gotten your fish?

It's up, but after a failed attempt to persuade my folks to put ammonia in the tank to get the cycle going, we're getting zebra danios tomorrow

. any1 know a way to persuade stubborn folks about putting ammonia in your fishtank?

COBettaCouple · April 15th, 2007

Let them know the Danios could die if you don't get BioSpira & show them the price of it

Hey, if that works, BioSpira will have you up & running right away and if not, maybe they'll let the tank cycle rather than throw away money on fish that could get sick or die. If all else fails, maybe the LFS or a friend will have some old gravel you could use to 'seed' your tank. Post a Q on how to seed a tank & the experts here will give you the whole procedure.

aj_1992 · April 15th, 2007

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Originally Posted by FLBettaCouple

Let them know the Danios could die if you don't get BioSpira & show them the price of it

Hey, if that works, BioSpira will have you up & running right away and if not, maybe they'll let the tank cycle rather than throw away money on fish that could get sick or die. If all else fails, maybe the LFS or a friend will have some old gravel you could use to 'seed' your tank. Post a Q on how to seed a tank & the experts here will give you the whole procedure.

that's the problem, i can't find biospira anywhere. and the only friend that i know of that has a cycled tank is in another province...luckily, my folks postponed the trip to the lfs to a later date. so i still have some time to explain the nitro cycle to them

wolfman21 · April 15th, 2007

Cories are an excellent fish to have with guppies. Keep them in a decent sized school (3 or more as mentioned above), 5 or more if possible.

COBettaCouple · April 16th, 2007

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Originally Posted by aj_1992

that's the problem, i can't find biospira anywhere. and the only friend that i know of that has a cycled tank is in another province...luckily, my folks postponed the trip to the lfs to a later date. so i still have some time to explain the nitro cycle to them

maybe you'll also have time to get your tank cycled trying one of the other methods described in the fishlore article on the nitrogen cycle to speed it up a little?

Luniyn · April 16th, 2007

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Originally Posted by FLBettaCouple

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Originally Posted by aj_1992

that's the problem, i can't find biospira anywhere. and the only friend that i know of that has a cycled tank is in another province...luckily, my folks postponed the trip to the lfs to a later date. so i still have some time to explain the nitro cycle to them

maybe you'll also have time to get your tank cycled trying one of the other methods described in the fishlore article on the nitrogen cycle to speed it up a little?

If they are worried about using pure ammonia to get the cycle going, just use fish food. A little dash of flakes will get it going no problem. Just drop in a few flakes in the morning when you get up and at night before bed (i.e. about every 12 hours). and it should work fine.

wolfman21 · April 16th, 2007

The fish flakes one works well. You will see results in no time.

COBettaCouple · April 16th, 2007

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Originally Posted by wolfman21

The fish flakes one works well. You will see results in no time.

yea, cheaper than a bottle of pure ammonia and i'd honestly just feel better about that method.

wolfman21 · April 19th, 2007

Definitely cheaper, works well, and I agree, I would feel a lot safer about it.

aj_1992 · April 19th, 2007

hmmm... i think i'll go with the fish food cycling. and does any1 know how much master test kits are? will need one soon

Luniyn · April 19th, 2007

$20 plus shipping from here. Usually about $31 in pet stores. That's US dollars though as I don't know the conversion rate to Canadian. The nice thing though about that Drs. Foster and Smith site is that they don't charge per item for shipping. So if you need several items, order them all at the same time and the shipping will be the same for all of the things you order. That way it can work out to a larger savings then buying in the store with tax and all.

COBettaCouple · April 20th, 2007

Yea, the DFS site has a LOT of things you'd want and quite often their prices are well below the pet stores.

Shastam · April 30th, 2007

Sorry this is a bit late, I just read this, but I thought I'd offer one more suggestion that's worked very well for me in the past. You can place a small piece of raw fish in your tank, and it will act like a decomposing fish causing the ammonia to spike. When there are no fish in the tank, you can just let the levels shoot up and then come back on their own, which they will, and you don't have to worry about losing any fish that way either. I've done that with two of my tanks after it was suggested to me, and it works great! Hope you're getting your tank up and running, it sounds like it will be very nice to watch!

Luniyn · April 30th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Shastam

You can place a small piece of raw fish in your tank, and it will act like a decomposing fish causing the ammonia to spike.

You can certainly do that, but I would be a bit leery of putting basically a dead fish into my tank to get it to cycle. You might inadvertently leave some harmful things in your tank like bacterias doing that to make it worth the risk. That's just my opinion though, but yes it would work.

COBettaCouple · April 30th, 2007

i have heard of the decaying fish/shrimp method and if that's the way someone wants to do it, that's cool but i prefer the fish food method because of the chance of bacteria, etc from decaying 'live' organic material.

mlinden84 · June 20th, 2007

I have a pair of panda corys in my tank of guppies (4 female 1 male) plus numerous babies and they do fine. I've never had a problem with them bothering the adult or even babies guppies. Mine are very comical, they love to race each other up and down the bubbles of the airstone! I don't think you'd have any problem with them!

COBettaCouple · June 20th, 2007

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Originally Posted by mlinden84

I have a pair of panda corys in my tank of guppies (4 female 1 male) plus numerous babies and they do fine. I've never had a problem with them bothering the adult or even babies guppies. Mine are very comical, they love to race each other up and down the bubbles of the airstone! I don't think you'd have any problem with them!

cory cats are wonderful fish and i love how the pandas look.

have you posted pics of your corys already?

mlinden84 · June 23rd, 2007

Nope not yet. I just found this site in the last week. (amazing...i've gotten so much great info already!!) I slowly keep getting more and more fish tanks....I've got 2 20 gallons, a 2 gallon for a betta (which i feel bad that hes in such a small tank, so i'm headed this afternoon to get him a 10 gallon setup). I just traded my 29 gallon for a 55 gallon a few days ago...I'm very excited about that! But yes the panda corys are so adorable! Mine are about 2 inches (maybe a little bigger). I was at the fish store yesterday and they had tiny baby ones, maybe a half inch long. I think I might have to go back and get some = ). Maybe once my 10 gallon betta tank cycles. Bettas do ok with corys right?

COBettaCouple · June 23rd, 2007

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Originally Posted by mlinden84

Nope not yet. I just found this site in the last week. (amazing...i've gotten so much great info already!!) I slowly keep getting more and more fish tanks....I've got 2 20 gallons, a 2 gallon for a betta (which i feel bad that hes in such a small tank, so i'm headed this afternoon to get him a 10 gallon setup). I just traded my 29 gallon for a 55 gallon a few days ago...I'm very excited about that! But yes the panda corys are so adorable! Mine are about 2 inches (maybe a little bigger). I was at the fish store yesterday and they had tiny baby ones, maybe a half inch long. I think I might have to go back and get some = ). Maybe once my 10 gallon betta tank cycles. Bettas do ok with corys right?

lol.. doesn't take long to get MTS bad, huh?

you'll love the additional personality from your betta with more room to swim for him. corys and bettas almost always do well together, our only issue was keeping the bettas from eating the cory food.. but veggie slices may be better than algae wafers there.

0morrokh · June 26th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Luniyn

If they are worried about using pure ammonia to get the cycle going, just use fish food. A little dash of flakes will get it going no problem. Just drop in a few flakes in the morning when you get up and at night before bed (i.e. about every 12 hours). and it should work fine.

I have actually used the flake method myself, but then I heard of a problem with it. Most fish flakes contain trace amounts of phosphorus and other chemicals. When you are constantly adding more flakes, these chemicals build up in the tank. Later on they could contribute to problems like algae blooms. So it's definately better to use pure ammonia to cycle the tank, since then you're adding nothing else to the tank.

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