What Is The Warmest I Can Keep Peppered Corys?

What is the warmest temps that will still keep them comfortable. I'm trying to decide what other fish to put in with them. BTW its a 20 long with pool sand, unplanted. I am trying to decide if guppys will do okay with them, if not I am rehoming the guppies and getting danios or some other cooler temp fish.

 

They'll do best at around 20-24°c or 60-70°f, I think they can go lower as for warmer they can go higher but they don't tolerate high temps & they'd just be surving not thriving.
I'm sure more experienced people will comment

 

I wouldn't keep them above 72f for long periods of time. They'd do best around 67-69f

They'll do best at around 20-24°c or 60-70°f, I think they can go lower as for warmer they can go higher but they don't tolerate high temps & they'd just be surving not thriving.
I'm sure more experienced people will comment

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20c=68f
24c=75f
15.5c=60f
21c=70f

 

I wouldn't keep them above 72f for long periods of time. They'd do best around 67-69f

???
20c=68f
24c=75f
15.5c=60f
21c=70f

Sorry, I work in degrees celsius...thoughg I was around correct in Fahrenheit. Should have asked google first!! Lol

 

72-73 is really as high as I would go.

 

Cory-guru Ian Fuller once told me (uhhh corrected me) they can be kept on higher temps nowadays.

 

Cory-guru Ian Fuller once told me (uhhh corrected me) they can be kept on higher temps nowadays.

Is it due to captive breeding in higher temps?

 

Yes, these fish are bred for so long (Paleatus is in a book I've got from 1923) and are so very seperated from te wild ones that they aren't as fuzzy about temps.
Same is stated about Pandas at Planet Catfish for instance.

I still think high temps over a long period of time will influence fish. But that's my opinion.

Is it due to captive breeding in higher temps?

 

Yes, these fish are bred for so long (Paleatus is in a book I've got from 1923) and are so very seperated from te wild ones that they aren't as fuzzy about temps.
Same is stated about Pandas at Planet Catfish for instance.

I still think high temps over a long period of time will influence fish. But that's my opinion.

That's quite interesting, it would make sense seeing how other species such as neon tetras have adapted to different water parameters via captive breeding.

What is the warmest temps that will still keep them comfortable. I'm trying to decide what other fish to put in with them. BTW its a 20 long with pool sand, unplanted. I am trying to decide if guppys will do okay with them, if not I am rehoming the guppies and getting danios or some other cooler temp fish.

Now that I think about it, guppies can tolerate fairly low temps (even being able to be kept without a heater in some places) so even if you keep a tank in the low 70's you can keep guppies.

 

I was going to say 75 is the highest you can go before you start to see the affect it will take on the peppers.