Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => General Fishkeeping advice => Topic started by: Diz1 on August 04, 2015, 12:37:03 AM
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Hi everyone,
I've been on holiday for a few weeks but I'm back now.
All my fish have survived and I'm now looking to add some new fish to my 180 litre juwel rio aquarium.
I've been on the CC to try to calculate stocking levels, but not all of the fish I have are listed.
So, in particular, I would like to have some advice on cories – specifically how many panda cories equals 1 Sterbai cory.
In other words, for the purpose of calculating what the maximum stocking level for my tank is, how many panda cory should I substitute for 6 Sterbai cory. If I can get some kind of equivalent measure, then I can calculate how fully stocked my tank is.
Does this make sense? I do hope so! Any advice would be gratefully received.
Diz1
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On Seriously Fish the Sterbai Cory is 6.5cm on average.
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/corydoras-sterbai/
On the CC the Panda Cory has typical size 3cm
http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/fish/panda-cory.html
So two Panda Cory's = most of a Sterbai Cory.
Hope that helps.
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That's great, thank you.
I will calculate that I have 12 panda cories then.
Another quick question, if you don't mind.
I quite fancy getting a couple of keyhole cichlids. Would they be OK with 7 cherry barb, a BN plec, a platy (just one now, I managed to rehome the others to local fish keepers because they were so agressive), 5 red chinned panchax and 2 honey gouramis (which I also want to get).
The CC doesn't seem to throw up any objections, but I wondered if anyone has kept keyholes in a community tank.
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I will calculate that I have 12 panda cories then.
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If you want 6 Sterbai Cories that's 6 x 6.5 = 39cm
So you would need to add 13 Panda Cory's = 13 x 3 = 39cm
:cheers:
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From what I read (never having had them myself) keyholes are one of the less aggressive cichlids, though they will become more aggressive if they breed (like all cichlids!) Seriously Fish does say that "suitable tankmates are too numerous to list" which sounds like they get on with most other fish. I would give them a try, you don't list any other fish that jump out as being a problem
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Thanks Sue,
The lack of aggression (relatively speaking) is what made me think of keyholes.
I've wanted to try keeping cichlids for a while, so I think I will try them.
I've heard that you're supposed to have them in groups of 5 or so because it's hard to sex them, but I wouldn't have the room for 5. Is it possible to sex them do you think?
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Seriously Fish reckons juveniles are impossible to sex, while adult males have longer dorsal and anal fins. That sounds as bad as bolivian rams :-\
If you want a non-aggressive cichlid, most of the south American dwarf species are only aggressive when they are breeding, though most are smaller than keyholes. I've had, over the years, Apistogramma cacatuoides,, A. borelli, A. trifasciatus and Nannacara anomala. They've all been fine with their tank mates and the ones that have bred haven't actually harmed their tank mates. Extreme_One has A. agassizi in his tank and he's not reported any problems.
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Would the American dwarfs be OK with the cories when breeding though? My cories bumble into everything and I think they wouldn't get the 'don't come near my nest' message from the dwarfs
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I have Pigmy Corys, and when my female Aggasiz's was guarding the nest the Pigmy Corys got the message.
She was even able to get the Tiger Barbs to stay away. C:-)
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That's good to hear. Might try the American dwarfs then :)