buying new fish

[pumaf1]

I know to look for active fish and ones that arent labouring around the tank.

what do I look for in the likes of corys?

what i want:

blue neon tetras
corys

they are to go into a 8-9 gal tank.

what quantities should i get i was thinking

10 neon
3 corys

or is that too many for the tank?

also what food should i get for the corys?

cheers in advance

 

[WILDER]

that tank isn't ideal for either, neons are a shoaling fish and need plenty of room to shoal, they are not active after time, they only shoal when under stress, and when you have had them for a certain time they relax, and stop shoaling, and also both fish need a mature tank.

 

[Macracantha]

I would say at the very most......

6 neons
1 cory

 

[rayjay999]

Cories are schooling fish to so they need to be in groups of at least 4 too.

 

[OrkyBetta]

There would be no harm in 4 of each, I don't think.

 

[rdd1952]

There would be no harm in 4 of each, I don't think.

With 4 of each, you would have to keep up with very frequent water changes as that is about 2" of fish per gallon so you would be quite a bit overstocked .