Are Pygmy Cories Ok With Kribs?

[Ben M]

hi, i am gong to my lfs tomorrow, and would like to invest in some pygmy cories. only, im not sure that they're ok with my p. pulchers?

thanks

 

[Honeythorn]

I really wouldn't risk any cories at all. Kribs can get pretty territorial even when not breeding and the pygmies may well get battered and chased , possibly even killed if you have a particularly militant pair of Kribs.

 

[Harlequins]

I might be wrong but i thought keeping any fish under 2 inches and the Kribs may take a liking for a tasty snack....

 

[OldMan47]

Kribs are quite gentle fish much of the time but they are bottom breeders and territorial as can be. When it comes to respecting breeding territory, cories just never seem to learn. It will be a poor match if the kribs decide to start breeding.

 

[kribensis12]

Any kind of cory is a bad decision when keeping kribs. Krib's will chase down and kill ( either instantly or over a long, stressful period of time) the cory. Kribs do not appreciate sharing their territory, especially when their sharing it with a fish that won't be able to hold it's own. Most dwarf cichlids have a hard time handling kribs. The last cory I had with kribs , was dead in 2 weeks.

 

[kelly528]

They are really tiny in person. Bite-sized, man. Heck, I don't trust my betta with them!!!

 

[OldMan47]

A Betta splendens is no problem at all with my Corydoras habrosus, one of the pygmy species. I have both the habrosus and a nice blue veiltail betta in my 45 gallon endler tank. I even decided to drop 3 albino BNP juveniles in the tank a couple of months ago, after a club auction. Everyone is doing great but my algae problem is no better than before I got the bristle noses.

 

[Sadie_BGK]

In my opinion it really depends on your kribs nature. I had a few kribs with my other gentle fish and my cories and they were fine but they were gentle kribs. I have a couple very territorial young ones that fight with almost anything. Then there is the ones that only pick on small fish. So I would risk it only if there was somewhere else I could put them if it didn't work out.

 

[mr130gallon]

my friend had a semi agressive pair of kribs with cories and coolies and they terrorized some into dying, but they were only in a 20 gallon, as soon as he moved them into his 55 gallon which was marine but he switched back to FW, the cories and coolies had enough room to escape the kribs, so i think the more bottom surface area you have the better your chances of having alive cories are.