Black Venezuelas

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Trying to find some Corys for my tank, want to get these, but I am just wondering what they are like? Active? Aggressive? Shy? I have never kept Corys so, I have zero knowledge about them, all I know is they like to sift through sand and they school fairly well, bumbling round the bottom of the tank.
 
Cories are all much of a muchness, they are all very playful, active little things that keep themselves to themselves, no aggression whatsoever - as you say, they are shoaling fish, so they need to be in a group of 6, at least, but the more the merrier. Good tankmates for pretty much anything that isn't itself too aggressive.
 
There is another thread current at the moment, where it appears a BGK has had the eyeballs from a couple of cories, so that kind of fish wouldn't go well with them, but anything "community" is fine.
 
Are these for your 180l?
 
the_lock_man said:
Cories are all much of a muchness, they are all very playful, active little things that keep themselves to themselves, no aggression whatsoever - as you say, they are shoaling fish, so they need to be in a group of 6, at least, but the more the merrier. Good tankmates for pretty much anything that isn't itself too aggressive.
 
There is another thread current at the moment, where it appears a BGK has had the eyeballs from a couple of cories, so that kind of fish wouldn't go well with them, but anything "community" is fine.
 
Are these for your 180l?
Yeah, not yet, but planning to get these, specifically BV's. I was just wondering if BVs are any different from the rest.
 
I have black cory, I find them more laid back & less shy than some of my other corys though they have their moments zooming round the tank.
Corys are very peaceful fish & get along with other peaceful fish, they don't do well with aggressive or territorial fish.
As with all cory they do like to be in as large a group as possible with a minimum of 6.
Btw they're black schultzei, Venezuela black are just a name Lfs give them
 
 
I have black cory, I find them more laid back & less shy than some of my other corys though they have their moments zooming round the tank.
Corys are very peaceful fish & get along with other peaceful fish, they don't do well with aggressive or territorial fish.
As with all cory they do like to be in as large a group as possible with a minimum of 6.
Btw they're black schultzei, Venezuela black are just a name Lfs give them
Overhere (Holland) they are sold as Black Venezuela. I believe even "Schultzei" isn't seen as a "real" scientific name.
They are all Aeneus-species and I understood from a topic at PC the black ones aren't found in the wild (Thought they were).

All Corys are great by the way !!!

Greets Aad
 
Cheers, I found a cheap supplier for them, so I am going to get probably 6 or 8 of them.
 
Go for 8.  As TLM stated, the more the merrier.
 
Understood...  Money gets in the way from time to time in the hobby.  Start with 6, then bump to 8 when you can. ;)
 
Well, there is some confusion with these black venezuelans!!! There is a black variation of C. Aeneus, but these are just black. "Black venezuelans" are a true wild species and look very much like c. aeneus with darker bodies and rusty colored fins, but are much smaller.
 
I have three black venezuelans, and they are wonderful. They're not very shy, but not tank racers like my greens. Of course, I only have three, so that probably keeps them from being bold... really wish I could find some more locally.  They spend most of their time rustling around my sand :wub:
 
How they behave may depend on exactly what you have.   I kept "C.schultzei" (German Aquarium strand, not a valid name of course) before and they were not particularly active; my current group (10) is crosses between C.schultzei and wilds... they are about the most active cory I've seen yet, even more than greens.
 
Something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x9GzNuBDVWc
 
Thanks.
 
Good luck with yours... mine are not likely to spawn till spring, they are eating like pigs and visibly growing, but still only 1"+.
 
Mine are still that size... they've stopped growing but are starting to visibly mature. This is another thing that I think has been miscommunicated about this species. 
 

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