Floorspace For Corys

[laxation]

Right now I have a 30litre tank, with a 90litre one cycling. It should be ready in a couple days. The 90l floor is 30" x 12"
I have one panda, bandit, and sterbai and 8 hastatus corys in my 30l (nothing else)
I bought a panda and sterbai before I knew you couldn't mix different species, but once the new tank is ready I will swap the sterbai for another panda or two to make em happy =)

I got the bandit as a friend for the panda (didnt have anymore pandas) The panda and bandit get along really well, theyre the same size and look almost the same so I figured it would be fine.

Anyway, I was wondering how much floorspace is required for corys.
Could I have 4 panda/bandit and 4 sterbai?

If they don't have enough space, what happens?

Do bristlenose's take up too much of their floorspace?

 

[fluffycabbage]

Right now I have a 30litre tank, with a 90litre one cycling. It should be ready in a couple days. The 90l floor is 30" x 12"
I have one panda, bandit, and sterbai and 8 hastatus corys in my 30l (nothing else)
I bought a panda and sterbai before I knew you couldn't mix different species, but once the new tank is ready I will swap the sterbai for another panda or two to make em happy =)

I got the bandit as a friend for the panda (didnt have anymore pandas) The panda and bandit get along really well, theyre the same size and look almost the same so I figured it would be fine.

Anyway, I was wondering how much floorspace is required for corys.
Could I have 4 panda/bandit and 4 sterbai?

If they don't have enough space, what happens?

Do bristlenose's take up too much of their floorspace?

Well i have 5 bronze in my 125l which has a similar maybe smaller space, and its planted, and it has a CAE down there too, and there seems to be plenty of room for them. I prob wouldnt put any more than 8 in that size though.

 

[laxation]

how would the pygmy corys translate? is 8 of them and 4 normal sized ones OK?

What is the effect on them if you have too many for the tank's floorspace?

 

[mattlee]

corys will enjoy as much floor space as you can provide them, they also like places to hide and get away from everything. mine chill out in a couple of coconut caves and have a full tank to swim about in thats 3ft with just a couple of pieces of bogwood