Newbie (probably) Asking The Same Opinions/questions!

[waterdrop]

Yes, I should qualify my cory experience so that I'm not simply repeating incorrect things! My own personal experience with cories (can never decide whether "corys" or "cories" is the correct word in these sentences, argh!) was of finding them very hardy almost all the time (kept a fair number of mostly common larger types: leopard(?), albino, bronze(?)) and never would have hesitated putting them in at the beginning. But part of the reason I call myself a "Re-Beginner" is that I had no conscious knowledge of the nitrogen cycle back in those days, no refinement whatsoever of the relationship between my fish and their water for the most part.

So when I've helped MW, BTT, OM47, RDD, rabbut and all the other members with the large flow of beginner help threads, I've run across a number of comments at times that seemed to express some concern for some of the cories going in right away. Maybe MW can help me out here, don't remember quite when that crept into things we were repeating or how to break it down as very correct or not. The concern about Panda's being delicate probably just contributed to it.

So perhaps we should "debunk" this a bit right here and now! Inchworm and OM47, you two are I'm sure by far much more expert about cories and having already got some good feedback from OM47, I'd love to hear Inchworms opinion at a prioritized "hardiness" list for cory species (you know, just roughly, maybe based on informed experience or intuition type thing). However you wanted to express it Inchworm... Most hardy down to least hardy top 10, for adding to a new tank right after fishless cycle, that sort of list.

~~waterdrop~~ (attempting not to be a repeater of slightly-off info )

 

[Fisses]

Quick question, but whats a ram?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

well i'm by no means a cory expert but there's a handful of cory species that i don't recommend for newly cycled tanks, panda's and the three pgymy species. just from personal experience i've found them to be quite delicate and that you do much better with them in a mature tank.

i think because panda's and pygmy's are so popular with beginners because of their small size we fairly often have to say 'no, leave the cory's a few months' when people propose them as part of their first stocking and maybe this has been mis interpreted to apply to all cory's ???

but to make it clear i see no problem with most species of cory's in a newly cycled tank, just the few more delicate species which i think it's better to wait for. I suspect inchworm may disagree with me and say she's quite happily put these species into new tanks with no problems, I tend to err on the side of caution with advice for beginners as they don't have the experience if a problem does come up and of course it's a terrible experience for anyone to go through the whole cycling process, build up your anticipation and then have your first fish die on you so best to stick to teh hardier species at first to avoid dissapointment!

 

[Fisses]

Ok, i just wondered as when my tank is settled(cycle over) i possibly want some more catfish but maybe something a bit different to peppered corys

 

[JenCliBee]

Yes, I should qualify my cory experience so that I'm not simply repeating incorrect things! My own personal experience with cories (can never decide whether "corys" or "cories" is the correct word in these sentences, argh!) was of finding them very hardy almost all the time (kept a fair number of mostly common larger types: leopard(?), albino, bronze(?)) and never would have hesitated putting them in at the beginning. But part of the reason I call myself a "Re-Beginner" is that I had no conscious knowledge of the nitrogen cycle back in those days, no refinement whatsoever of the relationship between my fish and their water for the most part.

So when I've helped MW, BTT, OM47, RDD, rabbut and all the other members with the large flow of beginner help threads, I've run across a number of comments at times that seemed to express some concern for some of the cories going in right away. Maybe MW can help me out here, don't remember quite when that crept into things we were repeating or how to break it down as very correct or not. The concern about Panda's being delicate probably just contributed to it.

So perhaps we should "debunk" this a bit right here and now! Inchworm and OM47, you two are I'm sure by far much more expert about cories and having already got some good feedback from OM47, I'd love to hear Inchworms opinion at a prioritized "hardiness" list for cory species (you know, just roughly, maybe based on informed experience or intuition type thing). However you wanted to express it Inchworm... Most hardy down to least hardy top 10, for adding to a new tank right after fishless cycle, that sort of list.

~~waterdrop~~ (attempting not to be a repeater of slightly-off info )

think the hardyness of cory's and pplthinkng there not materised frpm ppl addng them 2 soonhen there tank actually wasnt fully cycled.... only way i see that this conclusion actually came about ive kept various species of cory and never had a problem wth any except panda's even adding pandas from dfferent sources and 2 a very mature tank ddnt even help so only IMO i can say they are 1 of the cory's which are tempermental n there own way maybe over breed etc etc dont thnk any 1 will actually fully knw the reason ...mabe some 1 has got a better explanation? other than panda's in my expereince ever other cory is just as hardy as the others ...ive even added cory fry days old a newly cycled tank with no deaths so only from mt experences cory's are 1 of the hardest fish and best first 2 add 2 a newly cycled tank

 

[OldMan47]

What is a ram? http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_cichlid