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Old 11-07-2009, 08:54 AM
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i have some bronze cory catfish (3) i plan on getting one more. but what else will make good tank mates for them? needs to be freshwater, non aggressive and as they spend most of their time at the bottom, something that swims about a bit more for interest!
i know they can have platies, swordtails and mollies but was looking for something a bit different the tank is a 50ltr (ish!) bit bigger than my 48ltr.

(btw JESS if you read this i still have the others, put them in seperate tanks now as i took a liking to mr corey so bought him 2 friends of his own kind!)

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Old 11-07-2009, 02:36 PM
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I think a shoal of Copper Harlequin Rasboras looks really nice They are brighter than the normal Harlequins.
Blue Tetras look super under good aquarium lighting too
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Any small tetras, guppies.
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Hard to find in captivity, but one of these..

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Any small tetras, guppies.
i have some guppies now, bought some today
may get some tetras in a while too
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Do you have soft or hard water?

If you have soft to medium hard water then get tetras to swim in the middle and danios to swim at the top but to be honest theres lots you can have. If you have hard or very hard water then live bearers will do better like guppies, mollies, platties but can still probably keep danios. Theres tons of other stuff you can get, just get a fish book and see what you like and what water conditions, what their temperament is like and what size they grow to.
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A 50L is prob too small for Bronze Cories tbh. You'd need Pgymy Cories in there, IMO.
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If you have softwater then rummynose tetras would be good they shoal well and arnt fin nippers like most other tetras...
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