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Only my personal opinion but given the freezing temperatures I would have cancelled the order and asked for a refund or a credit note. At least until the weather gets warmer.

I’ve never liked the idea of buying live animals by post and doing so in this weather is surely going to be a death sentence for many.

My air pump goes on and off on a timer with the lights. The fish don’t seem to be bothered.

You could try one of these, the bubbles are much smaller than normal airstones and may help? https://www.aquaristikshop.com/aquaristic/Sander-Lime-wood-diffusor/268300/

It depends on what plants you plan to have and how many. I’ve got just sand in both of my tanks by I’ve got mainly Moss and Anubias which are easy to grow.

I’ve got some Panda’s in a 60 litre cube and they’re doing fine. I know some disagree but I think substrate is import for them to be at home. I love watching mine rooting about in the silver sand in my tank.

I’ve had Corydoras eggs stuck to the glass again today. This has happened at least 5 or 6 times that I’m aware of.

This is the tank at the moment, I have 4 Sterbai and 1 Panda plus some shrimps.

I have six Corydoras in my 60L and I very rarely see them, they constantly hide. I’ve been thinking of scrapping this tank and getting a larger tank that is landscaped in such a way that they cannot hide. Would this be a bad idea? At the moment it’s pointless having them in my current tank as I...

No problem, lots of useful info from Darrel once again!

Bottom Feeder or Tropical?

Thanks both, I’ll have a look!

I bought a few Corydoras a couple of weeks ago so I had to get some supplies. I haven’t seen them eat anything yet but I’m hoping they like at least one of these. Are there any other dried foods folks have found that Cory’s like?

When I first kept fish in the 1980’s Tetra used to sell a dark brown coloured concave section tablet you could press on the glass. All the fish in my tank used to go mad for them. Tetra do sell “stick on the glass” tablets but they’re not that keen on them.

I have some of those on the way! :)

I bought a few Corydoras Sterbai last week and in anticipation of this bought some Fish Science Corydoras Tablets. The shrimp in the tank seem to eat virtually anything but even they won’t touch it. Watching the Corys reaction on approaching this food I think they’d be saying “Yuk” if they...

As said knowing roughly where you lived might help.

The shrimp do a great job in my tank.

As I said earlier I’ve ordered a 60 Litre “cube”. https://www.pro-shrimp.co.uk/aquariums/225-dennerle-nano-cube-60l-aquarium-4001615058611.html Which is considerably bigger than a 1 foot cube?!

This tank is far too bare for my liking but I like the look of so many different types of Corydoras all swimming together:

I’m aware of that so I started this thread first: https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/open-area.60220/#post-591033 Sadly I’m getting conflicting advice on numbers. On here 6 is bordering on too many and on another catfish site they’re saying I can keep over a dozen. Unfortunately it’s a moot...

Asking on another forum it seems I may be able to have more than I first expected so I think half a dozen each of a couple of the smaller species may be possible. Yes, I like Panda’s Darrel when available for sensible money! :)

I was thinking of getting perhaps half a dozen smudge spot Corydoras if they still have them in the LFS but I’ve just seen more than one tank online where folks have had one each of many different species. What do you think, good idea or bad? It’ll be for a 60L cube so I guess I can only have...

I had a fish with an injury on its side. I removed it from the tank and carefully patted the wound dry then applied Aloe Vera gel. The wound healed within a few days.

Just as important is the substrate. They ideally need soft sand. Anything too rough and it can damage their barbels leading to possible disease.

I should have added that Corydoras are one of my favourite fish and I was very taken with some “Smudge Spot” Cory’s I saw in my LFS. I’m thinking of setting up a 60L Nano for some.

Ideally you also need a soft sand substrate to prevent damage to their barbels.

It’s worth getting expert advice but for what is worth: I’ve had worse than that heal after treatment. I netted the fish and gently patted the area dry with kitchen towel. I then applied a good coating of Aloe Vera gel as a temporary slime coat. Maybe I was lucky but the fish was fine after a...

I wonder if Corydoras would make suitable consumers of these pests? :D

Are having fish in an aquarium the solution to flat worms like Planaria? I ask because many years ago I had a 50 gallon tank set up for about 10 years and never had any problems with worms. Maybe any that hitched a lift on the plants I bought promptly got eaten by my fish?

A very rough guide I’ve heard many times over the years is 1” of fish per gallon. This is normally for community tanks though with relatively small fish. https://www.firsttankguide.net/capacity.php

Sorry but I can’t remember it was some years ago.

One red tail and a couple of rainbows. They were in with some clown loach among other fish.

I’ve kept several “Sharks” in the same tank and they’ve been fine. They do like to chase other fish but I never had any fatalities due to it. They are very nice looking fish.

It’s a shop I haven’t been to before and I won’t be going back. It was none too clean in there either to be honest.

I took a trip out to a Fishkeeping shop I haven’t used before a couple of days ago. I was surprised to see over a dozen Bettas each in their own separate cell about 125mm x 100mm x 75mm. Each cell had a small moss ball in it. This seemed to me to be pretty cruel, what do others think? I didn’t...

Your substrate looks far from ideal for Corydoras. Soft sand is best but you can get away with fine gravel provided it’s not sharp. https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/fishkeeping-answers/articles/whats-the-best-substrate-for-corydoras

With night vison, probably :lol:

The willow Moss in my Nano is not growing as well as some I have in a trug in the garden so I was wondering if my Oto's are munching on it? I'm putting Algae wafers and other green stuff in but perhaps they prefer the moss!

They've started on the Cucumber now. They seem to like the boundary between the skin and the flesh.

If you're going up to Yorkshire to get some will you buy me a few :lol:

Mine seem to like Melon! Just straight ripe melon, Galia I think. I think I'll cut some small slices for the freezer to have a regular supply.

Says only 1.4" (36mm) Full details here: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=353

Very nice, now you can see why I wanted some!

Well maybe they will eventually?

Bit worried, they don't like Algae wafers or blanched lettuce. Just put some blanched cucumber in, any other suggestions? I suppose I could grow some algae on some stones outside.

I've never kept these before but many folks reckon they are really good for keeping tanks clean so I bought 4 for a newly setup Nano and they're doing a really fantastic job! Not sure the exact species, just one of the "stripey" ones! I'd like just a couple more and the Zebra's look nice...

All good stuff, thanks guys.

Thanks for that Liam.

Wow, they look nice. Thanks very much for the links. :D Sure they're big enough to eat the worms though! I had considered a 35L Nano too small for fish but expect a couple of those would be ok with a few shrimp?

Is shrimp friendly and will eat planaria?

Yes, that's not a bad idea!

Thanks very much guys. I'll check out Living Waters as soon as I can.

Still at planning stage but tank will probably be around 80 x 45 x 45. Black Phantoms sound good, thanks. Not seen any locally but Black Neons could be an option as well.

For a Corydoras aquarium. Any suggestions? I wouldn't want anything too bright or large to detract from the Corys.

Corydoras are nice fish and real characters just make sure to buy at least three or four, preferably half a dozen if you can. I've seen some lovely Sterba's in the shops recently: http://www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.ph ... terbai#top

I've had success a couple of times with fish that had nasty looking wounds on them by drying the damaged area gently then applying pure Aloe Vera gel. At the very least the gel seemed to act as a temporary slime coat. Not sure it would help with fins though!