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Corydora tank upgrade..tankmates?

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#1 ·
I have my 1 and only "nice fish" tank the cory tank with of course the famous Bettadora. it's 20 gallons and 12 corys, 1 "bettadora", and now 4 very tiny what I feel are yoyo loaches( but I could be wrong, they were labeled Angelicus Botia but from every google search the look doesn't match..they look more like the yoyo loaches my bichir ate). Anyway I put them in the 20g for them to grow out in but I have decided I really like them and how they interact with the cory's and after long thought I really think at full grown they will still be easy food for the bichir so I now plan to move them all to my unused 55g. I will transfer over soon but feel that with that tank it'll look bare and wondering does anyone have ideas for middle or top swimming fish I could add to the tank? Or should I just add a few other groups of different loaches? What would you guys do?
 
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uhhhhhhhh, did you upload those pics with the app???
 
#31 ·
Fish Fish Tail Aquarium


Awesome!!!!
 
#34 ·
Agent, in your pics some of the loaches look like yoyos and some look like botia striata. That close up pic definitely looks like botia striata. Maybe you have a mix of both in your group.

A 240 sounds like fun!
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#36 ·
Agent, in your pics some of the loaches look like yoyos and some look like botia striata. That close up pic definitely looks like botia striata. Maybe you have a mix of both in your group.



A 240 sounds like fun!
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Yea.. I was on the fence about the angelicus loaches when they were smaller. Thought they were yoyos too. As they got bigger the pattern developed into definite angelicus patterns .. Which is what they were sold as but I didn't believe it at first lol. Yes.. I have four angelicus and four botia striata . The two groups have meshed well and are crazy fools :)


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#35 ·
Jaysee, nice bichir. How big is it and what tankmates do you keep with it?
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#37 ·
I've been telling her the "Angelicus" looks like a yoyo with no Os.

I can't wait for our 240 😍

My bichir is 8-9 inches and lives with pictus cats, silver dollars, cichlids and a BGK at the moment. Got some other fish in mind though some I may wait till I move.
 
#38 ·
Jaysee, American cichlids? Just curious because I've considered getting a bichir for my 135 gallon which has CA cichlids. But i hesitate because I have a 10" black shark in there who's pretty territorial.

sorry to hijack your thread, Agent. Like you, I also like the aggressive fish. Lol
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#39 ·
Jaysee, American cichlids? Just curious because I've considered getting a bichir for my 135 gallon which has CA cichlids. But i hesitate because I have a 10" black shark in there who's pretty territorial.



sorry to hijack your thread, Agent. Like you, I also like the aggressive fish. Lol
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Haha.. Hijack away. I don't mind at all. I'm just on here showing pics and talking about fish.
I'm fairly certain Jaysees bichir would handle your tank no problem. As would my ornate bichir. However with the ornate it depends on which CA cichlids you have. I don't think the shark would be an issue. I adore my ornate... He's mean but generally ignores the cichlids in with him and vice versa. Here is a pic from today of my rather young ornate.




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#40 ·
Yeah American. I have a chanchito in there now, who needs someone to keep him in check. I'm not entirely sure where he will end up but I am getting an oscar and perhaps some fire mouths. Because of the growth rate of the oscar I'm probably going to wait till I'm down in NC to get it.

The bichir bites at the tails of the pictus and silver dollars but they grow back fine.
 
#41 ·
Great looking ornate.
Besides the black shark, I've got Firemouths, Convict, a lone Pictus who was a rescue and a very large Synspillum who is tank boss.I've got plenty of room to add more fish but the tank has a pretty good harmony right now and seems every time i try to add something the shark and syn gang up.
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