Cory Cats
I wrote about this before but included another question and I don’t think this one got answered (or I missed it somehow on digest):
Are Cory Cats bottom feeders? I have Juli’s and Emeralds in different planted tanks. Both my 29 gallon and a 10 gallon (again, planted) have cory’s in them, but I am wondering if they are actually bottom feeders? I don’t want to get any more Pleco’s because I really don’t feel like I can trust a LFS to give me a true Pleco that will stay small. Haven’t had any luck with Otto Cats. Tanks are too small for Clown Loaches. Just wondering, if Cory Cats are not really helping clean the gravel, what might be a good choice for these smaller tanks? My boyfriend has a Spotted Raphael in his 20 gallon and after about three years, I was surprised to see how small he still is (about three inches but I am sure he was stunted because of too small of a tank). He doesn’t seem to do anything but live inside a piece of barnacles anyway.
I know the plants and filter help (along with PWC and my gravel siphon), but I still would like to make sure all of my tanks at least have some bottom feeders in them.
Paula in Monroe, Michigan
Category: AquaticLife
