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Doodles

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Have cut back on my bristlenose collection today, no more babies yay, and adults separated to give them a break. My large 262L tank now only has 3 plecs in it so i want to get a group of corydoras. Problem is, most ive looked at from tri mar stocklist want a ph of lower than 7.2.

What I need is a cory with a temp range of 26 or lower and PH range of 7.6 and lower, so any suggestions would be most welcome:D
 

scatz

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you'll be fine with any of the more commonly bred sp., my old man keeps and breeds several different ones in water like yours, adolphoi, panda, sterbai, blacks, schwartz.
i have panda's, sterbai, blacks, bandits and delphax at very similar water too
 

Doodles

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Blacks are commercially bred so i would think they are quite hardy.
Cheers Steve

you'll be fine with any of the more commonly bred sp., my old man keeps and breeds several different ones in water like yours, adolphoi, panda, sterbai, blacks, schwartz.
i have panda's, sterbai, blacks, bandits and delphax at very similar water too
cool, thanks

What sort of pleco is a corydoras?
lol

I have some baby duplicareus if they interest you?
I would def be interested but i wouldnt be able to collect, would you be able to post? no worries if not.
 

Doodles

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well tbh, if i get them from you, at least i know they are healthy etc etc. The ones i saw at a shop yesterday were very skinny, didn't look good at all. anyway replied to pm.
 

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It's a shame you don't live up north, it's the catfish study group auction this weekend and there will be corys galore, many of which will be tank bred. I think most corys will thrive in your conditions. Have you anything in mind at all? I'm considering cutting back on my cory collection but I can't decide what to let go. I'm also looking at getting rid of my collection of common bn's, they've taken over everywhere :lol:
 

Doodles

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It's a shame you don't live up north, it's the catfish study group auction this weekend and there will be corys galore, many of which will be tank bred. I think most corys will thrive in your conditions. Have you anything in mind at all? I'm considering cutting back on my cory collection but I can't decide what to let go. I'm also looking at getting rid of my collection of common bn's, they've taken over everywhere :lol:
I def live in the wrong part of country:cry:
Would love to go to the CSG and pier