No black substrate for corydoras?

[Doodles]

Ok ive completely forgotten where I read it and have been meaning to post about it for ages. I read that you shouldn't have a black substrate if you haves corydoras. It didn't say why so am wondering if anyone else has heard this?

 

[FF MkII]

Nope. Would be interesting to know why

 

[scatz]

i think you just made it up

 

[FF MkII]

I know.....It because they get depressed :lol:

 

[Gem400]

Can't say I've heard that before, although I've seen certain corys go very dark in colour when on a black substrate.:dk:

 

[Gem400]

Is this the article?

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=2687

 

[foti]

doodles you have made me wanting to get into corydoras now! from the post with pics and now with this i give it a week lol
got to lov em
do they act anything like cuckoo cats ? as they are pack fish aswell there the closest to these ? yes no ? as in behavior?

can someone give me an insight to these are they shy do they eat eggs ? i dont know what is there diet as in do they eat anything do they suffer from bloat

thanks

 

[kampfer]

Hi
I am speaking from my personal experience. I have tried various colour of sands in my cory tanks, in my opinion, bright orangey colour(in my case,Sudo or Gex brand buttom sands)sands brings out the colours of the corydoras the best. White colour is one big disappointment.The corys turn out to be pale looking.It could be the reflection of the sands colour into the corys body or could the corys actually change their body colour to blend with substrate? obviously,i am no expertWith orangey or red colours,the corys colours often appears rich. I have never tried black, but did tried gray colour substrate, the results isn't too bad.
Mark

 

[Doodles]

Is this the article?

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=2687

yes that was it, thanks Gemma

doodles you have made me wanting to get into corydoras now! from the post with pics and now with this i give it a week lol
got to lov em
do they act anything like cuckoo cats ? as they are pack fish aswell there the closest to these ? yes no ? as in behavior?

can someone give me an insight to these are they shy do they eat eggs ? i dont know what is there diet as in do they eat anything do they suffer from bloat

thanks

Hey foti
Corydoras are cool catfish. They do swim around in 'packs', the more you have the better as long as you have enough space for them to thrive. Like plecos, there are lots of different ones and all vary in how shy they are etc etc. They don't generally suffer from bloat, not in the same way plecs do. Ill find some articles for you tonight.

Hi
I am speaking from my personal experience. I have tried various colour of sands in my cory tanks, in my opinion, bright orangey colour(in my case,Sudo or Gex brand buttom sands)sands brings out the colours of the corydoras the best. White colour is one big disappointment.The corys turn out to be pale looking.It could be the reflection of the sands colour into the corys body or could the corys actually change their body colour to blend with substrate? obviously,i am no expertWith orangey or red colours,the corys colours often appears rich. I have never tried black, but did tried gray colour substrate, the results isn't too bad.
Mark

Thanks Mark
All your cory photos look very good, so you must be using the right substrates lol.
Mine are on a mixture of normal coloured sand and 20% gravel and they look ok as far as colouring goes.

 

[Doodles]

Heres a very good article from scotcat written by Ian Fuller

Starting with corydoras

 

[Bwhiskered]

There is a black substrate that was used for sand blasting that people used in their tanks that was a glass byproduct. It was very sharpe and would take the whiskers off of catfish in short order. It looked great in tanks as it was a shiny black. Any sharpe sand is bad. It should be a river sand which is smooth.