Can I tempt you further to the world of cories? Pic heavy!!

Well I had to show off all my beauties right? Here is a thread of them all and hope it will help to entice more to cories, they really are wonderful creatures (I think it is the sort of fish I would be in the fishworld!!)

Black schwartzi/schultzei/aeneus (I get confused)
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I have a group of 6 juvis, they really are a astonishignly stirking colour especially against a stark substrate, very active little fellows

Panda Pups
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Started with 8 and now have 5 due to some poor selection. Really lovely markings and these little guys just tumble around teh playground and also will see midwater

Gold Peru Stripes "Lasers"
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Have a group of 10 by accident (they sent more than I ordered!) these were juvis when I got them and hoping they have matured enough by summer to reproduce. Their stripes have become more striking with age

Caudimaculatus
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My first cories where the love began with a group of 6. These are the shyest and one of the largest of my cories. Lovely speckled skin with a striking spot on the tail. These spawned the night I added them to the tank! My only success at rearing so far with a fry at 11 weeks old.

Pygameus (Pygmy)
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These have been a disaster for me had a shoal of 13 in two shoals and lost every single one of them over the weeks since January. Don't let it put you off though they are iddy biddy easy to look after and swim a lot of different levels of the tank. These bred every other day for a couple of weeks up to christmas until I moved them (dont mess with success). The fry were far too tiny for a beginner like myself to raise though did get to 6 weeks.

Habrosus
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Have a lovely group of 5 these are very very active and interact with any fish of their size (even shoaling with lampeyes) Highly recommended and a attractive dappled skin. Seen tremors of a egg nature but if they are anything like the pygmies may not find the eggs

Bronze Cories (otherwise known as monster fish!)
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These may be common about, but they are gorgeous! I have never seen the full grown and it is astonishing the size they get, easily the biggest around when it comes to the females. Have only had one clutch of eggs from them but easily up to a 100.

Am I tempted by more? You bet, will I? No I have been lucky to treat myself to some beauties and also unusual ones. I also have good stocking to tank and filter ratio without comprimising water quality but do hope to breed all the species I have. There are many species out there I would love to try but only winning the lottery or time will tell on this (to include melini, adolfoi, green stripes, red stripes, etc)

Hope not waffled on too much and hope that gives some thought for you!

they're all wonderful. I have a very big soft spot for panda cories, they were the first ones I ever bought and I love them! Those black ones are amazing... I've seen similar ones in Wildwoods which I feel in love with, but they were pretty expensive (£16.95 or something each) and I've sworn off them since they ignored me telling them their puffers had gill maggots shame really.

I love seeing your pics, keep 'em coming

Those Lasers are Awesome

Absolutely stunning Amy. You're really getting into your cories now

I so didn't need to open this thread. You're a curse!

Are you getting tempted Irish? They are beautiful aren't they. Makes me want to go out and buy some! If only I didn't make that deal with my honey...

lol thanks so much guys. I am into cories ashamed to say but my betta love is alive with Zippy. Glad to have tempted some of you I have favourites each day of the week but do love bling so the gold lasers are always catching my eye (im pretty much a magpie). And i have to say the pandas are the most playful that bring a smile to my face xxx

wow i love the black ones! i may have to get a shoal of cories for my tank! can they go in a 20 gal. with larger gravel as substrate?

Awww they are adorable I'm glad someone else shares my love of cories LOL. My Julies are my fav

I started off with 1 cory' and thanks to kizno and lilacamy931 I now have five. I've been looking at getting a larger tank, solely for cory's. *sighs*

Wow! what a lovely collection! great for a cory newbie like me!

Thanks again guys!
@flip - they can go on gravel as long as it is the finer or rounder stuff (my gold perus and caudimaculatus are on gravel) also as long as the larger ones, as the only problem with gravel is it can wear their barbels down and give them bacterial infections if not kept clean
@mellychops - you actually started this thinking back how could you do that to me!! lol
@Irish_Lass - glad to help cant wait to hear if you do get another cory tank!
@aly_starh - Yay! Cant wait for you to get some cories x