substrate for cory cats?

[ManInBlack2010]

about a month ago i moved my corries from a tank with gravel substrate to a tank with sand substrate and they are in heaven!! it's adorable, they keep burrowing themselves in it, i'm watching them right now and two of them a digging a hole together, your corries are gonna be happy fish!

[djembekah]

aweee!!! i'm so excited. i have a feeling fish keeping will be a life long hobby for me.

[LolaQuigs]

I have four pandas in a 10 gallon and I think they are absolutely adorable. I love watching them interact with one another. You can check them out in my sig. :) You're going to love your cories!

As far as substrate goes, I have a very small, fine gravel. I've had them in this setup for over a year and haven't had any problems, though I do sometimes regret not getting sand for them to burrow in.

[djembekah]

oh my goodness they are so cute!!!!

[djembekah]

on the subject of cories, they dont breed easily do they? if i got a mix of male and female, i wouldn't be over run with fry?

[Bombalurina]

No, they aren't like livebearers. You may get an accidental spawn, but you'll never be overrun.

[fishy friend2]

They will only breed when they are happy, the only incedant when you might get more fish that you prefer is when you heavily plant the tank, leading to a high survival rate

[djembekah]

that is good to hear. if i have an accidental spawn, the bettas may eat the eggs or fry, right? or might the corys eat the eggs if something like that happened? they wont be in bad conditions but they probably wont be prime spawning conditions.

[fishy friend2]

Yes, the Betta and cories will most likely eat the eggs
Youll need a tank something along the lines of this to get a high survival rate
http://http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRB9U4rhhZQj92PbnYb7R7fMi39td8Ew fYcuww7oIgw9qfjw39e

[djembekah]

that is beautiful :O