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i got kuhli's as my 1st loach and they are crazy!! they swim all around the tank and seem to have subpar coordination. their bodies go everywhere and they bump into everything and they look ridiculous when they swim. I love it lol. Very fun to watch. I don't see them 24/7 but when they do show themselves its a party
I have 2 yo-yo loaches and when we bought them, I was told they only got a couple inches long! They are so beautiful but too big for my tank. I will be rehoming them 😢 They eat sooo much and eat all the food from the other fish and the frogs so fast! They are nuts! Would I have the same thing with a kuhli loach? I am debating between a couple Corys vs kuhlis.
Corys are very hard working but they lift all the vegetation out of its place; loaches (khuli) sometimes you never see them but they are very peaceful and the way they wiggle is so cool. I love them. I particularly love hillstream loaches. Best fish ever.
A couple important things to mention are that the popular clown loach also get up to several inches long (I’ve seen some giant ones that were over 7” long). They’re a lot of fun and fun to watch as they play with each other around the tank, but they’re also ravenous snail eaters, and I highly don’t recommend keeping them with corydoras catfish, since when they get a bit larger, clown loaches are notorious for their cruel habit of ripping the eyes out of a corydoras catfish head and eating them.
@@CanadianCorydorasCatfish funny we talked about clown loach went to my local pet store and they have 8 in a 20 gallon with like 4 platys and a yo-yo loach and Kuhli loach’s, no love for the loach it’s sad get abused almost as much as the Bettas
@@CanadianCorydorasCatfish only like 10% of fish keepers properly take care of there fish and it’s sad to many people don’t know about fish when they buy them
Aside from the always valuable fish talk (I've been looking into pygmy cories for my future little tank!), THANK YOU for also mentioning burnout and the importance of managing your workload and professional life.
I love my khuli loaches, while the do spend a bit of time hiding, but when there is plenty of places for them to duck under when they get nervous, they get braver and you see them much more!
@Seamus they seem to live quite awhile too, and in some really bad conditions! I had a tank, where the heater when bad, and boiled all my fish it was awful. I finally set it back up again, get some new fish, and who is in there alive after that mayhem? the khuli loach! He lived down in the gravel for about 2 months without a pump or anything. I had just assumed that he passed away too. I will always be a fan of the little clowns!
I used to breed loads of different Cory ' and sometimes the odd one will grow massive about size of your hands as it depends on how Deep your tank is as Deep water presser will make your Cory Grow bigger as I found when I breed them I had over 18 Different species mixed together and they all got on well mixed together
I have Sterbais and Dojos... My Dojos are extrovert A-holes that love to splash me when I feed 🤣 and my Sterbais are sooo shy and timid that I sometimes fear they are dead... but I love them both
@@sten423 yes they are. Dojos are in with goldfish but the Corys are with my zebra danios and they can be dominant and faster eaters . Soon they'll be split up so hopefully I will see them more. Now they tend to only be active at night but hide when they see me...
Does anyone know if sterbais and Julii Cory's are very similar? Cause my Juliis are so shy they hide from guppies. Even though I have 2 guppies and 5 Cory's hahaha
I’m Team Panda Garra! It’s like an algea eater hybrid of a Corydora, Loaches and Hillstream loach. Plus, Panda Garra are so spunky and extroverted. I’ve seen mine chilling on my Betta hammock. Lol
I LOVE my Panda Garra! I was rehomed a few fish, and he was one of them. He's now become my favorite fish in my tanks. He's got such a personality that it's really cute. He loves to come up to me and swim all over my hands/arms when I'm doing some work in my tank.
This video has perfect timing for me. I am currently adding new fish to my 55 gallon, and am starting to look at choices for my bottom dweller. Of course I also like both, but may go with the Corys cause I have nerite snails.
Good luck! Kuhli loaches and hillstream loaches leave my snail alone, so only certain types of loaches (usually the ones with pointed faces) tend to be snail eaters.
I've done albino corys for decades while I've had yoyo loaches for 5 days. The yoyos took to my bladder snail issue with a vengeance cutting 30 snails to a handful overnight. their extremely smart in that within an hour of purchase they found perfect hiding places worming into some driftwood. It took about 4 days before I could slide my office chair (which is 15 feet from the 29 gallon tank) a half foot to get up without the loaches reacting to the vibrations and bugging out. Although I wasn't immediately a fan of their looks, they are quickly growing on me and seem to outclean the corys. They both make for a fun tank and good mates with my dwarf frogs.
How many marine clownfish and budding aquarists would have been saved if the characters in "Finding Nemo" had been Nemo the Kuhlii Loach and Dory the Cory?
I love my Kuhli loaches, I wouldn't trade them for the world. Literally the most entertaining fish I've ever had, besides the Angelfish my mom used to have.
I actualy think dwarf corydoras are super adorable, but unfortunately everyone else seems to agree, so I didn't find any to buy and ended up buying some kuhli loaches instead (they are also super cute)
I've had both in the past, and they are indeed both a joy to keep. After being out of the hobby for a good number of years, I want to start a tank again, and I feel loaches are more interesting because of the variety in shape and behavior, and the fact that they help clean up algae. I'm thinking of getting Hillstream Loaches, together with some White Cloud Mountain Minnows, and possibly some Odessa Barbs.
I feel in a video like this, for price comparing the higher end Cory to a higher end loach is kinda pointless. I feel if you’re looking at a $30+ for a schooling fish, you’re pretty sure what you want
keep looking, it took me requesting my local fish store to order them. When they get them look them over good, if they look emaciated, think twice, they are prone to internal parasites. That said I completely cured mine ,now when I get any fish, I immediately use general cure and mix it with their food and treat ( 2 -4 weeks for loaches)
I have both. I have albino corydoras, and a couple of kuhli loaches. The loaches are babies, not an inch long yet... and I can never find them in my 20 gal tank. I have to overturn decor to make sure they are still alive.
I bought 3 sumo loaches when I was stocking my 30 gallon tank. Basically haven't seen them since. They live under my hardscape, only come out at night lol.
I just got 6 sterbai Cory’s and they are so cute! I was nervous they would hide and stuff but omg they didn’t. They’re all over the tank 😂. They love playing with each other too which is just adorable.
Hello again! I've been watching your vids since you first started on YT (back in the day when you always had your sunglasses on LOL.) Your advice is always spot on. Peace from the UK.
I'm definitely Team Loach!!!!!!! My Hillstream Loaches are some of my very favorite fish!!! And now you have me wanting to try the Dwarf Chain loaches. I have Corydoras but they just aren't meeting my expectations.
I have 4 Kuhli loaches and I barely see them. once I introduced 4 bronze corys and 2 panda corys to my tank... when I wake up I only need to clean the the fish poo... now I have 7 bronze corys!
As far as personality, - I've only kept the Kulli loach, so I have limited ex- experience with loaches; but Cories ! They're very bold little things. When in my tank cleaning or planting or even moving things around - my Cories won't get out-of-the-way ! They'll wait till I literally have to move them away with my hand ! All my Cowries are like this. They're fearless. I keep the Aneus variety.
My Cory cats literally sit on rocks all day, all 7 of them just sitting there, eating the algae. Also, I had some loaches that killed 3 bettas. 3 of them, I had to give them back to the fish store because they literally attacked and killed every fish in the tank other than the 14 inch at the time common pleco, 1 and a half inch common mini pleco, and 3 inch bristle nosed pleco.
I got both and they both happen to be the oldest fish I got. The loach is 6 years old and the albino Cory is going on 12. I know it’s hard to believe but I’m certain of it cuz I got it within 6 months to 1 year of moving to Florida and that was 13 years ago
I adore both and ave 2 cordies and 1 kahuli in my 10gal. In my betta tank I have 2 younger kahulies and they ate so funny. They rush all over the tank and then crash into my betta and he is all confused. My older kahuli used to life with my old betta and my betta didnt even know he was there. Both are such fun fish. When I got back into keeping fish afyer giving away all my tanks 10 years ago after keeping fish for 25years. 1st fish I wanted was a betta, kahuli and cories. Ive got mollies, a platie, 3 glofish, cherry shrimp, nirate snail and a bunch bladder snails (have 5 tanks going. Use to have 10 big and several 1gal) soon will have a glo tank with 3 glofish for my BF.
I have both in my 4ft long high tank the Corys clean up during the day and the kulu clean up at night, shift work for fish, but my Bronze Corys are so cute 🐟🐠🐟🐠💙🇦🇺
Love the video. I've had several Cory's over time, panda, pygmys, pepper corys and some others. On loaches I have had kuhli, pakastani, clown and currently have hillstream loaches. I too love both corys and loaches for different reasons. In my current planted tank not all the plants are really rooted well yet, Crypt flamingo, dwarf mini hairgrass, Pogostemon helferi, are from tissue culture and need a bit more time, so I am not keeping any corys at this time so the plants can root. I have a 4-1/2 inch bristlenose pleco so maybe my plan is mute anyway. He can be VERY boisterous. yesterday I saw him rip out a full grown Hemianthus tenellus and just munch on it. When the time comes I will have to get a few panda corys cause they are just too darn cute! I LOVED my pygmy corys but I am afraid they look too close to my ottos at that size. So far I will agree corys about equal to loaches in most respects.
Some online articles seem to say that loaches and corys can't be in gravel because it hurts their barbels. But all the good fishkeepers here (like you) frequently have them in gravel. Does it matter, sand vs. (small) gravel, for either of these creatures?
I watched a video from Aquarium Co-Op where they showed the sharp gravel that some corydoras live on, so that made me realize that the internet isn't entirely right. :) I think good water quality may be more important for barbels, but that's just anecdotal evidence that I've seen.
@@GirlTalksFish I noticed also that my LFS has their corys in gravel. My gravel isn't very sharp, it's more like small pebbles. This is great news, I was sad thinking I hadn't planned properly to be able to try corys or loaches!
Loaches have different shape of body, and most of the time it's unique like hillstream loach and kuhli loach but somethime loaches like to hide, in my experience my kuhli loach is always hiding and rarely show up Corydoras doesn't have different shape of body and it have many varities colour and pattern like albino,panda,peppermint. corydoras in my experience always looking for food all the time and i love their behavior Personally i like the loaches because it's cool and unique but corydoras is cuter and have a unique colour pattern
I like both, but Corys have so much personality. They act like little dogs always scouting for food and huddling up in dark corners of the tank for powernaps.
ThI've kept 2 kinds of each in the past and both are great: albino cories, salt n pepper cories, kuhli loaches, and zebra (striata) loaches. The cories are nice but seem a little basic and boring? If I had to choose I'm on team loach: if I only have 1 tank at my new place (which I'm setting up now) it must contain Kuhli's. If I have one smaller and one larger tank, then the larger one must contain Striatas! They're so unique and beautiful!
Hey I had a powder blue gourami in a 30 gallon tank with a female betta and some tetras but after the betta died I bought a dwarf flame gourami and two more female bettas but after a few days I found in the morning that the flame gourami killed my powdered blue gourami I don't know what just happened
So sorry! I've seen on a number of RUclips that flame gourmet are considered more aggressive and territorial . I had them in a communal tank 20 years ago with out a problem, but it's seems to have changed . Love powder gouramies, so sorry,
Why not both? I have a tank in my bedroom with 2 salt n pepper Cory’s a Yo-yo loach and a Hillstream Loach and my Daughter has a tank with several different types of Cory’s and a big Weather Loach. Her Cory’s all swim around together like a lil gang
Do dwarf chain loaches eat mini rams horn snails? They get fully grown so small and reproduce that I'm not sure if they can get to the snail before maturity.
I would have to say any loach eel like will eat a snail my banded loaches and chocolate both clear them out. Just slowly. Pea puffer or even a figure 8 should make short work of snails.
I have 4 kuhli loaches in my 30 gallon, and they are so cute and active always out swimming, doing circles on the glass when they are happy, when they see me walk in the room and I sit on my stool in front of the tank, they all stop and I can see there lil faces only peaking up at me from underneath the the rocks, driftwood and substrate, they are waiting for me to feed them, also all my fish know and love there water changes, the kuhli loaches go absolutely nuts and swim all over after a water change!!!🐟💧🐳✌
After 10+ years I finally think I found out what "Alplechino" was. We thought he was some generic albino algae eater but he kept harassing the goldfish by swimming up and sucking on their sides. He was thus confined to solitude. Poor guy... Is that something loaches tend to do?
I could never choose between my corys and my loaches. My albino and venezuelan corys are always active and playful, my golden eel loaches are invisible until feeding but super unique and my zodiac and zebra loaches are just as active as my corys are and really add a uniqueness to my tanks! It all just depends on the type of tank you have but you can never go wrong adding corys or loaches!
if you want something odd get a loach if you want something cute get a cory i currently have hillstream loaches and cae and albino pepper bronze and panda corys i love them all
I love cory's, but hill stream loaches are my favorite!!!! They are so cute! My dojo loach is actually a trouble maker in my 30 gallon. He got ahold of my honey gourami, sucked his lil tentacle thing off, and since Doom the gourami didn't feel too well after that loach took advantage and kept sucking on him and ultimately killing him. :( When I walked into the room after disposing of Doom he proceeded to let out a cloud of reproductive fluid in the tank... I wish I had a different tank I had set up to put him in before any of this happened.
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I'm definitely getting corydora
Thats a crazy deal! I love docts! Excited to see the new stuff, happy you got such a great sponser
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Wow will definitely consider! I can’t choose which is my favourite. I love kuhlis though 😊
How can you tell if the Kory lay eggs? Where do they lay them? What do they look like? How can you tell the difference between male and female korys?
cories are really hardy and cute, but loaches are straight up cool
I had an ammonia spike once and half the fish died but the Corys and the kuhli loach lived. So they ate some tough fish.
i got kuhli's as my 1st loach and they are crazy!! they swim all around the tank and seem to have subpar coordination. their bodies go everywhere and they bump into everything and they look ridiculous when they swim. I love it lol. Very fun to watch. I don't see them 24/7 but when they do show themselves its a party
omg agreed!!! I love when they do that lol!!!!!
I have some that love playing in the bubbles it's so cute watching them go up and down with them lol
I was wondering why mine was going nuts. Guess loaches are just like that
I have 2 yo-yo loaches and when we bought them, I was told they only got a couple inches long! They are so beautiful but too big for my tank. I will be rehoming them 😢 They eat sooo much and eat all the food from the other fish and the frogs so fast! They are nuts! Would I have the same thing with a kuhli loach? I am debating between a couple Corys vs kuhlis.
Mine go bananas I almost feel bad for my other fish. Especially after a water change they just go nuts all over the tank
I'm definitely on team corydoras. If I could only keep one fish for the rest of my life, it would be corys. They're just so corydorable!
Fish for taught corydora song
Me too
I have them both lol
Same!
Yes.. i.m team cory too.. if i had to choose one type of fish... definitly Cory.. 😁
Corys are very hard working but they lift all the vegetation out of its place; loaches (khuli) sometimes you never see them but they are very peaceful and the way they wiggle is so cool. I love them. I particularly love hillstream loaches. Best fish ever.
The black/brown khuli loaches are so chill they just scream “ok I pull up” vibes
A couple important things to mention are that the popular clown loach also get up to several inches long (I’ve seen some giant ones that were over 7” long). They’re a lot of fun and fun to watch as they play with each other around the tank, but they’re also ravenous snail eaters, and I highly don’t recommend keeping them with corydoras catfish, since when they get a bit larger, clown loaches are notorious for their cruel habit of ripping the eyes out of a corydoras catfish head and eating them.
They can be almost 2 feet actually lol
@@CanadianCorydorasCatfishya I was about to say lol I’ve seen them a foot thick
@@CanadianCorydorasCatfish funny we talked about clown loach went to my local pet store and they have 8 in a 20 gallon with like 4 platys and a yo-yo loach and Kuhli loach’s, no love for the loach it’s sad get abused almost as much as the Bettas
@Dougles_prospecting yes, probably worse. And let's not get started on iridescent sharks.
@@CanadianCorydorasCatfish only like 10% of fish keepers properly take care of there fish and it’s sad to many people don’t know about fish when they buy them
Aside from the always valuable fish talk (I've been looking into pygmy cories for my future little tank!), THANK YOU for also mentioning burnout and the importance of managing your workload and professional life.
Thank you so much for your kindness! 🤗 I love what I do, but making more than 1 video a week was hard so gotta get me some help.
Pygmy cories aew so cute
I love cories. They're so derpy it's almost comical watching them. Breeding them is pretty fun, easy and rewarding too.
I fell in love with loaches after seeing them in your tank! I saw them at the store and just had to get them. Absolutely love them, they are so cute!
I love my khuli loaches, while the do spend a bit of time hiding, but when there is plenty of places for them to duck under when they get nervous, they get braver and you see them much more!
I am just crazy about them too, and they live so long!
@Seamus they seem to live quite awhile too, and in some really bad conditions! I had a tank, where the heater when bad, and boiled all my fish it was awful. I finally set it back up again, get some new fish, and who is in there alive after that mayhem? the khuli loach! He lived down in the gravel for about 2 months without a pump or anything. I had just assumed that he passed away too. I will always be a fan of the little clowns!
I used to breed loads of different Cory ' and sometimes the odd one will grow massive about size of your hands as it depends on how Deep your tank is as Deep water presser will make your Cory Grow bigger as I found when I breed them I had over 18 Different species mixed together and they all got on well mixed together
Girl I'm really proud of you, almost at 100k subs and the educational value of your videos is amazing!!!!
Awww, thank you so much! It's been 3.5 years of hard work, but slow and steady wins the race. 🐢
I have Sterbais and Dojos... My Dojos are extrovert A-holes that love to splash me when I feed 🤣 and my Sterbais are sooo shy and timid that I sometimes fear they are dead... but I love them both
Your corys are shy with a reason
@@sten423 yes they are. Dojos are in with goldfish but the Corys are with my zebra danios and they can be dominant and faster eaters . Soon they'll be split up so hopefully I will see them more. Now they tend to only be active at night but hide when they see me...
@Kianite 😁cool name
Does anyone know if sterbais and Julii Cory's are very similar? Cause my Juliis are so shy they hide from guppies. Even though I have 2 guppies and 5 Cory's hahaha
@@kylebusc3624 you probably have trilineatus often sold as julli. Try expanding the group with the same species helps 9/10 times!
Dojo loach and clown loach out classes the Cory Catfish they both lived up to 14 years in my 90 gallon tank.
I’m Team Panda Garra! It’s like an algea eater hybrid of a Corydora, Loaches and Hillstream loach. Plus, Panda Garra are so spunky and extroverted. I’ve seen mine chilling on my Betta hammock. Lol
Yes! I love those little fellas! They are even loach colored!
@@onebilliontacos3405 exactly! The best of both worlds
Ooo, now I'm going to have to add them to my bucket list.
I LOVE my Panda Garra! I was rehomed a few fish, and he was one of them. He's now become my favorite fish in my tanks. He's got such a personality that it's really cute. He loves to come up to me and swim all over my hands/arms when I'm doing some work in my tank.
They’re adorable!
Your voice is so pretty!! It sounds to sweet and smooth!!!!
This video has perfect timing for me. I am currently adding new fish to my 55 gallon, and am starting to look at choices for my bottom dweller. Of course I also like both, but may go with the Corys cause I have nerite snails.
How do you deal with the eggs? I had nerite snails but got rid of them because cleaning white spots off my driftwood got old real quick
Good luck! Kuhli loaches and hillstream loaches leave my snail alone, so only certain types of loaches (usually the ones with pointed faces) tend to be snail eaters.
My kuli loaches have never bothered my snails
I've done albino corys for decades while I've had yoyo loaches for 5 days. The yoyos took to my bladder snail issue with a vengeance cutting 30 snails to a handful overnight. their extremely smart in that within an hour of purchase they found perfect hiding places worming into some driftwood. It took about 4 days before I could slide my office chair (which is 15 feet from the 29 gallon tank) a half foot to get up without the loaches reacting to the vibrations and bugging out. Although I wasn't immediately a fan of their looks, they are quickly growing on me and seem to outclean the corys. They both make for a fun tank and good mates with my dwarf frogs.
How many marine clownfish and budding aquarists would have been saved if the characters in "Finding Nemo" had been Nemo the Kuhlii Loach and Dory the Cory?
Hi again, I'm getting back into the hobby and it's funny seeing my comments from years ago.
My khuli loaches are out and about! Nothing shy about them they are goofy lil guys very high energy
tied for me, their both very amazing fish with their own reasons to be completely awesome
I love my Kuhli loaches, I wouldn't trade them for the world. Literally the most entertaining fish I've ever had, besides the Angelfish my mom used to have.
I actualy think dwarf corydoras are super adorable, but unfortunately everyone else seems to agree, so I didn't find any to buy and ended up buying some kuhli loaches instead (they are also super cute)
I've had both in the past, and they are indeed both a joy to keep. After being out of the hobby for a good number of years, I want to start a tank again, and I feel loaches are more interesting because of the variety in shape and behavior, and the fact that they help clean up algae. I'm thinking of getting Hillstream Loaches, together with some White Cloud Mountain Minnows, and possibly some Odessa Barbs.
I love hillstream loaches and bornoe's
I feel in a video like this, for price comparing the higher end Cory to a higher end loach is kinda pointless. I feel if you’re looking at a $30+ for a schooling fish, you’re pretty sure what you want
I have black kuhli loaches from petsmart and I absolutely love them. They are always out and about and very interesting to watch
I have both.... and personally I don't understand the need to choose, both are excellent :)
Me too! I love them both and my loaches love having the Cories to hang out with
@@briedalton9237 I keep mine in separate tanks but that sounds like an excellent combination as well :)
@@pangiokuhli512 I keep them in 3’s in a 20gallon long and they keep the bottom sparkling!
i got both lol, coincidentally the exact types in the thumbnail; albino corydoras and kuhli loaches.
I have two 10" Albino Dojo Loaches and an albino Corydora. The loaches bully the poor little guy a lot
Please don't keep corydoras individually.they are a schooling fish and like to be around others of the same species
You should have 6 or more cory cats of the same species…
love em both. But so far, I've owned the cory's. Yet to find the loaches though
keep looking, it took me requesting my local fish store to order them. When they get them look them over good, if they look emaciated, think twice, they are prone to internal parasites. That said I completely cured mine ,now when I get any fish, I immediately use general cure and mix it with their food and treat ( 2 -4 weeks for loaches)
@@primesspct2 thanks for that info!
@@MFarid92 yvw! good luck in your hunt for cool loaches!
Both species are scaleless fish; so, how do you plausibly refer to either as “bulletproof” and inherently hearty? (Especially loaches)…
I have 7 Pygmy corydoras AND 3 Khuli Loaches.
I want to pick up 3 or 8 more pygmy corydoras and maybe 1 more kuhli Loach
I have both. They live in a planted blackwater tank.
I have both. I have albino corydoras, and a couple of kuhli loaches. The loaches are babies, not an inch long yet... and I can never find them in my 20 gal tank. I have to overturn decor to make sure they are still alive.
I bought 3 sumo loaches when I was stocking my 30 gallon tank. Basically haven't seen them since. They live under my hardscape, only come out at night lol.
I just got 6 sterbai Cory’s and they are so cute! I was nervous they would hide and stuff but omg they didn’t. They’re all over the tank 😂. They love playing with each other too which is just adorable.
I love this 😂 I hope they’re still doing well!
That is great. We have an albino Corydora that has lasted for 5 years with us.
Every albino corydoras I had died within a couple days. I had 2 dark green corydoras in the same tanks and they're perfectly fine.
Hello again! I've been watching your vids since you first started on YT (back in the day when you always had your sunglasses on LOL.) Your advice is always spot on. Peace from the UK.
I think I'm gonna try some kuhli loaches in my new tank.
I love Kuhli loaches!! Just make sure they can't find a way to swim out of the tank, I unfortunately lost one out of my quarantine tank this way :(
I'm definitely Team Loach!!!!!!! My Hillstream Loaches are some of my very favorite fish!!! And now you have me wanting to try the Dwarf Chain loaches. I have Corydoras but they just aren't meeting my expectations.
Imagine if on an aquarium Co-op video, they get a picture of Cory on the screen and then label him as team Cory!
Corydoras will always have my heart. they are the first fish I ever got and my fish Whiskers lasted 7 years
Loaches are like miniature eels xD that’s why I like them better xD
I have 4 Kuhli loaches and I barely see them. once I introduced 4 bronze corys and 2 panda corys to my tank... when I wake up I only need to clean the the fish poo... now I have 7 bronze corys!
As far as personality, - I've only kept the Kulli loach, so I have limited ex-
experience with loaches; but Cories !
They're very bold little things. When in my tank cleaning or planting or even moving things around - my Cories won't get out-of-the-way ! They'll wait till I literally have to move them away with my hand ! All my Cowries are like this. They're fearless.
I keep the Aneus variety.
I had corydoras lay eggs on the leaves of some plants. The betta camped out next to the plant and ate them.
I personally love loaches! Kuhli and hillstream are my favorites :) but of course, panda corys are also so cute! I love the videos, keep them coming!
Yes! I haven’t been able to get my hands on hillstream loaches in Australia though 😩
My Cory cats literally sit on rocks all day, all 7 of them just sitting there, eating the algae. Also, I had some loaches that killed 3 bettas. 3 of them, I had to give them back to the fish store because they literally attacked and killed every fish in the tank other than the 14 inch at the time common pleco, 1 and a half inch common mini pleco, and 3 inch bristle nosed pleco.
I had a wild fish in a water bottle they live for half a year and they ate boiled eggs. When I was 5 years old
Can you do platys vs molys video 😁
I got both and they both happen to be the oldest fish I got. The loach is 6 years old and the albino Cory is going on 12. I know it’s hard to believe but I’m certain of it cuz I got it within 6 months to 1 year of moving to Florida and that was 13 years ago
I adore both and ave 2 cordies and 1 kahuli in my 10gal. In my betta tank I have 2 younger kahulies and they ate so funny. They rush all over the tank and then crash into my betta and he is all confused. My older kahuli used to life with my old betta and my betta didnt even know he was there. Both are such fun fish. When I got back into keeping fish afyer giving away all my tanks 10 years ago after keeping fish for 25years. 1st fish I wanted was a betta, kahuli and cories. Ive got mollies, a platie, 3 glofish, cherry shrimp, nirate snail and a bunch bladder snails (have 5 tanks going. Use to have 10 big and several 1gal) soon will have a glo tank with 3 glofish for my BF.
Are cory's good for a planted dirt tank? Will they move the soil or try to bury themselves in substrate or uproot the plants?
Just found you on Aquarium co-op, thanks for the amazing info!
I have both in my 4ft long high tank the Corys clean up during the day and the kulu clean up at night, shift work for fish, but my Bronze Corys are so cute 🐟🐠🐟🐠💙🇦🇺
Love the video. I've had several Cory's over time, panda, pygmys, pepper corys and some others. On loaches I have had kuhli, pakastani, clown and currently have hillstream loaches. I too love both corys and loaches for different reasons. In my current planted tank not all the plants are really rooted well yet, Crypt flamingo, dwarf mini hairgrass, Pogostemon helferi, are from tissue culture and need a bit more time, so I am not keeping any corys at this time so the plants can root. I have a 4-1/2 inch bristlenose pleco so maybe my plan is mute anyway. He can be VERY boisterous. yesterday I saw him rip out a full grown Hemianthus tenellus and just munch on it. When the time comes I will have to get a few panda corys cause they are just too darn cute! I LOVED my pygmy corys but I am afraid they look too close to my ottos at that size. So far I will agree corys about equal to loaches in most respects.
Definitely corydoras but loaches are super good for a more personable fish.
Kuhli Loaches are just so derpy
Cories were the first fish I was able to breed as well!
Some online articles seem to say that loaches and corys can't be in gravel because it hurts their barbels. But all the good fishkeepers here (like you) frequently have them in gravel. Does it matter, sand vs. (small) gravel, for either of these creatures?
I watched a video from Aquarium Co-Op where they showed the sharp gravel that some corydoras live on, so that made me realize that the internet isn't entirely right. :) I think good water quality may be more important for barbels, but that's just anecdotal evidence that I've seen.
@@GirlTalksFish I noticed also that my LFS has their corys in gravel. My gravel isn't very sharp, it's more like small pebbles. This is great news, I was sad thinking I hadn't planned properly to be able to try corys or loaches!
You might want to mention that the most popular loach, the clown loach, grows to 8 inches or more.
I'm watching this after getting a loach and an albino cory together :0
Loaches have different shape of body, and most of the time it's unique like hillstream loach and kuhli loach but somethime loaches like to hide, in my experience my kuhli loach is always hiding and rarely show up
Corydoras doesn't have different shape of body and it have many varities colour and pattern like albino,panda,peppermint. corydoras in my experience always looking for food all the time and i love their behavior
Personally i like the loaches because it's cool and unique but corydoras is cuter and have a unique colour pattern
I like both, but Corys have so much personality. They act like little dogs always scouting for food and huddling up in dark corners of the tank for powernaps.
Hehe, I do love me some derpy corys.
I have 2 yoyo loaches and 6 albino corydoras in my tank it's awesome
The Corys I own are the most active fish in my tank
I have a 4" kuhli you weren't wrong for that quote
ThI've kept 2 kinds of each in the past and both are great: albino cories, salt n pepper cories, kuhli loaches, and zebra (striata) loaches. The cories are nice but seem a little basic and boring? If I had to choose I'm on team loach: if I only have 1 tank at my new place (which I'm setting up now) it must contain Kuhli's. If I have one smaller and one larger tank, then the larger one must contain Striatas! They're so unique and beautiful!
Hey I had a powder blue gourami in a 30 gallon tank with a female betta and some tetras but after the betta died I bought a dwarf flame gourami and two more female bettas but after a few days I found in the morning that the flame gourami killed my powdered blue gourami I don't know what just happened
So sorry! I've seen on a number of RUclips that flame gourmet are considered more aggressive and territorial . I had them in a communal tank 20 years ago with out a problem, but it's seems to have changed . Love powder gouramies, so sorry,
@@user-sb2wl8zj7f thanks but can you tell why it don't kill my betta
Why not both? I have a tank in my bedroom with 2 salt n pepper Cory’s a Yo-yo loach and a Hillstream Loach and my Daughter has a tank with several different types of Cory’s and a big Weather Loach. Her Cory’s all swim around together like a lil gang
Do dwarf chain loaches eat mini rams horn snails? They get fully grown so small and reproduce that I'm not sure if they can get to the snail before maturity.
Yes they do
I would have to say any loach eel like will eat a snail my banded loaches and chocolate both clear them out. Just slowly. Pea puffer or even a figure 8 should make short work of snails.
I got kuhli 1st and then i bought corydora they're living in the same tank. Corydora cleaned the tank a day time and kuhli at night 😊
Do Khuli loaches turn over the substrate as well as Corydoras?
I have 4 kuhli loaches in my 30 gallon, and they are so cute and active always out swimming, doing circles on the glass when they are happy, when they see me walk in the room and I sit on my stool in front of the tank, they all stop and I can see there lil faces only peaking up at me from underneath the the rocks, driftwood and substrate, they are waiting for me to feed them, also all my fish know and love there water changes, the kuhli loaches go absolutely nuts and swim all over after a water change!!!🐟💧🐳✌
I actually bred corys by accident in my very first serious aquarium xD (serious meaning my goldfish bowl when I was 7 doesnt count)
After 10+ years I finally think I found out what "Alplechino" was. We thought he was some generic albino algae eater but he kept harassing the goldfish by swimming up and sucking on their sides. He was thus confined to solitude. Poor guy... Is that something loaches tend to do?
I love kuhlis and corys!!!
Most peaceful freshwater fishes 👍
Just curious can you keep both in the same tank. I just upgraded from a 10 to a 36 gallon and would love to get some Cory's
Sure can!
Just roll with both Corys and Kuhlis. Cute little corys all over the place all day, then every once in a while a kuhl pops out.
I'm hesitant to get loaches because I don't want to fet one, and then never see them again-_-
But I do still want them
I have a Albino Corydora rn and im planning to get Kuhli Loaches in the future
Can I keep 2 kuhli loaches and 6 shrimps together since they are known as nano fish
I noticed my ghost shrimp started disappearing in my tank with 3 kuhli loaches. are they eating them?
I have both in my aquarium
I could never choose between my corys and my loaches. My albino and venezuelan corys are always active and playful, my golden eel loaches are invisible until feeding but super unique and my zodiac and zebra loaches are just as active as my corys are and really add a uniqueness to my tanks! It all just depends on the type of tank you have but you can never go wrong adding corys or loaches!
My preference, just get both!
My favorite are panda corys. Have bred them.
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if you want something odd get a loach if you want something cute get a cory i currently have hillstream loaches and cae and albino pepper bronze and panda corys i love them all
i have one albino male cory with its 13 years old now 🙏🙂
Can you keep both in the same tank? What would be a minimum tank size if you want to keep both?
My kuhlis loaches are still smaller than a normal pencil and are still long as my middle finger
Can you have them both, cories and loaches, in one tank? Also, can you have Khulis and Hillstream in the same tank?
Yes, I've had both corys and Khuli loaches in same take with no problems . They will feed together
I love cory's, but hill stream loaches are my favorite!!!! They are so cute! My dojo loach is actually a trouble maker in my 30 gallon. He got ahold of my honey gourami, sucked his lil tentacle thing off, and since Doom the gourami didn't feel too well after that loach took advantage and kept sucking on him and ultimately killing him. :( When I walked into the room after disposing of Doom he proceeded to let out a cloud of reproductive fluid in the tank... I wish I had a different tank I had set up to put him in before any of this happened.
this video is just fantastic! thank u so much! youre doing such a great job and your enthusiasm! woohoo! just a blast to watch! thanks again!
When loaches are all different genus's
corydura and pleco which vacuum more food out
What about both in the same tank? If I get a 30-40 gallon tank with 6+ of each species is that okay? Or should I just do like 12 of one in the tank