ACF housed with Corydoras?
I just rehomed my Marbled Kissing Gourami and now have an empty tank with just 4 corydoras ... I know it is highly recommended that ACF have a species tank but I have nowhere else to put the Corydoras And I would love to go ahead and get an ACF if at all possible.
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Re: ACF housed with Corydoras?
Please don't.
It *might* be fine for the first few weeks while your frogs are still small - but they are fast growers and there is nothing you can do that will prevent them from trying to eat a cory. It can mean a very painful and slow death for each species - - corydoras are tiny spines along their fins and they use them to protect themselves from being eaten - these will end up impaling the mouth, throat and stomach of the frog who tries to eat them.
72 Gallon Bow - ACF and GF tank.
26 Gallon Bow - ACF tank.
20 Gallon Long - ACF tank.
"If there were an invisible cat in that chair, the chair would look empty. But the chair does look empty; therefore there is an invisible cat in it." C.S. Lewis, Four Loves, 1958
Re: ACF housed with Corydoras?
odd ... we had an oscar and even he didnt try to eat my corys ...
Re: ACF housed with Corydoras?
Oscars are a bit smarter than Clawed frogs - they are most definitely not known for their brains!
It is a known fact that ACF will try and eat anything that can fit in their mouth - living, dying, or dead. They cannot be housed with smaller frogs for the same reason - they will cannibalize.
72 Gallon Bow - ACF and GF tank.
26 Gallon Bow - ACF tank.
20 Gallon Long - ACF tank.
"If there were an invisible cat in that chair, the chair would look empty. But the chair does look empty; therefore there is an invisible cat in it." C.S. Lewis, Four Loves, 1958
Re: ACF housed with Corydoras?
I knew about the frog thing but Corys are armored I figured ACF were at least smart enough to not kill themselves
Re: ACF housed with Corydoras?
How would the frog know it is harmful until it tries? And once he gets the cory in his mouth and the spines get it stuck, it is too late to learn. The other frogs around are not going to be able to figure out what happened and be like, "hmm, wow! I better steer clear of those"
The best thing is not to try a most likely doubly fatal pairing. Doing so is more for your benefit - not the frog's or the cory's.
If you really want ACF, then rehome the cories or buy another tank.
Corydoras are one of my favorite types of fish. But I only have so much room in my house so I had to choose whether I wanted an axolotl tank or a fish tank - it was hard but I choose the axolotls. I knew there was no way of happily combining the two.
72 Gallon Bow - ACF and GF tank.
26 Gallon Bow - ACF tank.
20 Gallon Long - ACF tank.
"If there were an invisible cat in that chair, the chair would look empty. But the chair does look empty; therefore there is an invisible cat in it." C.S. Lewis, Four Loves, 1958
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