On 2005-04-30, NetMax wrote:
I've had Bettas with Corys, worked great. The substrate can also affect
Cory's browsing behaviour (sand and small rounded gravel is best) as can
the color (natural & darker as opposed to very bright or high contrast).

The substrate is small, natural-colored, epoxy-coated gravel. We're
going to change it to sand at some point soon. These cories are on the
smaller end of the spectrum, and the individual grains are probably not
quite as big as their heads, on average.

Light levels (more comfortable in subdued lighting and heavy ground cover
(throw in some leaf litter, low plants and driftwood they can go under).
I used to throw Terbang leaves in (they could play hide & seek). Tough

It's very possible that they want more cover. We currently have two
caves and two plastic plants (the smaller of which is in a decorative
planter shaped like a stump). I don't know the wattage; we got the
fixture and bulb in a boxed bundle. The bulb is an Eclipse and is
labeled F15T8 (the size and not related to the brightness, yes?), and
the starter is 22W (it's actually labeled "4...22W"). I presume this
means that my lighting is 22W?

Perhaps a few floating plants are in order.

Regarding the pH, the store from which we've bought all our fish so far
keeps their stock in the same (municipality's) tapwater that we use, for
what that's worth.

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