Corydoras with predatory Cichlids

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The topic sounds like a bit of a lopsided 'fight' but I'm curious to know whether anyone has successfully kept larger Corydoras with semi-large predatory Cichlids. I've seen them successfully kept with 6-7" GT's, and I'm considering keeping about 6 of them in a tank that houses Severums, a Chocolate (No real issue with these two guys), and my main concern, a Blue Acara (6" Max).

My Aequidens pulcher is rather docile and never really took small feeder guppies when I used to occasionally feed them before I realised how futile and unhealthy it was. I would just hate to see them end up as reasonably expensive feeders at some time down the track.
 
I have kept cory's in the same tank as blue acara's even while they were breeding, no problem at all. They just chased them off when they got too near the young. But I have also had a blue acara kill 2 other blue acara.
 
Japes I think it would work just fine, and a large school of cories would look great in your tank. I've kept them (cories) with moderate to aggressive things (JD's etc) with no problems. Only casualties I've ever had was the lutino Oscar I had constantly tried to eat my cories; I've had O's in the past try to eat cories and spit them right out, and never try again...but not this guy.

Oops, I do have some cons that nip at plecos & other cats. I thought you had a pleco in your tank (don't see it in your sig now), if the acara bothered a small pleco I'd worry about it nipping/harassing the cories, nipping their whiskers etc.
 
i had a school of 6 corys with my oscar dempseys and jaguar untill i gave them to a friend because there kind of a pointless fish
 
they are active and do a good job of scavenging. they have spine which would make them inediably.
 
Gothyc_samurai;1575106; said:
acara, would not harrass cories, pecking a whiskers, LOL how stupid. no way
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Everything sounds stupid until it happens, certain fish can't be kept with any cat because of just that.
 
This was a huge concern of mine when I decided to add 3 corys to my GT's tank, because from what I understand, if he tried to eat them, it'd be game over for both of them. But luckily I've had no problems at all.
 
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