Corys4u was set up in January 2007 with the mind set of providing top quality Corydoras at a reasonable price. Fed up with seeing high priced Corydoras in local fish shops, Lee Fearnley had decided to found Cory4u to allow others to enjoy the fish that he had fallen in love with.

After starting his fish keeping career at the age of 17 when he started work at Keith Barraclough’s in Bradford, Lee carried on fish keeping for 3 years after he left. This invariably led to a 48 x 18 x 18 tank in his bedroom at home. This was your typical community tank with fancy guppies, molly’s platys and tetras. Then, by chance in November 2006, he met an old friend from school. He showed him his 4ft Malawi tank and the spare tanks in his back garden.

One of these being a well used 60 x 18 x 18 which he had been given after it spent 2 years on someone’s balcony. Needless to say, his friend gave him the tank. It was in a poor state, but after purchasing some chrome edging and some (not so) neat mitring, the tank was restored. Then came the task of finding something to sit it on. Another friend with a fish house had a very rusty and old 3 x 3 box steel framed double stand which he no longer used. Lee duly brought this home, cut it in half, sanded and painted it chrome. (Thank god for Hammerite !!) At this point the tank had cost him around £20 in chrome edging and aquarium silicone. He acquired some gravel from the same friend that gave him the tank and a filter came in the shape of an internal Fluval 4. An extra £14 was spent on a heater and tank was filled and cycling (fishless of course). The tank is now powered by an external Fluval 404 and a joiner friend built a hood for it which completes the tank. It’s a community tank with many livebearers and half beaks along with neon and black tetras and a plethora of Corys (and this is where the love for corys begins!).

However, this is not where the story ends. By the power of the internet, he found a world of forums, so friendly, some not so. He also found a few LFS’s who had a good stock of many fish. Unfortunately, he then began to suffer from MTS (Multiple Tank Syndrome) and in the short time he had taken the hobby back up, he currently stands at 15 tanks all up in the house! They range from 24” tanks up to 60” to a 3ft cube and stock everything from Gouramis to Discus, a semi complete fish house and a business. Now there’s a story to tell the grand kids!

And so the story continues with a new business and many happy customers to book. With an ethic of providing only the healthiest of fish and being readily available to chat, be it on the telephone or via the internet, Corys4u really is a breath of fresh air to the industry.