Im a begginer fish keeper with a small 10gal freshwater tank. I was dissapointed to find out I couldn't keep a pleco because of the size of my tank but did some looking into for the cory catfish family. I have about 4 of these little guys swimming around. While they do like to hide a lot they will always come out for food in their little pandamonium band (as I call them). They're very peaceful until it comes to fightning shrimp for food. Then it's war. They dont want anything to do with anything but themselves which I think is adorable.
If I were to have a complaint about the fish itself, it would be that I have to be extremely careful with what kind of medication I can put in the tank (had some scary first few weeks with new tank syndrome that i didn't know about till after it had happened and some fish I got with ich).
Highly suggest them for any beggnier who likes social introverted catfish. 😁