Corydoras Keepers

**tetrakid** · 11th Mar 2012, 20:52

Thank you, Uncle Ronnie.

It's nothing to do with its rarity. You see, actually I prefer the Sterbais most. There are so many rare and expensive Corys apart from the Adolfoi, but I do not fancy them at all.

Like I said, because the Sterbais eyes are easily visible, easily the cutest among so many types of Corys. The Pandas' and Adolfois's eyes are masked by a black band, so are not as prominent as those of the Sterbais'. But because the Adolfois have an additional red spot on the 'shoulder' it makes them outstanding colour-wise, unlike Pandas. hence I also fancy the Adolfois.

And color-wise, the Sterbais also stand out as they have yellow or orange 'hands' and yellow eye-rims too! So you see, the only Corys I fancy are Sterbais and Adolfois.

**vannel** · 12th Mar 2012, 00:17

Glad you found your favourites! Not many of us here can say the same. Haha. I know I can't.. I was practically on the verge of importing some C. Hastatus from corysrus for $15 per piece (excl local charges).. Then, I almost paid a local importer $15 per piece (but that fell through when all the cories didn't make it through quarantine).. Luckily for me though, that was when GC and JZX caught on and both LFS decided to bring the long lost cories back to SG tanks (and only at a fraction of the cost).

**creech** · 14th Mar 2012, 13:37

Originally Posted by tetrakid

Ooh, thanks to stormhawk and vannel for your great help.

Hope one of these days I will be able to buy a pair or two of true Adolfois.

Presently, I am only keeping a few Sterbais, which are a joy to keep. I noticed they are helpless creatures when it comes to hard food for example tiny hard pellets mean for Tetras. But they have no problem with powdered algae discs.

Today, I tried offering them hard-boiled egg yolk which they gobbled, but created a mess. Anyone with great food suggestions? eg beef-heart, chicken liver, etc.. lol.

I feed mine with frozen blood worms and Hikari pellets, both are eagerly taken up by the cories :-)

**alfredliow316** · 15th Mar 2012, 21:41

Can any of you veteran tell me the english term for "金线黄花鼠"?

**vannel** · 15th Mar 2012, 23:45

Gold Laser Corydoras.

**alfredliow316** · 17th Mar 2012, 02:42

I think i found it. It's Aspidoras pauciradiatus. Cute little fellas!

**stormhawk** · 17th Mar 2012, 08:36

They're cute but fragile for us here with warm weather.

**vannel** · 18th Mar 2012, 17:19

Another rainy day today.. Anyone has any luck..?

**RonWill** · 18th Mar 2012, 22:46

Have... but only Pseudomugil ivantsoffi, Oryzias woworae, C. pygmaeus, C. hastatus and Scleromystax kronei. How I wished it were those C. napoensis, Green Lasers or even better, those C. eques or C. sp. "Black Venezuela" that's under my care.

**tetrakid** · 18th Mar 2012, 23:01

Uncle Ronnie is so caring and 'fatherly' with fry. Like a good Betta, lol.

Originally Posted by RonWill

Have... but only Pseudomugil ivantsoffi, Oryzias woworae, C. pygmaeus, C. hastatus and Scleromystax kronei. How I wished it were those C. napoensis, Green Lasers or even better, those C. eques or C. sp. "Black Venezuela" that's under my care.

**RonWill** · 18th Mar 2012, 23:13

Originally Posted by tetrakid

Uncle Ronnie is so caring and 'fatherly' with fry. Like a good Betta, lol.

WRONG!! I breed fishes, not change their diapers!!!

**ahkiatz** · 18th Mar 2012, 23:23

Any picture of Scleromystax kronei?

**stormhawk** · 19th Mar 2012, 02:33

See this link: http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...63e067458b.jpg

Photograph by user drewry from this forum: http://forums.rareaquatics.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1663

**vannel** · 19th Mar 2012, 07:08

Originally Posted by RonWill

Have... but only Pseudomugil ivantsoffi, Oryzias woworae, C. pygmaeus, C. hastatus and Scleromystax kronei. How I wished it were those C. napoensis, Green Lasers or even better, those C. eques or C. sp. "Black Venezuela" that's under my care.

Waa.. Still no luck with your C. Eques huh..? And you got your hands on the C. sp Black Venezuelas! Are they the recent batch from C328 or have you been quietly keeping them..? Haha. Those are nice. Wish I had another tank for them..

**RonWill** · 20th Mar 2012, 00:13

The C. eques are really plumb and have a tank all to themselves. Now I just need to know what makes them tick! Those blackies are cool and like I mentioned, these are in my care, on behalf of a friend. A bonus windfall if they spawn and they resemble little charcoal blocks with fins!!

**tetrakid** · 21st Apr 2012, 11:01

I now have a bunch of Cory Sterbai which feeds only on Tubifex worms.

As I intend to train them to eat dried food, can anyone recommend a dried sinking food that they are known to love? I have tried Hikari discs but they go far away from it. Presently I am trying to get them to eat micro sinking pellets, but they also avoid this even when they are all now starving thin with sunken bellies.

**doppelbanddwarf** · 21st Apr 2012, 11:11

I would suggest NLS pellets which contain a high amount of garlic or dipping other pellets in Seachem's garlic guard. The smell of garlic is irresistible to most fish. Corydoras sterbai are often unfussy and should take most dry foods. Sunken bellies might point to internal parasites.