Corydoras Keepers

[cephelix]

Solitari: I'm going to tie the moss to a mesh as I've read they won't root and thanks for the reply. I'm not planning to cover the whole substrate with moss, only about a quarter of it. I do like seeing them dig though. They're very cute and docile, which is what attracted me to them in the first place.

My favourites are still the bronze cory. I think they have a very understated beauty about them

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[vannel]

AHHH yayyyy glad to hear from the expert! My new albino also looks roundish like that but not this big. Hopefully it's female too.

Thanks so much vannel!

No problem KittyCat. I'm far from an expert. Soltari007 for example has been in the hobby for much longer and has experience with many more Corydoras than I have. I still learn a lot from everyone.

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[vannel]

My favourites are still the bronze cory. I think they have a very understated beauty about them

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I agree. I have recently been leaning towards the more solid colored Corydoras as well. I have a number of C. Melanotaenia which are very similar to yours. C. Concolor are also beauties if you have space for them. When stable, their solid color tones match up to any lasers!

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[RonWill]

Not very available in Singapore, even the true C.napoensis are hard to find.

Yep, which is why Benny's napos under my care are treated like precious little gems. Still waiting for full-blown monsoon season to attempt breeding them...and those black venez...and my killies...and...

[cephelix]

I agree. I have recently been leaning towards the more solid colored Corydoras as well. I have a number of C. Melanotaenia which are very similar to yours. C. Concolor are also beauties if you have space for them. When stable, their solid color tones match up to any lasers!

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I have never heard or even seen any of the corys u mentioned in the lfs.hahaha.
First noticed the C. sterbai due to the orange tinge on their pectoral and pelvic fins

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[Shi Xuan]

Yep, which is why Benny's napos under my care are treated like precious little gems. Still waiting for full-blown monsoon season to attempt breeding them...and those black venez...and my killies...and...

I didn't know you still have the napoensis, wow. I still prefer C.eques, which I think, is by far the most beautiful Corydoras I've seen. As for now, keeping a pair of C.reticulatus, C.loxozonus, C.atropersonatus and a small school of pygmaeus. Should have gotten more but I don't think they can fit into my 2 feet tank anymore, which they share with a pair of O.woworae which has been producing fry like no tomorrow, yes, right now I have fry of different ages growing up.

Oh, on a side note, a pair of Micropoecilia branneri and some Rivulus cylindraceus "Cascada de Soaro" fry....dreaming of an amazon biotope...

[RonWill]

Oh yes, the eques are on my WTB (Want To Breed) list as well. All healthy, active and plumb. Just waiting... and waiting... and waiting...

I know how it is with the O. woworae. Using them as dither companions for my manacapura cross angels. Good luck with those killie fry and try not to 'kill' the green water this time eh

As for Micropoecilia branneri, game on if there are both sexes.

[Shi Xuan]

Yes. Both sexes. I got 2 pairs but the fishes were pretty battered when I got them and 1 male conked. Trying to beef them up with BBS at the moment. I read a bit about them before and it mentioned about the superfetation observed in this tiny livebearer. Very different from the usual livebearer which we see. Tried to catch all the healthy ones so you can imagine how excited I was.

The cylindraceus fry are growing a fair bit and right now, about 1cm in length. Meanwhile, I'm still conditioning the other fishes I have in my possession and C.pygmaeus is definitely one.

Oh, you even keep those angels, OMG, breathtaking beauties. As for the greenwater, it's long gone, replaced by a culture of daphnia which I promptly fed to all the fishes. It doesn't matter anymore, I have got a method of raising tiny fry, that is, I leave a couple of plastic containers under a direct light source, packed with lots of plants and a couple of ramshorn snails with the routine dosage of;

1-2 squirts of liquifry No. 1;
1 squirt of grindal worms;
A bit of mulm from my 2ft tank;
gunks from grindal worm cultures; per week

Once in a while, I change 20% of the water and everything is alright.

[soltari007]

I didn't know you still have the napoensis, wow. I still prefer C.eques, which I think, is by far the most beautiful Corydoras I've seen. As for now, keeping a pair of C.reticulatus, C.loxozonus, C.atropersonatus and a small school of pygmaeus. Should have gotten more but I don't think they can fit into my 2 feet tank anymore, which they share with a pair of O.woworae which has been producing fry like no tomorrow, yes, right now I have fry of different ages growing up.

Oh, on a side note, a pair of Micropoecilia branneri and some Rivulus cylindraceus "Cascada de Soaro" fry....dreaming of an amazon biotope...

since we're on corydoras, here's a pic from tonight

[RonWill]

erm... this one available on loan for stud service, right?

[cephelix]

That is a pretty cory......

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[Shi Xuan]

since we're on corydoras, here's a pic from tonight

That's a neat looking eques. Something stunning about this Cory is that thick band that runs vertically along it's operculum and around it's head. How difficult it is getting this species and napoensis to spawn?

Ron, are you still keeping the kronei as well?

[chtan23]

2 blind panda corys spotted in the panda cory tank at 328. No eyes at all.

Anyway, the one which I bought home yesterday thinking it's female. It's the roundest of the lot available there. Hopefully it is.. If not, too bad for me haha.

Oh no, I just bought 6 panda from C328 last evening, never really check whether they got eyes or not since their eyes got black patches. Tonight go home take a closer look.

I feed them pellets and algae wafer, but they doesn't seen to eat it.

[cephelix]

Oh no, I just bought 6 panda from C328 last evening, never really check whether they got eyes or not since their eyes got black patches. Tonight go home take a closer look.

I feed them pellets and algae wafer, but they doesn't seen to eat it.

Hope yours is ok...
From what I know, it always takes a while for new fishes to adapt to new food.
Mine didn't eat the algae flakes in the beginning as well but after a day or two,they'll eat it.
Now my corys won't even eat the frozen bloodworms for some reason

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[chtan23]

Hope yours is ok...
From what I know, it always takes a while for new fishes to adapt to new food.
Mine didn't eat the algae flakes in the beginning as well but after a day or two,they'll eat it.
Now my corys won't even eat the frozen bloodworms for some reason

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Your signature shows that you have rummy nose. Do you house them with cory. Do your rummy nose snatch all the food when you drop in for cory?

[tetrakid]

Good to see a some Cory connoiseurs here. Presently I only fancy the Cory Sterbais. Other than that I also sort of fancy the C. Adolfois for their nice colour, but those fish seem to be beyond reach here, and even if available they will cost a bomb too.

Anyway I just bought a cheap plastic packet of mixed Platys, and is thoroughly enjoying these nice little fishes. I have never kept Platys before, but instantly liked them the moment I put them in the tank. This is because they started pecking happily on the algae in the tank, much like those poultry chicken pecking in the sand and grass, a very nice behavior, but my Tetras and other fish don't do that at all. Lol.

[cephelix]

Your signature shows that you have rummy nose. Do you house them with cory. Do your rummy nose snatch all the food when you drop in for cory?

Yup, I have rummies and i do house them together. They never bother the corys or the food meant for the corys though. If hungry the rummies would peck at food that has sunk but they don't seem to like the algae wafers

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[KittyCat]

Oh no, I just bought 6 panda from C328 last evening, never really check whether they got eyes or not since their eyes got black patches. Tonight go home take a closer look.

I feed them pellets and algae wafer, but they doesn't seen to eat it.

Hope yours are okay. I always look for a few things when buying fish

Complete fins
Bright colors, super black black parts in the case of my Loxonozous and Pandas
Active even before putting in the net. I aim then catch!
When stop, slowly sink if their supposed to - like corys
No missing parts

[vannel]

Hope yours are okay. I always look for a few things when buying fish

Complete fins
Bright colors, super black black parts in the case of my Loxonozous and Pandas
Active even before putting in the net. I aim then catch!
When stop, slowly sink if their supposed to - like corys
No missing parts

I would expand on these criterias:
- Full barbels, Not damaged
- No visible sign of diseases
- Swimming posture (should not be swimming slanted, no issues with buoyancy)

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[KittyCat]

I would expand on these criterias:
- Full barbels, Not damaged
- No visible sign of diseases
- Swimming posture (should not be swimming slanted, no issues with buoyancy)

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Oh yes these as well.