Corydoras Catfish make great additions to the community aquarium with their unsurpassed scavenging abilities
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An Introduction to Corydoras Catfish
An introduction to Corydoras Catfish by Fishkeeping.co.uk member Fishy-Fishy.
Why Keep Corydoras?
Corydoras catfish come from a wide range of biotopes; from rocky rapids to slow-moving, muddy rivers.
A: Most swim in the bottom levels of the tank. Some dwarf species may swim in mid water.
Keeping And Spawning Corydoras Catfish
Keeping And Spawning Corydoras Catfish
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Origin: South America ...
Corydoras Catfish
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Corydoras Catfish
One of the coolest little freshwater tropical fish you can keep. We're biased though since it's one of our all time favorite species.
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Description: Corydoras catfish (Corydoras species, also known as cories) are small, peaceful, schooling catfish. Over 200 species of Corydoras species have been described, and over 50 species are available, although most remain poorly known.
Lambourne, Derek: Corydoras Catfish - An Aquarist's Handbook (Blandford Press, 128pp., ISBN 0-7137-2367-X)
"Corydoras panda". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. March 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
Catfish Tank - Corydoras Catfish, Four Lined Pictus Catfish, Small Plecostomus Catfish, Pimelodella Catfish, Porthole Catfish, Rafles Catfish, Upside Down Catfish, Talking Catfish, Synodontis Catfish.
Corydoras Catfish do well in a group of 4 to 6 individuals. Tetras and other mid-water schooling fish look good in a group of maybe a dozen or so. A tank with ten or twenty fish, all of different species looks too jumbled and chaotic.
A Corydoras catfish can be kept with the parents to eat any leftover food particles.
Ideal companions include other Corydoras Catfishes (they would probably perform even more mirthful antics if kept with pygmaeus), various small Characins such as Cardinals and Lemons (both of which share my Pandas' home), ...
I have tried many types of tropicals in my pond, including zebra danios, serpae tetras, rainbows, corydoras catfish, ghost shrimp, killies, kribensis, keyhole cichlids, red devils, angelfish, and even discus.
Examples of tropical bottom feeding fish include Corydoras catfish, algae eating fish such as Plecostamus, Loaches, Crustaceans, Chinese Algae Eaters, Octocinclus and sharks.
Corydoras Catfish
Cory Cats are members of the family Callichthyidae, a family of armored catfish from South America. Corys are small (generally 2 1/2" long or less), schooling fish that are always searching the bottom of the tank for food.
Some, such as the endearing Corydoras catfish, seem to have a “live-and-let-live' outlook on life, getting along just fine with most other peaceful tankmates, while others seem to be perpetually scrapping for a fight.
I chose this fish to be the first Corydoras Catfish of the Month because to me it is the "classic" Cory. Not especially common, it's a find but not a rareity.
((1995): Corydoras catfish, An Aquarist's Handbook. Blandford, London, UK. Hierronimus, H. (1997): Ihr Hobby: Corydoras Pantzerwelse. Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden, Germany. Baensch, H. A., Riehl, R.(1982): Aquarien Atlas I.
white clouds or Corydoras catfish) or a known "mated pair" of monogamous American cichlids, one fish soon dominates the other, keeping it constantly intimidated and often chasing it away at feeding time.
These fish are peaceful by nature, considering their size, and are suitable for large-scale community set-ups containing smaller SA species, such as Tetras and Corydoras catfish.
Peaceful community fish, keep with other peaceful tetras, Corydoras catfish, etc.
Temperature
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These include White Cloud Mountain Minnows, the several commonly available species of Danios and Rasboras, and most available species of Barbs. For those with a slightly larger tank, Rainbowfish make a great schooling fish. Corydoras Catfish are ...
This supply can consist of pretty much anything the fish can fit in its mouth, and mine has made a meal of goldfish, Buenos Aires tetras, Neon tetras, small Convicts and even Corydoras catfish.
that can be used - everything from play sand to black Tahitian Moon sand. The lightly colored sand really sparkles in an aquarium and sand in general gives a very smooth look to your aquarium. Fish with delicate barbells (such as corydoras catfish) ...
My fish -- Corydoras catfish, Neon Tetras, and a male Betta -- all love this plant (the Corys use it as cover to hide under in the daytime, the Neons hide behind it when they want a break from chasing each other, ...
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