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#1 ·
I just wanted to start a thread about the wonderful little fish, corydoras. I personally own four corydoras agassizii (spotted) that share a tank with a small school of black neon tetras.

I have enjoyed watching my cories interact with the other fish in tank and watch as they play. Corydoras are wonderful little fish that get along with most other fish, are very social, and help keep the our substrate clean. ;-)

Anyone else share my love of Corydoras and if so which are your favorite(s)? I
 
#4 ·
Cories are my second favorite fish...I have 3 spotted and one ecudorian cory(dont know what it actually is this is what the pet shop sold them as) The little ecudorian one i actually named puppy dog because he follows my betta around all the time instead of schooling with the spotted cories. All in all these are great fish very entertaining and active.
Forgive me if anything is mispelled Im having grammar troubles today.
 
#5 ·
Grammar troubles forgiven, I love English but I'm not super strict on it. I personally love the spotted cories and I think it's cute that you named one puppy dog. I never really thought of their behavior that way until I saw it mentioned a couple weeks back (I think) and also today. I definitely think the analogy fits pretty well as far as their playful behavior.
 
#6 ·
I love my cories too, especially my spotted. :) I think my favorite behavior is when they head-butt each other while racing. Sometimes one will nap and the other will be bored and head-butt the sleeper until he wakes to play. They are definitely the most interesting thing in the tank to watch.
 
#7 ·
I've never seen mine headbutt before. I know I have seen a cory zip past a sleeping cory, pushing his slightly sideways in the process. The funny thing is the sleeping cory usually just falls back into sleeping position like nothing happened.
 
#8 ·
I have 4 adult C. aeneus with my betta Horton. There's one albino, one bronze, and two greens with one being really light. My favorites are the albino and bronze that I got in New York and brought home with me to the midwest. We also have two juvies that were born and bred in that tank. They don't have names yet but my mom says their hers since she noticed them and cared for them while I was at college. Horton actually thinks he's a cory and raised the juvies. He would guard eggs that were laid near his usual bed and he put the little guys in this fake house after they hatched so they weren't eaten by the adults. He's very protective of his babies and spends his days swimming right over the babies. He's letting them interact more with the adults though instead of sitting between everyone. The babies primarily school together and they're quite playful. I have several fun baby cory stories if anyone is interested.
 
#10 ·
Bronze cories, and green cories of the same species, are actually really easy to breed. We weren't exactly trying to breed but once ours started they didn't seem to stop until one of the spawning partners passed away. Usually the eggs get eaten by the adults but Horton protected these eggs. He's been raising them and they always run to him for protection. Juvies are even more active than adults and always skittering around. I don't have any pictures of the babies because anytime I pull out the camera Horton starts flaring at it. I managed to get some fabulous pictures of Horton though.

One time the little baby was sitting by himself which is unusual because he's always either near Horton or his bigger brother (they're from spawns about a week apart). He wasn't moving so my mom was really worried that he was dead. She tapped the glass near him and he swam as fast as he could to Horton and the other baby. Horton put him in his house and flared at my mom for at least 15 minutes.

If anyone has specific breeding questions though I'd be happy to try and help.
 
#12 ·
O.O. I just now read your posts over and that is amazing that your betta has been raising the cories. I guess to him, eggs are eggs, and he is going to protect them and raise him.

I also have that "issue" with the "dead cory look." My oldest boy Creepy will sit motionless for forever. I just have to keep in mind that he is sitting motionless on the bottom of the tank and not floating upward.
 
#15 ·
I also have that "issue" with the "dead cory look." My oldest boy Creepy will sit motionless for forever. I just have to keep in mind that he is sitting motionless on the bottom of the tank and not floating upward.
Casper makes it worse by literally burying herself upside down in the sand. If you tap the glass she comes out and looks at you like "why would you do that I was having fun." My mom tries to fish her out of the tank at least once a week thinking she's dead.
 
#14 ·
Yeah cories aren't good parents but betta dads are fantastic parents. In the first spawn they ever had, which is the only one I personally witnessed, Horton actually went through and ate all the eggs that had fungus of the ones laid in his section. He also gladly shares his betta flakes with his babies. I think it's amazing that the cories actually few him as their dad/protector and not a threat since he's so big and colorful.
 
#18 ·
Oh, okay. I have seen those, they are pretty. Just to let everyone know, If you feel like sharing a pic or two, that would be fine with me. Honestly, I don't have a good camera and if mine spot the camera, it's over. Over the gravel and into the skull, to hide from the camera we go... o.o;
 
#22 ·
Yup! I also have a Cory Cat question- Can you house different color types together? Like Kia with a Panda and an albino and a spotted?
 
#25 ·
Species matters over color type. Cories of the same species with school with each other over other species. They will only school with catfish of other species out of necessity like when kept in a tank when there is only one of each species. I have seen a large cory tank with peppereds, bronze and albino C. aeneus, and pandas. All the different species kept to themselves. C. aeneus of different colors will school together--I have 3 different colors in the tank that all school together and actually breed with each other.

Miah--since Kia is a green cory she can be housed with bronze and albinos and they will still school with each other.
 
#26 ·
Cool- but no peppered or spotted or pandas? Always wanted those. Lol.

Why is that? Do you know? Aren't they all just cory cats?
 
#28 ·
It's because they're all different species and they feel more comfortable with their own species. A panda cory is not the same as a bronze cory. If you wanted spotted or peppered cories you would have to buy 4 of that species in addition to the 3 you need for Kia.
 
#30 ·
Ah, I see. Like all bettas are bettas but there are wild types and the ones we can get at Petsmart. Lol.

Okay. Kia will be getting some friends! <3
 
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