BTW My tank has approx 40 Corydoras sterbai, 10 C. duplicareus and 2 pairs of Sturisoma, possibly 1 pair each of S. panamense and S. aureum. All breeding regurarly. The tank is slightly more than 1000 liters, has five fake, hollow rocks(In which the Sturisoma spawn) and only ca 20% of the bottom sur...

My Sturisoma have been laying their eggs in caves lately. I have gotten used to them laying them on the the window panes and it really annoys me that they are hiding them now that I borrowed a cool camera to document the embryo development. Does anyone have the same experience and please, anybody, h...

Kodak moment.

3 cm long Sturisoma aureum fry and some Corydoras sterbai eggs.

I just had to share it.

Thanks for the input. I also think that sand is smart in the long run in the aquarium, but seeing the video where it shows them on sharp gravel in the wild made very curious.

... the problem that they will get spreaded in the trade, among aquarists and most likely will not be called "hybrid" all the time. Especially not after changing the keeper twice within a few years . So we were sitting in this pub having a beer and had the idea to give them a number, caus...

I am sorry the link didn´t work. The strange thing is that it works on my mac when I click it.

Try to Google : " soft barbels on sharp gravel " and click on Aquanet.tv. Hope that works.

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I too think in general that the advice to give for now is sand or rounded gravel as it seems to perhaps make them less vulnerable to poor water conditions, but I also think that the "horror" of sharper sand seems very overrated, much like the "scary Piranjas" :) i think I´m going...

The discussion about what the Cory need or prefer when it comes to subrate has been full of fire for many years. Mostly it seems that evrybody agree on fine sand, and that sharper gravel is deadly. I have often asked myself if the fish really are so stupid that they time after time cut themself in t...