A bold statement to say that it is not C.leopardus, if you do indeed have C. leopardus please add a picture so we can compare. The fish you show may be C.leopardus, it is very close, it is also close to C131. What would help is to know the location where it was collected, without this information yo...

Basically keep them clean (Good well filtered water)and a good variety of food.

A little research on temperature and water type also helps.

Ian

I first had these in early 2010 and bred them i May of that year.
Below are the water parameters
pH:7.5
GH:9
KH:1.5
Conductivity:360µ/cm
Temp.25ºC (77ºF).
There is a full report in my book "Breeding Corydoradinae catfish" second edition, along with another 152 species accounts.

Ian

Record number of rooms taken.
Record number of delegates booked.
Record number of Germans coming.

All records are being broken this year and everything is looking good for this being "One hell of a do"

Ian

C. sterbai 22 years and C. pygmaeus 14 years

Ian

These are definitely CW051

Ian

Be a little wary with these as when coming into breeding condition there will be a lot of dominant aggression and these are some of the most aggressive of all Corys. In their main tank I would advise plenty of cover and a good open space.

Ian

We are heading for a a record attendance, with all allocated rooms now taken plus another 8 on top.

Plenty of day ticket place available though.

Ian

There are many species that at certain times of the year are found together, whether these species breed in the same locations is to a degree unknown. There are as we know a number on mimics i.e. C. opapoquensis/C. condisciplus, C. imitator/C. adolfoi/C. serratus, C. seussi/C. gossei. I have never s...

I would really like to see a picture of the C.punctatus, this is a fish that I have been trying to obtain for a long time, but I need to know it is the right fish before spending any money.

Ian

Thank you

Ian

The CSG's Annual convention is just around the corner and if you don't want to miss one, if not the best Catfish event of the year now is the time to get yourselves booked in. The ticket discount price holds until the 31st of January after which it reverts to the full £35.00. The event is held in a ...

I would like to see an image of the fish you are selling as C. punctatus. I ask because this fish has never been commercially available.

Ian

Have you read the sticky on hatching & rearing fry at the top of the page.

Ian.

Can one of the Admins please move this post to the Any other South American Catfish section.

Ian

They are not accidentally mixed, exporters deliberately call all three species C. hastatus, because they command a better price and sell better. The trouble then occurs with some store keepers continuing with the error, and will often say "that's what they came as so they must be that fish"...

Excluding Corydoradinae there are officially 5 genera with 10 species and I would imagine that there will be population differences. The one example to come to mind would be Callichthys callichthys, those from Trinidad and those from mainland SA. There distribution supposedly goes as far south as Ur...

There are a number of people in the UK breeding the "Black" C. schultzii, but does not actually come from Venezuela. It was first developed in Germany some 10-12 years ago and is currently being bred commercially in the Czech Republic. It is continually erroneously called the "Venezue...

Checking through Scott Schaffer's paper I would say O. mariae.

Ian

Have you checked the species page in the cat-elog it will at least give to the location from where the original described fish were collected and then a little trip into google maps will tell you if the rivers you are looking at are in the same area.

Ian

Many people believe that catfish, or in particular Loricariidae and Corydoradinae are algae eaters, some loricariidae are pure vegetarian but others are pure meat eaters, so giving them all the same diet will cause long term problems. Corys are not vegetarian they are omnivores and mainly feed on mi...

I have seen these quite often on Cory fins, I think they are a form of Flagellate.

A little salt will usually get rid of them.

Ian

The whole image has a green cast to it, making the fish difficult to be sure. for CW009 the stripe is bright metalic green. CW010 (gold laser) has olive colored fins and a golden yellow to orange stripe. There is a comparison image here

Ian

CoryfanAad,
Sorry not good advice to feed Corys high protein foods unless young growing fry.
Feed quality commercial food by all means but not the high protein types that are made for Discus and the like. live or frozen foods are good especially Daphnia.
Ian

It looks more like C. agassizii in that image, the problem is there are 3 or 4 species from the same location that look similar and as they grow the patterns change which adds even more confusion.

Ian

I would say C. agassizii in front and possibly C. delfax in the rear, but the image is not the best.

Ian

The reason most fish 'shoal' together is in defense of possible predatory activity. Also it is a numbers thing. To me 6 fish would not constitute a 'shoal' nor would they react as such. A larger group 20 or 30 would make up a small 'shoal'. However in a safe environment the instinct to group togethe...

I will come back in on this discussion and add my 2pence worth. The biggest problem I have with the main characteristic defining CW052 is the black caudal fin in juvenile specimens, which fades out into 3 or 4 vertical bars when mature. The colour patterns of mature specimens of both species is very...

Have you read my 'Hatching & Raising fry' sticky at the top of this forum?

Ian

No problem Jools, I would contact Brian Perkins for his ok to use the CW080 picture. The CW081 is mine so OK there.

I will send you a couple of other images.

Ian