Top Ten Corydoras

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Top Ten Corydoras

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Limited to the United Kingdom, what do you think are the top ten (or 20 if you like! ) most commonly available Corydoras in fish shops? It’s nice to pick all kinds of fish you like the look of from a book but many are unlikely to be available locally. TIA.
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I've been in only a handful of UK shops, but this is what I recall:

In lineage order, then alphabetical, with commonly mistaken spp. paired, and may be offered as something else:
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Thanks Eric, I’ll check them out in my books!
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I agree with your selection. In a personal note I would add the Corydoras Panda. But that’s just me and make it 11.
Regards.

I love my Corys! (*)
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Reindas wrote: 25 Mar 2020, 23:06I agree with your selection. In a personal note I would add the Corydoras Panda. But that’s just me and make it 11.
Yes you're absolutely right in the USA. I don't recall seeing in the UK, but I'm confident it's common in the UK also.

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I would assume C panda is in the top 10 in the Netherlands. You see them everywhere.

Further the dwarfs, C pygmaeus, are also very common here
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Hi all,
I'd add and for the UK.

Corydoras panda breeds successfully in hard water so you often see hobbiest bred ones for sale in this area (Bath, Swindon, Bristol).

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