Your favourite Corydoras?

All posts regarding the care and breeding of these catfishes from South America.
Post Reply
User avatar
apistomaster
Posts: 4735
Joined: 10 Jun 2006, 14:26
I've donated: $90.00!
My articles: 1
My cats species list: 12 (i:0, k:0)
My Wishlist: 1
Location 1: Clarkston, WA, USA
Location 2: Clarkston, WA, USA
Interests: Aquaculture and flyfishing

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by apistomaster »

I like Corydoras hastatus when kept in species colony tanks. I think they adopted mimicry of common nondescript Tetras and they behave much like Tetras.
For a practical utilitarian dwarf Cory my favorite is C. habrosus which is also quite easy to breed.
I also like Corydoras C-121 but I have only been able to buy a group of 10 once and those did not live many years. They need really good water quality.
Mine spawned a few eggs but none resulted in any surviving fry.
Avid Trout fly fisherman. ·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
User avatar
Jools
Expert
Posts: 15994
Joined: 30 Dec 2002, 15:25
My articles: 197
My images: 944
My catfish: 238
My cats species list: 87 (i:13, k:1)
My BLogs: 7 (i:7, p:202)
My Wishlist: 23
Spotted: 447
Location 1: Middle Earth,
Location 2: Scotland
Interests: All things aquatic, Sci-Fi, photography and travel. Oh, and beer.
Contact:

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by Jools »

. Easy to keep, impossible to breed.

You've mentioned already a few of my favourites such as C. pantanalensis and C. robineae and my favourite "snouty" C. orcesi. What about the sheer brawn of . is special to me as the first Cory I collected in the wild although I'd have to say my favourite "bullet-nose" is . I am oddly fond of as well.

I like Ian's answer the best, there's a sub-thread here - what is the most underrated cory...

Jools
User avatar
Matt30
Posts: 252
Joined: 20 Nov 2010, 00:47
I've donated: $50.00!
My cats species list: 9 (i:9, k:0)
My aquaria list: 1 (i:1)
My BLogs: 3 (i:8, p:100)
Location 2: England. Surrey ,Caterham

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by Matt30 »

My favourite is Corydoras sterbai, I love there orange pectoral fins.
"Justice is coming to all of us no matter what we do"-WATCHMEN
matti2uude
Posts: 80
Joined: 12 Jan 2009, 07:46
My cats species list: 40 (i:0, k:0)
My aquaria list: 12 (i:0)
My BLogs: 1 (i:0, p:9)
Location 2: Toronto, Canada

Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by matti2uude »

I think my favorites are Hastatus and Habrosus too.


Sent from my iPhone 4S using Tapatalk
Coriequest
Posts: 102
Joined: 21 Jan 2012, 19:51
My cats species list: 4 (i:0, k:0)
My aquaria list: 5 (i:3)
My BLogs: 2 (i:0, p:85)
Location 2: San Francisco
Interests: Animals, Corey's, CRS, planted tanks, horses, reading, psychology, human behavior

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by Coriequest »

Hastatus
Pygmaeus
Habrosus

It's their ernest little faces!
User avatar
Elwood
Posts: 101
Joined: 19 Mar 2011, 13:12
My cats species list: 18 (i:6, k:0)
My BLogs: 7 (i:4, p:119)
Spotted: 3
Location 2: Milano, Italy
Contact:

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by Elwood »

Impossible for me to say wich one I prefer but I can say the best I own,
ergaziturboman
Posts: 3
Joined: 01 Jan 2012, 05:10
Location 2: united states

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by ergaziturboman »

My favor would be cory habrosus.
User avatar
HaakonH
Posts: 396
Joined: 06 Jan 2005, 11:32
My articles: 2
My images: 363
My catfish: 1
Spotted: 226
Location 1: Bergen, Norway
Location 2: Bergen, Norway
Interests: Fish fish fish!
Contact:

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by HaakonH »

I keep discovering new ones that I really like the looks of, so my list is definately not permanent either! But these will always be among my fav's:







Haakon
User avatar
tjudy
Posts: 102
Joined: 10 Sep 2004, 21:38
My cats species list: 13 (i:0, k:0)
My BLogs: 2 (i:0, p:115)
Spotted: 24
Location 1: Stoughton, Wisconsin
Interests: aquariums
Contact:

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by tjudy »

Very hard to pick... Of what I am keeping at the moment, I would have to say .
Last edited by tjudy on 02 Feb 2012, 16:24, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
tjudy
Posts: 102
Joined: 10 Sep 2004, 21:38
My cats species list: 13 (i:0, k:0)
My BLogs: 2 (i:0, p:115)
Spotted: 24
Location 1: Stoughton, Wisconsin
Interests: aquariums
Contact:

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by tjudy »

Most underrated... I will give a shout to . How many people have this species as their first catfish, first cory cat and first catfish spawn?

On a side not... how do you get the species name to become a link to an image?
Last edited by tjudy on 02 Feb 2012, 16:23, edited 2 times in total.
User avatar
KrisA
Posts: 77
Joined: 16 Sep 2009, 00:59
My cats species list: 1 (i:1, k:0)
My BLogs: 1 (i:4, p:60)
Location 2: Denmark

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by KrisA »

My favourite is Corydoras pygmaeus.
User avatar
MatsP
Posts: 21038
Joined: 06 Oct 2004, 13:58
My articles: 4
My images: 28
My cats species list: 117 (i:33, k:0)
My aquaria list: 10 (i:8)
My BLogs: 4 (i:0, p:97)
Spotted: 187
Location 1: North of Cambridge
Location 2: England.

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by MatsP »

tjudy wrote:On a side not... how do you get the species name to become a link to an image?
You type

Code: Select all

[clog]Corydoras aeneus[/clog]
(either type in the [ c l o g ], or use the "clog" button above the text window when typing your post).

--
Mats
User avatar
tjudy
Posts: 102
Joined: 10 Sep 2004, 21:38
My cats species list: 13 (i:0, k:0)
My BLogs: 2 (i:0, p:115)
Spotted: 24
Location 1: Stoughton, Wisconsin
Interests: aquariums
Contact:

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by tjudy »

Thank you!
vannel
Posts: 1
Joined: 29 Jan 2012, 11:08
Location 2: Singapore

Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by vannel »

C. Hastatus has to be my favourite.

Sent from my BlackBerry 9700 using Tapatalk
User avatar
Allan
Posts: 197
Joined: 20 Apr 2003, 19:15
My aquaria list: 1 (i:0)
Location 1: Denmark
Interests: Catfish, mostly corys.
Contact:

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by Allan »

Corydoras adolfoi here also.

The way they act in the aquarium is to me unique of all the species I've had. They tend to sit there on display, rarely hiding. They are beautiful too, and then they are extremely good at not eating their own fry or eggs in a species tank. They can make a lot of babies without any interference exept the usual clean water and proper food.

Corydoras burgessi is just as beautifull, but the temper differs a bit, I think. Love those to though.

On beeing cute, I will for some reason say Corydoras similis and Corydoras bondi.
User avatar
bittersweet
Posts: 4
Joined: 31 Dec 2011, 19:16
Location 1: Córdoba
Location 2: Spain

Re: Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by bittersweet »

Corydoras Duplicareus and Corydoras Habrosus (love the little fellas), no doubt here.
User avatar
Coursair
Posts: 61
Joined: 12 Dec 2011, 19:27
My cats species list: 3 (i:2, k:0)
My aquaria list: 2 (i:0)
Location 2: California USA

Your favourite Corydoras?

Post by Coursair »

I have to add Corydoras hastatus to my favorites. Got some babies today, so cute !!!
Post Reply

Return to “South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)”