I need advise, PLEASE!

[debbeesm23]

I am trying to find out which of my corys can live together in the same tank without being afraid of inter breeding. I have the following corys:

Pygmy Cory Corydoras pygmaeus 

Panda Cory Corydoras panda

Bronze Cory Corydoras aeneus

Peppered Cory Corydoras paleatus

Salt & Pepper Cory Corydoras habrosus

Albino Cory

Black Cory Corydoras schultzei 

Leopard Cory Corydoras trilineatus

The long fin peppers and the long fin albino were in the same container when we got them at a swap meet so I do not know what breed the albinos are. I do not know enough about corys to know which can live together without mix breeding, so please, please can some one give me advise? Thank you so much in advance.

[bekateen]

To my knowledge, long -finned albinos are a variant of paleatus. You can read more about this here: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 40#p285435. So if you keep them with your other paleatus, they will breed. But that's okay because they are the same species. (the babies probably won't be albinos though).

By contrast, most short finned albinos sold in stores are variants of bronze Corys (aeneus).

Cheers, Eric

[debbeesm23]

thank you Eric, can you tell me which of my other corys can be housed in the same tank and NOT breed together? I would like at least 2 types of cory in my tank but I do not want them to mix breed

[bekateen]

I can tell you that I've kept trilineatus together with aeneus for four years now, and so far no interspecific hybrids. The advice I've read is that you are less likely to get hybrids if you keep several of each species in the tank. That way, if they try to breed, it will likely be with their own kind. But a single lonely individual of one species can more easily get involved in the mating frenzy of another species, resulting in hybrid babies.

Somewhere in these forums, if you search for it, you will find a list of Corys known to hybridize.

Cheers, Eric

[bekateen]

This will help you. Read the bottom half of this post, which includes links to known Cory hybrids: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 35#p288376.

Cheers, Eric