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Greetings,

I am trying to get some information on C.gracilis.

1. General commercial availability.

2. Difficulty level of breeding.

3. Prices you have seen them retailed for.

Thanks. - Frank

Guppyman wrote:Greetings,

I am trying to get some information on C.gracilis.

1. General commercial availability.

2. Difficulty level of breeding.

3. Prices you have seen them retailed for.

Thanks. - Frank

1. Very rare although they maybe currently available.
2. Isn't known?
3. £40 each.

Jools

The availability of C. grasilis is extremely rare in the hobby because as I am led to believe, they can only be found at night as they spend the daylight hours in forested areas amongst the leaf litter.

I do not know of any breeding reports.

And with regards to price, do you have a good mortgage broker. I have seen them at £40.00 each but the two that survived the shipping were both males.

Ian

Hi Jools. Thanks for responding. So let me get this straight. If my conversion is correct you're talking about a Cory species that would sell for $70? Is that about the most expensive Cory you can name or are there others that sell for more? Thanks. - Frank

Hi Ian. So - you personally have had these fish? - Frank

Frank,

No I do not have C. gracilis with only 2 males at £40 ($70) each there was no point. If there had been both sexes I would have bought 6.

The most I have paid for Cory's is £50 each ($87) and that was taking 6. These were a species known only as C. sp 'Gauarana' (C65)

Ian

Could not find reference in the Cat-eLog on C. sp 'Gauarana' (C65). Google turned up nothing. Any info available??? - Frank

Hi Guppyman!


here is a picture of Corydoras sp "Guarana"

Regarding other info, there is a spwaning log in Ian's famous book: Breeding Corydoradine Catfishes.

Cheers
Yann

Yann,

Thank you. A beautiful Cory. Is Ian's book available in the U.S.? Is it sold through PC, do you know? - Frank

Guppyman----I ordered my copy from Ian himself. Every cory lover should have a copy. Simply put " it's a great book ". You can link to it at his website..

http://www.belowwater.com has the fish for $25/piece or 10 for $200. I am unsure of the shipping rules and regs. as the company is based in/or around Montreal, Quebec Canada. Check out the site and you can ask for a pricelist from Oliver (the owner).

Good Luck.

Rick
Concord, NH. USA

Hi Rick,

Have already been in touch with them but thanks anyway for the heads-up.. Getting them into the country is a pain in the butt and will wind up costing a bundle, but I'm working on it.

Frank