Habrosus Corydoras

Any tips on them anyone? I'm going to get these guys for a few nano tanks that need some "de-worming" haha.

They're uber cute, and honestly I can't stop looking at them lol....


Also.... I saw them at Cory's shop... GOOD PRICES TOO....
But I forgot to buy them.... >_>
I derped when I was in federal way bragging about how I got them to a friend and then when I went to show him them....


Yerp.....

Wait, what are they? I tried googling H.Corycats, and it just brought up a bunch of varius corycat fish... and not one specific one.

Unless that's exactly what you're asking for LOL..

I have Sterbai, Julii, and Albino Cories, and they seem to do well together. They absolutely LOVE eating algae sticks from Ken'sFish... and Cory told me that if you're going to mix and match certain species of corydoras together, you should have at least three of each type because like like being in their own groups, but still like to travel together with other corydoras.

I like to think of them as the "grazing cows" of the fishworld because they look so cute when they graze together, especially if you have sand, because they like to dig their little snouts into the sand, it's SO CUTE TO WATCH THEM DO THAT!! NYAWWWW!!!

(not my video, but just loooook at theeeeem...*Swoon*)

i have 3 emerald green corys and 4 spotteds...they are entertaining to watch in larger groups. if i wasnt doing partial water changes every 3-4 days (only 10 gal at a time) id probably stock a few more corys. 2 of my spotteds appear to wanna breed..

now that ive thinned (weeded?) my tank, i can see the gravel and more of my corys...till the vegetation grows back!

I use sand for my cories, apparently they like that more (I've seen them shove their faces into the substrate and sift through!!!!!)

I have 12 panda's
and 14 peppered.

Oh my gosh, that makes 26 cories all together. They must be so much fun to watch!!!

I WANT MOREEEE!!!! :]

yea, i wish i had sand, but i already have a layer of flourite down...from what i understand, putting a cap of sand on top looks good at first but eventually becomes a mixed up mess, rather than growth medium on bottom and "pretty " sand on top

26? thats a cubic-assload of corys....fun!

nick_76, I wonder... what if you get sand that's similarly colored to the flourite? That way it kinda blends in naturally (color-wise) lol... hrmmmmm...

I spotted another couple of fry in my panda breeding tank, finally. I had a bunch of them a while back, but only a couple survived the move to the grow-out tank. Now I have a couple more babies, which is good. Once I reach critical mass in my garage cory tank (another 10 or so I think) I'll start selling them. All but one of my current stock were born in my tanks and I think I have 17 at the moment.

In retrospect I wish I'd gone with Habrosus over Pygmaeus... good luck with yours!

poke- would be nice, but the majority of my stuff is the reddish colored substrate, havent seen the same color sand, or id jump on it

nick_76, ohhh I see... hmm... well, you coooooould just get rid of the flourite stuff and go dirt! LOL!!! ;-) kidding aside, what about setting up another tank? HEHEHE...

pbmax, oh boy, please let me know when you have enough of those little cories, I'd love to buy some off of you!

id really rather they not breed...but if they do, then they do...

its just i dont have the support equipment/time/energy that the fry would deserve/need to survive

Fluorite and eco complete aren't supposed to be good for barbells, from what I've read. Of course neither is tahitian moon sand, but mine don't seem to care.

poke- my apartment is crowded enough as it is with a lab and golden retriever, a 75 gallon tank and a spare tank that i gotta get around to craigslisting for someone braver (or has more time/money/space) -its frameless and needs the rear pane of glass replaced

also, if i were to set up a second tank in my place, theres a reef tank that may be moving into my apt, which means i have to move my office book cases into my bedroom

pbmax- i know this isnt the best substrate for them, but they appear to be doing fine with no barbel erosion, but i would prefer to give them a substrate they like

holy moly! D:

Yeah, folks say that, but I've also read that it's only a problem if the corys are stressed or have some other underlying health issue. Tahitian moon sand is supposed to be too sharp for them but mine have super long barbells and appear quite healthy.

But yes - they like to sift the substrate and spit it out through their gills. This is a little tough to do with fluorite, eco complete, or gravel.

Thank goodness for pool filter sand

YEA, MINE APPEAR TO BE DOING FINE...BUT WHOS TO SAY THEY CANT BE DOING BETTER? AND IF THERES AN INTERESTING BEHAVIOR TO BE SEEN, IM GAME...IM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT HOW LONG MY CAP WOULD STAY SEGREGATED FROM THE UNDERLYING FLOURITE

and no, i didnt mean to type that in all caps, but i also dont feel like retyping it >shrug<

i have 7 cory cats(1 panda, 1 albino, and 5 emerald green ones) in my bedroom tank with some of my cichlid growouts (red texas, dovii, lyonsi) they do a great job motoring all over the tank and don't seem to get chased by my growouts. The only negative was that I had to change my substrate. I originally had sand( virgin white silica sand) in my tank, but they always shot it up into the tank making it cloudy as they were foraging for food or just playing..... now I have small black and white gravel(it looks almost like gravel chips) in there, and they dig that too.

My garage cory tank is gravel mixed with PFS and the gravel always ends up on top. I should start skimming it off...

They do have... black flourite gravel... and black flourite sand....... >_>?

For my peppers.
I used the crappy white sand / gravel from petco (expensive too...... I WISH I KNEW BETTER BACK THEN!#!@#!@#$!$$)

And I'm using pool filter sand for my Pandas.
Probably gonna use Pool filter sand for my H. Cories.

I have the equivalent to an over sized cory cat... a Hoplo. The way the this cat acts is just like a cory, only its about 4.5" long. Not cute but very active and outgoing. I use the sand madness uses, I think it called Lapis Lustre. Not too fine and the fish love it.

Was so happy with this little cat... I got a volta giraffe cat. Basically a HUGE over sized cory!

i do prefer the red to black substrate, but yea...that could be a solution if i didnt have an established tank already

What the..... I've never heard of Hoplo fish before, AND NOW I WANTS ME SOME!!!

Where might I find these wonderful fishies?

I love my bronze cories, they're the nutballs of my tank. All over the place, lots of wiggling, and rarely in a straight line.

HEY NICK_76 STOP YELLING!

Got about 230 lbs of fluorite gravel sand mix in a 140 gallon tank. Probably over the last 5 years I have more than likely sucked out most of the sand, lol. But yeah, it did mix. There was no way to keep it separated conducting deep gravel vacs. Now that I dont do gravel vacs the remaining sand seems to settle to the bottom.

Currently have a school of Emerald green "Cory" cats & they dont seem to mind the fluorite. I've taken a super close look at this substraight and it has round edges.

their barbells is something i watch pretty closely, but all 7 seem to be doing very well..i think flourite perhaps has less sharp edges than regular aquarium gravel, perhaps? i did lose one cory...i used to have 4 of each, but that was in the early stages of the aquarium so that was practically expected


i dont think ill be doing a sand cap..in retrospect i dont think i wouldve done anything differently- the tank appears to be doing great and a cap might look good at first, but in the long run i imagine its a hassle...and since i wont be doing another tank in the near future...(now how many of us told ourselves that? how many actually believed it?)

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PokeSephiroth wrote:What the..... I've never heard of Hoplo fish before, AND NOW I WANTS ME SOME!!!

Where might I find these wonderful fishies?

I got mine from the B&I pets in Tacoma. I've seen them at APFP in Burien before. Very outgoing cat, got mine to eat bloodworms out of my fingers the other day.

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CONGRATS!

DMD123 wrote:

nick_76 wrote:100th post

CONGRATS!

nice job nick!