Corydoras
Armored Dwarf Catfish for Sale
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These Catfish are called Armored Catfish because their
bodies are covered with small hard plates to protect their bodies.
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Comments
Armored Catfish including the Corydoras species and the very similar Brochis
species are all very wonderful aquarium fish. Cory Catfish are cute, energetic,
just the right size for
most aquariums, don't hide, and are always hungry, so they are constantly scavenging the gravel for bits of food.
But they're not a substitute for cleaning your aquarium and changing some of
the water.
Click
here for more about
aquarium maintenance. All Corydoras Catfish go to the surface of the water from time to time and swallow a bubble of air. They force this bubble of air down into their intestines, where they can
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Click
here
to listen to
Steve Corandan, a
professional fish
breeder and the owner of Corandan's Tropical
Fish in Florence,
NJ, talk about how
to to breed
Corydoras Catfish in
an aquarium. |
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Corydoras Catfish enjoy schooling together. They can easily distinguish members of their species from other species of Corydoras Catfish. Long ago a
friend of mine, named Pat, had a very large aquarium. It was about six feet long with over 100 gallons of water. There were three or four schools of Corydoras species.
Maybe ten to twenty Corys
in each school. Once in a while two schools would swim through each other, and none of the Corys would ever get confused and join the group with another species. It was fun to watch and kind
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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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Max. Size |
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Aeneus Cory Cat
Bronze Cory Cat
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Corydoras aeneus
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3" |
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Leopard Cory Cat
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Corydoras julii
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2" |
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Peppered Cory Cat
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Corydoras paleatus
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3" |
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Pink Cory Cat
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Corydoras species
Probably
aeneus
and/or
paleatus |
3" |
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Sterba's
Cory
Cat
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Corydoras
sterbai
Highly
recommended |
2.75" |
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Panda Cory Catfish
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Corydoras species
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1.25" |
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Emerald Green Cat
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Brochis splendens
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4" |
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Max. Size
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There are many
more species of
Corydoras
Catfish and some
are available
from time to
time.
Click
here
now to buy
several
different
species of Cory
Catfish.
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Appropriate Home
An
freshwater aquarium with an
exterior power filter with a BIO-Wheel, a maximum of 1/4
inch of gravel, and an
aquarium heater adjusted to between 78 and 82 degrees F.
Click here for more about warm water aquariums.
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Recommended Diet
Floating
flake food for tropical
fish. Hikari makes
sinking food
specifically for Catfish, but be careful
and do not feed more
than your fish can eat. Be sure your fish eat all
the food you feed them,
because uneaten food will
soon spoil and pollute the aquarium water. Click
here
for more about feeding fish. I feed my Cory Catfish a few live Black Worms every other day. Click
here for more about Black Worms.
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The advertisement, shown below, links to
this advertiser's web site. |
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Compatibility
Armored Catfish enjoy being together so keep a group with at least six Cory Catfish of the same species together in the same aquarium.
If you have a large aquarium, say 50 or more gallons of water, you can keep two different types of Corydoras Catfish and have fun watching each type keep its own school.
Armored Corydoras Catfish are good tank mates for Livebearers such as
Mollies,
Swordtails,
and Platies, or for
Fancy Guppies.
Angel
Fish do well with Corydoras Catfish. Small Tetras such as
Neon Tetras, or
Bigger Tetras such as Black
Skirt Tetras and Serpae Tetras also do well with Corydoras Catfish.
Click
here to read more about several other groups of compatible fish.
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Gallery
of
Corydoras
Pictures
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Shown
above,
an
Aeneus
Cory
Catfish.
There
are
many
Cory
Catfish
and
this
is
commonest
species.
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Shown
above,
two
Pink
Cory
Catfish. |
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Just
above,
two
pictures
of
Corydoras
sterbai,
Sterba's
Cory
Catfish. |
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Just
above,
three
pictures
of
Corydoras
julii,
The
Leopard
Cory
Cat.
We've
recently
been
told
that
this
fish
is
actually
Corydoras
trilineatus. |
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The
so-called
Neon
Orange
Corydoras
catfish. |
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Just
above,
two
pictures
of
Rebauti's
Corydoras |
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Above,
two
pictures
of
Corydoras
melanisticus
eating
bit
of
food
from
the
bottom
of
one
of
our
aquariums.
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Above,
a
large
Corydoras
agassizii
swimming
on
it's
way
to
the
surface
of
the
water
for
a
small
gulp
of
air.
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Size and Lifespan
Armored Catfish
have a lifespan
of many years,
perhaps 20-years
and more. Their maximum sizes are listed in the table above.
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About our Fish Photographs ...
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Almost all the photographs and videos, shown on this web site, were taken
by us in our aquariums of our fish. Compare the healthy,
beautiful, energetic fish in our beautiful aquariums to the
fish in our competitors pictures. Their fish often look thin
with clamped fins and poor color.
We buy the highest quality fish, produced by the best fish
farms or caught by the best collectors of wild fish, then we take incredibly good care of our fish in our beautiful aquariums. If you compare the pictures on this site to our competitors pictures, you can instantly see, our fish and aquariums are better!
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