Believe me I've been staring at the pics of both species. In the new juveniles the base color looks white with black markings which is what made me wonder if they were mislabeled. I'm looking at your photo above and I see white spots on a dark base color on the head. That is sterbai. Cheers, Eric ...

Dave Rinaldo wrote:

Corydoras sterbai

Believe me I've been staring at the pics of both species. In the new juveniles the base color looks white with black markings which is what made me wonder if they were mislabeled. All Cories are zipping about and sifting the sand. Nice fat happy fish.

Ok, thank you. I got a deal on them then

My habrosus and pygmaeus typically hang out in different areas. My habrosus are more "normal" Cories sitting on the bottom as well as on leaves. My pygmaeus are often midwater or on leaves. They get along great, never seen any crossbreeding behavior with mine.

These are small juvenile fish. I'm hoping they are sterbai. I'm trying to get my group up to 10-12 or more. Thanks for your input.

They decided to pose for comparison. The larger is my original C sterbai

This is their tank

These young fish were labeled as C sterbai. I have one definite C sterbai in this tank. These youngsters look a bit longer in the face/snout ??? They were sold to me for $4.45 each at my local Petsmart. Same place I got my other C sterbai. They've been out for weeks. What is your opinion ? Sterbai ...

Sometimes adding to the group helps. It sounds like you only have a few of each species ? In some cases bringing numbers up ( if you have room ) can help. 3 of this and 4 of that may not let them feel safe ?? In my small tanks I try for 5-6 of each species at least and ideal would be a larger group ...

Otos or dwarf Cories would be the only possibilities AFAIK.
Your tank is about 8 US gallons ?
C hastatus, pygmaeus or habrosus
are the only Cories that might work.

I have habrosus in with my RCS and they do great

I have planted sand tanks. One has Flourite black sand and the other is Black Diamond blasting sand. Both are capped with Tahitian Moon Sand.

Both have Shrimp and my Cories love it.

Can you turn off lights midday ? Or add air stones to move water around ?
Or move tank to floor ?

Add fan to room ??

Apparently the water changes have inspired my C. habrosus , I'm seeing breeding behavior. Lots of full body quivering and pressing up against. Saw an almost T position. No eggs yet that I see, but night is young !!!

I tested the tank again tonight and Ammonia was at zero.

It is a great looking set-up & with careful attention to water quality you specify i'm sure you'll be fine. The sand does look a bit angular but i've not used it personally so cannot say how suitable it is. Having spoken with Hans-Georg Evers & people like Kim M, Ian Fuller etc the one thing they ...

A few bad phone pics. Do I have two different species of Otocinclus ??
Their tail markings are quite different.

I'm at capacity livestock wise and now New additions 3 C hastatus babies Looks like a change of opinion? They are incredibly tiny. About the size of my Shrimp or less. And they will be moved once they get size on them. My tank is very heavily planted and I'm doing extra water changes to make sure ...

New additions 3 C hastatus babies
Getting more soon. These were a birthday gift

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

Coriequest wrote:Coursair! You are?! That's great! See you there!

He says I am getting 3, so who am I to argue. I'll get more later.

Nice pic, fabulous cat

My tank is a 10g jungle. I have black sand, a dark background and lots of floating plants. My C. habrosus (5) are super active, always checking things out. My Otos (2) are out and about. They used to startle more, now they are pretty calm. I have Celestial Pearl Danios - they can be shy. Mine do ...

No lonely hastatus answered your ad ? I've been looking for over a year, found healthy habrosus first, now have a new club member that is a Cory breeder. I'm getting hastatus this weekend

I really hope you find your little guys.

I like my Corydoras habrosus. Small, but still use the bottom of the tank. Very active Pandas are a nice size as well.

Lovely Cories

I use sand in all my planted tanks now. My C habrosus love it. I'm using Tahitian Moon Sand ( black) from CaribSea. I just add root tabs for my Crypts and Swords. I also use Malaysian Trumpet Snails to aerate.
My plants grow well and my wee Cories love it.

http://img.tapatalk.com/1806476e-8393-2cd3.jpg My Otos occasionally startle my Shrimp. But usually I see Shrimp riding the Otos or Otos pushing Shrimp aside and the Shrimp don't even seem to notice. My Otos are usually on the walls or the plants. When they are on the ground the Shrimp completely ...

Thank You !

Thank you. I'm still seeing the same error on Tapatalk , but only this forum.

Tina

I'm a Beta tester for his new gel foods and my Shrimp and Fish LOVE the food !!