The sterbai in the last post is not a cross, its just the flash/lighting. Similis 'bronze sheen'? I thought it was a 'blue sheen'. Anyway the reason for posting, if my suspicions were correct use it as a warning to others to keep the 2 species separate. I never imagined these two species would cross ...

Looking at them I'd say they must be?? The only corys in the breeding tank are the similis and sterbai. For the time being the 2 in question have been moved to a separate tank from the others. Will also be making sure they don't leave the fish room, so wont be past on to anyone else. For comparison ...

Hi all, As some may know my C. sterbai have been spawning regularly for the last few months, since the warmer weather. In the same tank I also have C. similis which had also been spawning but not as often. All offspring from this tank have been raised together in another tanks. Two of them look ...

Hi Smoke, This is probable a little late. Have they settled in and spawned at all since your post? I have sterbai that breed regularly through the warmer months (unlike some of the more common species C.aeneus and C. paleatus, sterabi like to spawn in warmer water) but don't spawn at all through ...