Reticulatus corys , please info ,are they hard to breed,

vinniemabuna · Post by **vinniemabuna** » 22 Nov 2006, 01:33

Hi all Im new here, this is a great site full of information! Yes any info on these guys will be appreaciated, Im considering buying wild ones ,is this a good idea ? Ive seen photos, are these simular to Sterbis ? Which would you buy,Sterbi or Reticulatus ? Thanks in advance..

Post by **corybreed** » 22 Nov 2006, 02:55

If you are interested in breeding Corys I would buy sterbai. They are much easier than the reticulatus. Any reticulatus you see in a LFS are probably wild. Sterbai are available tank raised.

Mark

kim m · Post by **kim m** » 22 Nov 2006, 05:01

I have never heard of any spawnings of C. reticulatus...C. sterbai breeding is weel documented though. Bred them myself a few times.

I would choose C. sterbai

vinniemabuna · Post by **vinniemabuna** » 22 Nov 2006, 05:39

Hi all, thanks for the replys, it looks like Sterbai for me, do any of you know where I can get good quality ones from.. Aqua bid has alot of wild cories in general,and almost never any TR Sterbais. I live in the west ,Tucson,to be exact,any Cali, breeders. If I can get wild ones is that OK also.

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 24 Nov 2006, 11:56

Ask your LFS to order you a group of Corydoras sterbai. They will get tank raised shipped in unless you specifically ask them for wild caught fish which will cost much more than TR sterbai.

cartouche · Post by **cartouche** » 25 Nov 2006, 10:13

The breeding of C. reticulatus is a thing that really attracts my attention. It is strange that one of the most attractive corys is not bred in captivity. In fact, I read a book article about a successful breeding of C. reticulatus, probably taken from a German magazine in early 80's. I think that reports about 375 eggs in reticulatus - that you can find in some descriptions in the internet - come from the same source. But I have never read any other reliable report since. Actually, I found one: some German claims that his reticulatus spawn regularly in his tank, but he was not able to raise any fry. He explicitly states that "the breeding of C. reticulatus shouldn't be particularly difficult, even for a beginner (!)".

http://www.dooyoo.de/tiere/netz-panzerwels/1010724/

But the fact is that reports about breeding this attractive fish are almost non-existent. The problem with such claims is that under the name "Corydoras reticulatus" there are often exported absolutely different fish. From some reason, especially species from the delphax-ambiacus group are honoured by reticulatus name.