C. Tucurui

[kuhni]

Was browsing my lfs's lists and I came across C. Tucurui, Does anyone know what sort of cory this would be?

I may purchase some, along with cories such as: C. Cervinus, C. Loretoensis, C49 and C. Virginiae.

There is no image in the cat-e-log for C49, but on the nettaigyo site, it was referred to as a Pseudo-Robustus? and the cory had a yellow elongated dorsal, which curled at the end.

Regards,
Michael

[kim m]

C. tucurui could be some C. brevirostris/C152/C030-looking fish. There was an old thread on CW mentioning this name.

[kuhni]

Hey another Q,

I checked the Cat-e-log and it listed Cervinus as being in temperature ranging from 20-24 C, Do they tolerate temperatures up to 26-27?
or are they in a similar boat like S. Barbatus which will have major problems with higher temps?

Unfortunately I live in Western Australia, where the water is alkaline and hard, and the temperatures are high :/

C. Cervinus are listed as a softwater cory, so I may have to get a RO Filter, although I could use a blackwater extract in the time being.

[kim m]

I've not kept C. cervinus, so I can't help out on that one. I keep and breed S. barbatus though, and some of my fry is at 24 celcius with no problems at all.

If your water is hard, then I would recommend a RO-unit, or if you have the opportunity to gather rainwater it would be great too. I use mostly rainwater myself.