Corydoras aenus or Brochis spp.?

Bristlenose 94 · Post by **Bristlenose 94** » 17 Dec 2009, 19:47

ive been looking at these lately, as i have decided not to get a striped raph cat... i want something more active.

so, take your pick! and, if you dont mind, tell me why ytou chose the one you did, and in your opinion, which one is the more active / playful species?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 17 Dec 2009, 20:04

I don't think this is a "voting matter". They are both very nice fishes. C. aeneus is easily bred, which may be a nice thing if you want to try your hand at breeding corys, and they are available in almost any shop you can find.

On the other hand, Brochis are nice fish in their own way. May grow a bit larger than the C. aeneus, but mine haven't grown very quickly - someone said that there may be different variations of them from different places, some grow large, others don't.

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Mats

Bristlenose 94 · Post by **Bristlenose 94** » 17 Dec 2009, 20:08

MatsP wrote:I don't think this is a "voting matter". They are both very nice fishes. C. aeneus is easily bred, which may be a nice thing if you want to try your hand at breeding corys, and they are available in almost any shop you can find.

On the other hand, Brochis are nice fish in their own way. May grow a bit larger than the C. aeneus, but mine haven't grown very quickly - someone said that there may be different variations of them from different places, some grow large, others don't.

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Mats

i suppose a poll wasnt really necessary...

if C. aenus will grow more quickly, then ill probably go with that.... but darn, its so hard to choose between them!
maybe i could get a group of 4-5..... and mix the species...

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 17 Dec 2009, 22:17

Given that Brochis are often wild-caught, so they are often bigger in the shop than the C. aeneus.

I wouldn't mix similar looking fish of different species. That's a bit like buying two shades of beige tiles for the kitchen - it looks like you've made a mistake. Sure, having beige and brown ones, or just all the same beige colour. But mixing "nearly the same" just looks strange (or you can't tell the difference until you look very closely).

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Mats

Carp37 · Post by **Carp37** » 18 Dec 2009, 08:49

I personally prefer Brochis splendens- they're the only corydoradine species I've raised successfully, they're hardy, prettier than most Corydoras, and seem to be much more outgoing. That might be because I've not got more than 6 of any coryspecies but have 13 or 14 of these, but all my corys run for cover at ther first sign of trouble, whereas the Brochis are impossible to spook, and much more active- they'll even stop and try and feed when I'm chasing them with a net!

Captive-bred specimens of splendens are turning up now- my LFS imported some from Malaysia. I remember when this species was over £10 a fish ($18 or so?) in the 1980s, but now they're cheaper than most corys. B. multiradiatus/britskii are still expensive though, and I believe are always wild-caught.

steve779 · Post by **steve779** » 18 Dec 2009, 21:43

hi

can anyone tell me what the name of my brochis is? because the place i bought it from told me it is a rare cory and the name is something like stratham or stratus im not to sure and to be honest i don't think the person at the shop was either? but if anyone can help i will be very grateful, thank you. (picture of them is my profile pic)

steve

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 18 Dec 2009, 21:49

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 Dec 2009, 21:52

If you paid about a fiver or a bit more, then it's B. splendens, as Dave says. If you paid about 12-20 quid, it could be one of the others or a very nice B. splendens.

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Mats

steve779 · Post by **steve779** » 18 Dec 2009, 22:31

i paid just over £15 each for them. he did mention they've not long be dicovered.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 Dec 2009, 22:47

If it's "recently discovered" as in Scientifically described, then there is none. The most recent description of a Brochis species is that of B. britskii, and it was described in 1983 - whether that is "recently" or not, I'm not so sure.

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Mats

steve779 · Post by **steve779** » 18 Dec 2009, 23:02

cheers mats and dave ill try and find some more info of the place i bought them from.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 19 Dec 2009, 00:19

steve779 wrote:hi
(picture of them is my profile pic)
steve

How about a bigger version

Carp37 · Post by **Carp37** » 20 Dec 2009, 18:03

"Recently discovered" cpuld mean or , but they don't have a "proper" common name, as well as no scientific name...

edit that- they don't look like your profile photo

edit again- I think I need new glasses- your profile picture looks like it's a Corydoras based on the dorsal fin

guasr · Post by **guasr** » 17 Jan 2010, 12:08

Brochis is more active and better color to me while Aenus is less active but breeds.

I like both though =)