Corydoras guapore

kateswan · Post by **kateswan** » 03 Oct 2003, 14:15

I've had a group of six of these little guys for about 6 weeks now. Their behavior appears different from any other cory cats I've kept. They like to hang out mid-water more than on the gravel, schooling with white-skirt tetras all day.

They seem small for corys, no apparent larger size females in the group. Maybe I got all males . . .

Has anyone bred these guys in a home tank?

Kathy S

Post by **Coryman** » 03 Oct 2003, 16:59

C. guapore are a great little Cory that are renown for their mid-water activity, they are one of the smaller species that grow to around 45 mm SL.

I have a friend in Scotland that has bred them but unfortunatly he is out of the fishkeeping hoby at the moment, I will see if I can get him to write something up on them. I recently aquired a group of 6 and they are settling down nicely. The two females are now easy to sex being a little larger than the males.

Ian

kateswan · Post by **kateswan** » 03 Oct 2003, 20:17

Ian -

What do your cats eat? Unlike my other corys, these guys
don't come running for food. My cats get a mix of Tetra Pro,
blood worms both dried & frozen, and sinking pellets at
night. Nothing seems to get them excited -- they appear
to be closet eaters, waiting until I turn my back!

Kathy S

Post by **Coryman** » 04 Oct 2003, 14:01

I started mine of with a heavy feed of brine shrimp, the tank they are in also houses 6 small Aspidoras species and 6 Danoi kyathit so there was no chance that the shrimp wopuld die off and polute the tank.

It always helps with new fish that are reluctant to start feeding if they are put with a few astablished fish. I have to do this with fry from some species of Cory , they just don't know what food is, probably because it is not what their instincts tell them is food.

Ian

corydorus · Post by **corydorus** » 05 Oct 2003, 18:08

Ian, I am thinking of getting a batch of 8 after I shifited apartment likely before end of year. Saw them in a LFS priced cheaply ;)

But they are very quiet and stay montionless on the contrary in the LFS mini-tank.

What should I look out for

Post by **Coryman** » 05 Oct 2003, 18:22

Like most shoaling fish they are best kept on groups of at least 6 if not more, they do take a little to settle and become acustomed to their new suroundings. As long as they look bright eyed and are not hollow bellied they should be fine,

Ian

kateswan · Post by **kateswan** » 05 Oct 2003, 21:22

Ian -

Duh, I've never considered that my fish might be
unaccustomed to tank chow! Am I right in thinking
that the guapores are mostly caught in the wild
and imported?

Dennis -

My guapores are extremely shy for corys. They hide in
back of the plants and rocks, especially when someone
comes to the front of the tank to look at them.
If you back off, they come out and swim and play.
I've never kept a fish that took so long to get used
to me! But they are lovely to watch from a distance.

Kathy S

Post by **Coryman** » 06 Oct 2003, 00:27

There are no comercial breeders that I know of breeding C. guapore.

Mine are exactly the same, I have only had them a week and don't really expect them to loose their shyness for several weeks, I give them plenty of cover (plants etc) and they have a bunch of Danio's over the top which also hepls give them a sence of security. The idea being if the fish above are swimming in the open then there are no overhesd preditors about.

If you have access to a Daphnia suply this is food they cannot resist.

Ian

corydorus · Post by **corydorus** » 06 Oct 2003, 17:35

Kathy, as long they come out and play that will be happy for me

Ian, thks for the info.

kateswan · Post by **kateswan** » 06 Oct 2003, 19:03

Thanks Ian - I can get frozen daphnia. I'll try that!

My guapores live with five betta girls, who hang on in
a mat of floating plants; several banjo cats; and four
white skirt tetras. The guapores seem to like the area
under the floating plants a lot.

Kathy S