ID "spotted" corydora (has been IDed! Thanks!)

[emacartoon]

Oh, feesh, it's like I don't even know you at all!

I was told upon purchase (bought a whole tank that was already stocked back in '10) that this little guy was a "Spotted corydora." Browsed some of the photos on here and came to realize that's probably not the case.

Looks a little like a cf_sterbai to me, but I can't be sure. So.. Experts?

[CoryfanAad]

I am not an expert but I'd say C.Sodalis

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

the picture is not good enough for a safe ID, a lateral pic would be better.
However, C. sodalis is a good call.

Cheers,
Karsten

[CoryfanAad]

Doesn't look very happy / healthy BTW. To be sure : feed it high protein food !!!

[Coryman]

CoryfanAad,
Sorry not good advice to feed Corys high protein foods unless young growing fry.
Feed quality commercial food by all means but not the high protein types that are made for Discus and the like. live or frozen foods are good especially Daphnia.
Ian

[CoryfanAad]

Okay clear Ian!! What I actually meand to say : lots of people feed algaewafers / vegs to their Corys causing several health issues after some time to my believe. This Cory doesn't appear to feel okay to me, so I thought this maybe could be the problem. BTW what will be the problems when they eat the mentioned high protein Discusfood? Cheers Aad

[Supercorygirl]

I had a C. Duplicareus with weird bubble growths on it, after showing Ian a picture I was told that the growths were from a high protein diet. The bubble growths were fat bubbles, I adjusted his food and the growths were gone in a month. Since then after adjusting my cory collection's diet, I have noticed an increase of activity and more frequent spawning as well as the corys life spans increasing where before their life spans were only a few years. Highly recommend a mixed diet.

[Coryman]

Many people believe that catfish, or in particular Loricariidae and Corydoradinae are algae eaters, some loricariidae are pure vegetarian but others are pure meat eaters, so giving them all the same diet will cause long term problems. Corys are not vegetarian they are omnivores and mainly feed on microscopic organisms, crustaceans, small insect larvae, aquatic worms and the like, but in their search for these they will mouth algae growths looking for the tiny organisms and inadvertently consume some algae. If you sit and watch Corys eating, mostly they sift the substrate (sand), if kept on gravel they cannot sift and therefore feed properly. When feeding you will all the unwanted material being ejected out through the back of the gills. They say "Variety is the spice of life" this is true for our pets as well as ourselves.

Ian

[CoryfanAad]

Thanks Super and Ian : I knew most of this and feeding mine indeed a variation of food of which the biggest part is meaty. Only thought the more protein the better, but thanks for clearing that.

Back to the thread : what Cory are we talking about?

[Dave Rinaldo]

Hi,

the picture is not good enough for a safe ID, a lateral pic would be better.
However, C. sodalis is a good call.

Cheers,
Karsten

With the only pic supplied, I would also say

Corydoras sodalis

.

[emacartoon]

Good eye ;) He probably really wasn't feeling well. Shortly thereafter, my entire 90 gallon tank came down with velvet. Only he and one other cory survived my fully stocked tank. (I was devastated, and that was why I didn't see these until today. Sorry for the late response!)

I promise he's much happier now. Here's some more pictures (with my emerald in another tank) that may help.

This one is probably better for identification.

With the emerald

He's about 10 years old. He was already 5 when I got him from a retiring hobbyist 5 years ago. I'm not sure how age plays into fish development. I've honestly never had fish that old before.

As for diet, all my fish get a wide variety of frozen foods: Brine shrimp with spirulina, mysis shrimp, blood worms, glass worms, and Sally's Emerald Entree. Since I keep plecos, there's also often an algae tablet dropped, too. Not to mention live plants, some snails, and cyclops are always available for browsing. So, I'm pretty sure we're good there!

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

C. sodalis.

Cheers,

[emacartoon]

Awesome, thanks!