More coolwater type cories

[nonamethefish]

I was wondering if, besides peppered cories, if there are any cories that live in(or prefer) cool water. By cool I mean in the mid 60's to 70's. I heard from one site panda cories prefer cooler temps(Robyns Fish page...she bred them so she must be onto something) and Coryman saying they like warm(77 degrees) temps.


Note that I plan to breed them. Should be something I can find too!

[Alan_au]

Corydoras babartus definately like cool water, get them too warm and your looking for trouble.
C aeneus do OK outdoors here in winter but my outdoor ponds don't get much below 18 C.

Alan

[Coryman]

There are a number of species that prefer cooler water, but as to their availability I could not say. Most of these species are found in southern Brazil. C. barbatus, C. kronei, C. diphyes, C. paleatus, C114, C. aurofrenatus and C. pastazensis.

Personally I do not consider C. panda to be a cool water Cory, most Corys are stimulated into spawning activity by giving them a cool water change, and sometimes the the drop in temperature can be quite severe.

Ian

[Alan_au]

Thanks Ian,

Another half dozen species I will avaoid ! Summer can be a real killer here !

Alan

[nonamethefish]

Looking at the COTM at Scotcat is another site which seems to claim this fish is "coldwater"(indirectly by describing the temps of the stream they came from). It also seems to suggest keeping em warm, because of the genertions away from WC I suppose?

The approximate temps this tank will be at is in the 60's in the dead of winter, and around 76 in the summer.

Not questioning your authority(or trying to kill fish), just seeing if I can straightren this out in my mind at least.

[Coryman]

The three top species for temps on the 60's F Would be C. barbatus, C. kronei and the long finned C. paleatus sp.

Ian

[CoolTcat]

I keep C. aeneus, paleatus, arcuatus, schwartzii and ambiacus unheated here. The temp goes down to 18C most winters but only at night.
Conversely the summer daytime temps can get as hot as Caboolture, so the fishfan there shouldn't need to miss out on these.
Can C. sterbai take lower temps? I haven't heard of the others mentioned in Australia.
Jan