c. trilineatus - commercially bred?

bedwetter · Post by **bedwetter** » 30 Jul 2005, 14:15

quick question: I was under the impression that C. trilineatus is commercially bred. Is this true, or are most of them wild caught?

thanks
jeff

Post by **Coryman** » 30 Jul 2005, 14:29

I would say that most are exported from the wild, I do not know of any wholesaler that is able to import them from either Thailand or Singapore.

Ian

corydorus · Post by **corydorus** » 30 Jul 2005, 14:32

My first Cory species & breed as well is Trilineatus.
When I talk to the LFS, the impression i had that time it was from Malaysia farm. I could be wrong ... as it happen few years back.

- Dennis Wang

bedwetter · Post by **bedwetter** » 30 Jul 2005, 14:41

I wonder where I got the idea that they were commercially bred? I will ask the store and see if they know. they are fairly large, so thats probably a good indication that they aren't farm raised.

thanks for the replies
jeff

Alan_au · Post by **Alan_au** » 31 Jul 2005, 16:15

Bred by the millions in Asia and marketed as "C julii". Cheap as chips here.

Very rarely are 'real' C julii available here and when they are they are as expensive as all get out !!

Alan.

Post by **Silurus** » 31 Jul 2005, 16:35

A google search produced this and this.

Unequivocal evidence that they are being bred in farms.

bedwetter · Post by **bedwetter** » 31 Jul 2005, 20:50

hmm, now I wonder whether mine are farm raised or wild? Usually the farm raised corys such as aeneus and paleatus are quite small. My trilineatus' are much bigger.

I guess i will just have to ask the store to see if they know

thanks everyone for their input
jeff

Monty · Post by **Monty** » 01 Aug 2005, 08:49

Certainly Trilineatus are being commercially bred in Asia and are being widely circulated.

At present we ( as a retailer ) are obtaining small ones and medium sized fish but at the same time wild caught adults are still being imported .

We have been obtaining the farm bred fish for about 18 months.