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Hi,


a few wekks ago, I bought some new Corys. I think they normally called C.aeneus "Venezuela". That´s the official name, right? But in my opinon the name of this species are c.venezuelanus.
Does somebody breed these corys?



Here are some more pics:
http://siluriphil.de/venezuleanus.php


Mathias

Hi Mathias,

I believe, Kurt Mack does breed them. But you probably know that.. ;)
As far as I am informed, those were once described as Corydoras Venezuelanus, but later they were assigned as a synonym of Corydoras Aeneus. Anyway, lots of people (aquarists) believe them to be a unique species (me included). And most likely it will turn out to be one as soon as some ichthyologist dares to review the Corydoras Aeneus-group. Though I believe that´s some kind of "job for a lifetime"..

Greetings to Munich,

Sandor

siluriphil wrote:Hi, Does somebody breed these corys? Mathias - Quote edited by Coryologist

Greetings. I have successfully spawned this specie at least 6 times in the past year. I have managed to get 2 albinos from these spawns, the first of which has just filled with roe for the first time. I am putting her in a breeding group, today and hope to have more albinos soon. - Frank

Hi.

Under what conditions do you set up your Corys for breeding? I red that they breed all over the year.
Do you have a pic of your albino?

Mathias

siluriphil wrote:Hi. Under what conditions do you set up your Corys for breeding? I red that they breed all over the year. Do you have a pic of your albino? Mathias

Hi. This particular group is comprised of 2 females and 4 males. They spawn in typical Cory water parameters and fashion. I would agree that they spawn, year round. I do not use any spawning triggers on my fish. I generally let nature take its course on most groups. I do not have a picture of my albino, but I will be shooting pics, this weekend, and will take one, then. - Frank

I have a group of these too. Fairly easy to breed.

I keep mine i tap water. When I want to breed them, I make a waterchange with rainwater.

It is like my group need a period of time in tap water between spawnings.

Hi.


Thanks a lot for your advise! I will try it.

Mathias

siluriphil wrote:Do you have a pic of your albino? - Quote edited by Coryologist

Here is the pic of the albino, as promised! - Frank

Hi Frank.

Thanks a lot for the pic.
There is nearly no different between this Albino and the "normal" C.aeneus. Maybe your C.venezuelanus Albino is more metallic. Could this be?

Mathias

Hi. The most significant differences are body shape and the off-colored skull cap which is quite distinctive and never found on the C. aeneus, - Frank

Hi.


I forgot a question to ask.
In which size did your C.venezuelanus start to spawn? My fishes are approx. 3-4cm in the moment. That´s to small, I guess.


Mathias

Hi. Mine are not much larger than that and well under a year old. I was surprised that the female developed roe at such a young age. I have just set her up with 2 regular males. I think if you spend a good month conditioning your group, you might improve your chances.

Additionally, I have found 2 more albino wigglers from the last spawn of about 50 eggs from these fish. That is a total of 4 known albinos from approximately 250 fry. The albino wigglers appear quite healthy. Good luck with yours. - Frank

P. S. Just pulled about 50 eggs from this group and the female is still quite loaded. So, maybe a few more albinos are on the way.