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just got some Cory's for free form a friend. he did not now what they where at all so iam asking for an id on these. they are fully grown and they are 2 years old now. so here are my questions
how soon before a Cory can breed?
what should the tanks set up be like? how many males to females do i have?
what should i feed them? lighting do they need a lot? any help you guys/girls put in will help me alot thank you

Mostly I'd say.
The odd one out looks to me like (but I'm rubbish at ID-ing fish from photos ).

C. paleatus bred for me at 10 months old.
They don't need light, in fact they'd probably prefer fairly subdued light & if you provide cover for them they will appreciate it.
The best substrate is soft (river) sand for substrate and feed them sinking pellet food.

for the river sand does it matter what color?
what kicks them in to breeding?

good water good food. they breed like rabbits most corys. watch out what you wish for.

peppered corys are common tho you won't get much I don't think and the panda needs more of his/her own kind.

sterbai's are expensive at the fish stores try those.

Like rabbits indeed - paleatus at least.
Mine where extra productive after bigger water changes when the new water was a slightly colder than the water it replaced.
I only occationally had them in separate breeding tanks but they managed to get offspring who survived into adults even in the "normal" tank with hungry tankmates. Then they where hiding in a very dense "forest" of Vallisneria.

thank you guys for all you help . iam only hoping to breed these cory's because i have a few that are rarer that i want to breed. so iam trying to get a little experiences. with some other cory's first

HI Eric

This article in Shane's World may interest you

http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworl ... +On+Demand

thanks medaka

cichlidman16yearsold wrote:for the river sand does it matter what color?

I use white pool filter sand, but it probably doesn't matter, the fish won't care. White sand usually looks "dirty" quickly so you might want to use a more natural color. I also have a tank on my desk at work with albino aneus on a black sand, very striking. They're in with some tetras that also look great on the black sand.

Jeff

they look a bit thin to me. to anyone else?

mine love defrosted hikari bloodworms, tubifex, spirulina, krill, etc. love sinking tabs of Omega one shrimp and hikari carnivore.

i just got them so that is why they are thin. they are fating up nicely now they are getting feed live brine shrimp twice a day.