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What are people's experiences with keeping sterbai cories at 24 Celsius (75 Fahrenheit)? The Cat-eLog lists this as the lower end of their range, but I fear they may be rather lethargic at this temperature. One of my goals for keeping cories is to have active fish that stir up detritus from the tank bottom.

I once spoke with a corydoras breeder in Maryland who bred a bunch of different types of corydoras in a large shed he kept in the lower 70s. He said the sterbai were fine in that range.

i have sterbai in my 450 ltr room tank and mine are kept 27_29 degrees and all seem fine

Completely colloquial, but I know that almost every time I forgot to plug the heater back in after a water change I'd lose a sterbai soon thereafter. Normal tank temp was 78F, would drop down to maybe 70 overnight.

I currently have my in my garage and they are all find went through the winter in the 55-60* f temps and are doing great in the low 70's now in the summer.

I have a breeding group. They do very well between 72F-76F.

I have a group of 12 that are in the 70-72* range and are doing fine. I havent got them to breed yet so i cant comment on that.
Tony

I came to ask the same question, so yay for answers! I'm trying a group of 6 at 72. They seem very active so far but I just got them moved in today so I'll be keeping an eye on them.

Mine just spawned yesterday in 64*f and are doing great!!
Tony