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Hi there all,

I am a newbie on this website.

Got myself yesterday a group of 4 C. habrosus catfisch species.
On the species page I read that they need to be kept in a group of 6 or more, so I just bought two more of them.
Hopefully they do fine in my tank. I have this aquarium for about two months, so it is in the post startup phase.
Fortunately, the NO2 value was - again - good yesterday, according to the Tetra test.
There is quite a streaming flow of water for them.
The only thing is I don't have a sand only substrate, but fine gravel mixed with sand. I hope they can burrow in this bedding anyway.

My parents had an aquarium in the 90's and also with Corydoras, I guess it was C. aeneus, and I was quite fond of them.
I choose the C. habrosus however, mainly because of their color and size.

Is this is an popular species of this genus to be kept?
What kind of (extra) food do they prefer?

Greetings.

Hi StickyToe81,

Welcome to PlanetCatfish! Thanks for sharing about your new habrosus corys. Your tank setup seems okay if you have a mix of sand and gravel as long as the gravel is not sharp, which can hurt the barbels of the corys when they dig for food.

I have some habrosus now also. I like them a lot because they differ from most corys by their small size. As for food, besides normal fish foods (flakes), you can try freeze dried worms and live worms (banana worms, microworms, grindal worms or black worms). That will really get them excited.

Cheers, Eric