Picked up these today

[scatz]

just to add a couple of pics where mine can be seen

 

[scatz]

I know there not the black variant but I do think they are the original Schultzei of which the black variant came form.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=34

Cheers

thegeeman

possibly, still look like dark bronzes to me lol

 

[windy]

gee on the up side they have spawned a few times :woohoo::woohoo:

 

[thegeeman]

gee on the up side they have spawned a few times :woohoo::woohoo:

Its not really an up side if they are bronze though mate is it . Still on the upside its the annual Bristol fish auction next saturday which is where they will be going if the are Bronze

Cheers

thegeenius

 

[thegeeman]

just to add a couple of pics where mine can be seen

There Pseuda,s Scatz

thegeenius

 

[scatz]

lmao

 

[Gem400]

I know there not the black variant but I do think they are the original Schultzei of which the black variant came form.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=34

Cheers

thegeeman

:yes: Thats what I've been led to believe, the black schultzei are a man made variety originating through selective breeding.
I paid the same price as aeneus for mine, doesn't stop them from being a very pretty cory. They look very mature, I'd give them a chance to spawn before passing them on.

 

[thegeeman]

the black schultzei are a man made variety originating through selective breeding.
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Any chance of expanding on this? Do you know what was bred to obtain the black?.

Cheers

the interested

 

[N2Biomes]

Ian Fuller, at his site corydorasworld.com, has this to say about C. schultzei:

"... Science considers this species to be a synonym of C. aeneus.

Bred under aquarium conditions, the species known as the 'Black Cory' was developed from this species after a number of black fry emerged from successfull spawnings."

Coming from Ian Fuller, I'd believe this statement to be true, Graham. He is a member here, you could try PM'ing him for his view of what your corys are, and more info about the origins of the black cory.

HTH!

 

[Scrapman53]

My Corys have been ID'd as Schultzei on PF a while ago, and they look identical to yours Gee, a bit darker than Bronze but not black.

 

[thegeeman]

My Corys have been ID'd as Schultzei on PF a while ago, and they look identical to yours Gee, a bit darker than Bronze but not black.

Got any pics Pete?. I have taken a vow never to visit the darkside again.


thegeenius

 

[Scrapman53]

Here ya go. The one at the back left hand side is a Bronze and the rest are Schultzei. Taken with flash so they aren't as dark as real life.

PS. Sorry about the pic from the dark side, lol.

 

[thegeeman]

Just popped home and after doing a large cool water change in their tank they are now on a spawning frenzy:woohoo::woohoo:. The eggs are tiny 2mm if that. If I remember correctly the Bronze eggs were alot bigger?.

These are my first go at spawning cories in a dedicated tank as all my others are in with plecs.
Question. Can I leave the eggs in the tank and not bother collecting eggs?. Will the adults predate on the eggs?

Cheers

thegeenius

 

[Scrapman53]

I don't think my adults eat the eggs, but I put them in an egg tumbler when I want to keep some as they're in with other fish. I had a multiple spawn once and must've collected around 1000 eggs! They made it to the fry saver stage, but lost most of them due to there being too many.

 

[timkel]

I have read somewhere that the adults will eat the eggs,mine sure did as well as everyone else in the tank lol.

 

[scatz]

its a gamble really mate, some may eat the eggs, others may not, i always left my sterbai eggs in the tank, they weren't eaten, i know my old man always leaves them with the adults too

 

[FF MkII]

Did you ever raise any of these Gee?

 

[thegeeman]

Yeah, I still have a few young kicking around in the tanks. They still dont look like bronze lol

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[fishheadz]

Very nice corys gee. Look pretty much like Schultzei 'Goldline'. check out the aeneus 'variety' link on this site, there's 28 images of the (aeneus) schultzei type including Black. http://www.nettaigyo.com/corydoras/encyc/index-e.html You gotta scroll down the right side to view pics.

Here's the Schultzei 'Goldline'

Cheers
Steve

ooops! Never noticed Terry had already posted a link to that site :wb: Anyway..i'd say yours are def schultzei 'goldline'

 

[thegeeman]

Cheers Fisheadz

I always knew the were special Told you scatz:whistle:

Cheers

thegeeman