Picked up these today
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I don't know many Corydoras but they look a little like Bronze Corydoras aeneus
What were they marked up as?
What were they marked up as?
Cheers people
I was led to believe they were not Bronze corys by another PP member who shall remain namless
thegeenius
PS I think windy is losing his touch
I was led to believe they were not Bronze corys by another PP member who shall remain namless
thegeenius
PS I think windy is losing his touch
Ok i am still not a 100% convinced they are Bronze. I had a group of bronze a few years ago and these are alot darker. When I moved them they went almost jet black. Does anyone know how to tell the difference between Aeneus and Schultzei?
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not so geenius
Cheers
not so geenius
Ian Fuller, at his site corydorasworld.com, has this to say about C. schultzei:
"The type material for this species has been lost and therefore it is extremely difficult to be certain of its validity, although there are distinct characters which would suggest it is a valid species. 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."
When I first saw them, I thought they may be black corys.
HTH!
"The type material for this species has been lost and therefore it is extremely difficult to be certain of its validity, although there are distinct characters which would suggest it is a valid species. 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."
When I first saw them, I thought they may be black corys.
HTH!
Had a bit of a delve around for something to do and have seen 2 other Cory's that could be yours.
1 was C. aeneus "Sanchez Goldline" or "Gold Schultzei"
and another was C. latus
The pic of the Latus looks very similar to your pics.
1 was C. aeneus "Sanchez Goldline" or "Gold Schultzei"
and another was C. latus
The pic of the Latus looks very similar to your pics.
Told you i know nothing about Corys
Don't know why he ever doubted you Windy
Just to add Black Corys
Thanks for the information people:nw:
I started to keep and breed cories because I thought they are a lot easier to identify than hypans:-/.
I am more than happy that they are not Bronze (watch Ian log on and shoot me down). I think I am gonna call them corydoras geenius until someone can 100% id them as schultzei or the variants TGHK offered up.
These things are massive so I have set up a breeding tank all to themselves and hope to spawn them very soon.
So IF they are Schultzei did the black variant come from them and therefore I have a chance of some of my fry being totally black?
Cheers
thegeenius
I started to keep and breed cories because I thought they are a lot easier to identify than hypans:-/.
I am more than happy that they are not Bronze (watch Ian log on and shoot me down). I think I am gonna call them corydoras geenius until someone can 100% id them as schultzei or the variants TGHK offered up.
These things are massive so I have set up a breeding tank all to themselves and hope to spawn them very soon.
So IF they are Schultzei did the black variant come from them and therefore I have a chance of some of my fry being totally black?
Cheers
thegeenius
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I used to own a group of these, the gold flick on the shoulder is the give away, often leading as a very thin gold line down the back. They come up for ID occassionally on corydorasworld which I'm a member of, the last ones I saw on the site were some that were sold as one of the laser varients, I'd say that person was well and truly ripped off.
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Gemma.
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Gemma.
Thanks Gemma
These defo have the gold flash/flick on them
You say the person was ripped off because he was sold these as one of the laser variants so does that mean these are a common cory?
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thegeeman
These defo have the gold flash/flick on them
You say the person was ripped off because he was sold these as one of the laser variants so does that mean these are a common cory?
Cheers
thegeeman
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
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thegeeman