Albino Cory Catfish
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Albino cory catfish. Albino corydoras armored catfish plated catfish bronze catfish mailed catfish cory catfish care level. High nitrate levels can cause albino cory catfish to develop infected barbels. Corydoras aeneus average adult fish size.
72 78 degrees f 22 26 degrees c tankmates. 2 inches 5 cm place of origin. About 7cm 2 8inches original origin.
The albino variety is mostly white to pink and has multiple barbels around the mouth. 3 5 years origin habitat. These bottom dwellers will like plenty of bogwood and some rocks as well as much vegetation and planted aquarium is a must for these corydoras.
Maintain nitrate levels below 20 ppm through regular water changes. The albino aeneus cory cat comes from the tributaries of the amazon river and is a peaceful bottom dwelling scavenger. These are the ten breeds of cory fish presented in alphabetical order.
Corydoras paleatus also known as. 5 years minimum tank size. One of the first bottom feeding fish many aquarists purchase is the albino cory cat or one of its relatives.
Peaceful best kept in schools with other smaller fish. 72 f 78 f 22 c 26 c water hardness. These fish are pure pink white and have bright red eyes.
Albino corydoras catfish scientific name. Males 2 5 inches 6 5 cm females 3 inches 7 5 cm lifespan. There are over 170 recognized species of corydoras with 100 species yet to be given scientific names they belong to the family callichthyidae and range throughout south america from the andes mountains to the atlantic coast and from trinidad to northern argentina.
Aquarium enthusiasts created albino cory from a darker colored cory. They fall into the family of armoured catfish. 30 gallon 120 litre.
Some other names include. Albino cory catfish albino corydoras. South america technically the family this fish belongs to comes from south america but the albino variety has been bred.
South america temperament behavior. To 12 degrees dgh temperature. Albino cory catfish dolichopterus var albino a ray finned fish belonging to the family of serial catfish and the genus ancistrus.
6 8 temperature. The albino corydoras catfish is a very hardy fish that is often recommended to beginners looking for something a little different from the usual plecostomus unlike the pleco the albino cory is fairly active during the day constantly on the hunt for food scraps. Because they are a scaleless fish catfish can be treated with pimafix or melafix but should not be treated with potassium permanganate.
Blue leopard corydoras peppered catfish peppered cory adult size. Recommended minimum aquarium capacity. 2 5 inches 6 cm ph.
