Peppered Corydoras
In groups of 5 or more individuals.
Peppered corydoras. Along with the bronze cory the pepper cory is one of the most commonly found cories in the hobby. These ready feeders will generally eat all kinds of live fresh and flake foods. They are often referred to by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the blue leopard corydora mottled corydora and peppered catfish.
Minimum aquarium size 60 cm ref. The peppered cory cat is an active peaceful bottom dwelling scavenger that has a black and dark green spotted body. 11229 feeds on worms crustaceans insects and plant matter ref.
This is because they can absorb oxygen through their gut. It is not known why cories do this even on oxygen rich waters. Found in ponds ref.
Peppered corydoras are omnivores that feed on worms crustaceans insects and plant matter in the wild. Corydoras are sometimes observed taking a gulp of air at the water surface. In the aquarium they are not hard to feed at all.
The pepper catfish corydoras paleatus also known as the peppered cory or the blue leopard corydoras is a peaceful catfish that is one of the most popular corydoras to keep. They inhabit slow moving almost still waters such as marshes ponds streams lakes and rivers that are clear and shallow with a soft sandy substrate where they can forage for food. It is native to uruguay and brazil though there have been reports of populations in several other south american countries.
Corydoras paleatus has no scales which makes it particularly sensitive to salt chemicals and drugs. Corydoras paleatus known commonly as the pepper cory is possibly the most commonly kept of all corydoras species with the possible exception of corydoras aenus or bronze cory. But you will understand the corydoras are nice fish that deserve all your attention.
This also requires maintenance clean water and stabilized parameters do not introduce corydoras in immature aquariums.
