Corydoras Catfish Care!
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- This guide will help you become a successful corydoras catfish keeper! What is your favorite corydoras catfish? Albino cory, bronze cory, julii cory, panda cory, corydoras pygmaeus? There's just so many of them!
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Barbels do grow back!
You're the first person to correct me on this! I've realized since that they DO grow back, lol. Maybe not always fully, but they do. Thank you Petar for clearing that up 😄
@@JillsFishRoomYou're welcome. I like to share my knowledge to everybody.
@@JillsFishRoom I have a corycat whose barbels never grew back. Been years.
@@squirrelattackspidy I think it depends on the species
I was given an albino Cory and she had been left in the darkness for 6 months without food or friends…. We named her miracle and she is in a 10 gallon tank with 4 guppies. She is so happy. I am gonna get a few more friends for her to play with
That is a miracle, wow, praise God. Hope he's well ❤️😍👑
How did you change the water without killing them
For more women into fish keeping, you rock!!! Thanks so much for the informations, helped me a lot!
I'm so happy to help ☺️ Cories are the best!
Me at 1:03... "Paaandaaa!" Love these little guys, currently breeding them at 68-72°F and raising fry.
I looooove pandaaas! Such adorable little cories 💕
I sadly live in a warmer climate so keeping them was difficult for me especially in the start. I wish I had panda babies 😭 Youre making me want to try to spawn them again!
This is a must in an aquarium
You got the thumb & the sub... very informative, concise & thoughtful.
yeah me too
Just got 6 Corys the other day. Thanks for the good info!
I am very happy to help 💙 they are such a wonderful fish!
I threw some ghost shrimp into my tank with the corys and when one died they definitely ate him!
They probably loveddd it too 😂 mine go crazy over shrimp wafers.
I just asked if you can keep them with shrimp good thing I saw this comment lol
@@thatboyjon210 hey Jon 😊 You can totally keep shrimp with corydoras. They're both so peaceful! We were just saying that if your shrimps die, they WILL become a nice snack 😅 The circle of life, my friend!
@@thatboyjon210 the shrimp definitely won't be killed by the corys, but the corys will definitely eat them if they die.
they ate his liver with some shrimp pellets and a nice bloodworm...slislislislislislisli
Love sterbai’s. They go great with discus and rams.
I like your style so I stayed to watch the rest! You rock🎉
I could get used to these animal vids jal nice job feelsgoodman
I miss you little shawty thank you ❤️❤️💙💙
I only have 2 , Ive had them for months and their doing great.
Same
Really good, concise helpful video. My new 126 litre tank is focusing on Cerys so I’ve gone for a fine sand. Not the easiest but the fish should like it
Oh wow they would love that much space! They're the focal point in my 70 litre right now :)
Thanks a lot! I'm happy I helped 💃
I have a couple of cory focused tanks too, and they're honestly my favourite tanks to just sit and watch! Pygmies and (I think) Napoensis in one tank (with one honey gourami). Julii or Trilineatus and Green Lasers in another (with one betta and some shrimp). Sterbai and something else (sold as Elegant corys but I don't think that's quite right) in another. 20 and 30g tanks. I have one Panda left over from a precious group in with the pygmies, and I have one more 30g tank to set up, so I may end up with yet another cory tank down the road!
Corydoras are amazing fish 🐠 especially the albino corydora they are unique and amazing to look at with some meditation music in the background. Thank you to @juliettetheshihtzu for recommending your channel . Keep the content going . Your doing amazing ! Your bell is on so I’ll get notified when you upload .
I just bought a couple of albino Corey cats to go in my guppy tank. Nice video.
I am super glad that I could help :)
You should have more than two, they’re unhappy and don’t do well if they can’t shoal
Corydoras are wonderful fish!! Definitely one of my favorites!! I had a few in a 20 gallon and I loved them 🥰
You did a Wonderful job Jill 🥰 well done!! I must say You are quite intelligent and very pretty Jill 🤍
Awesome information, keep up the work!!!
Thank you sm ❤️😊
Thanks for mentioning the pH that’s what I’ve been searching for I was freaking out bc I just bought albino corys and my pH is about 6.7-6.8
Great hobby during Covid-19 restrictions, although Miami would be so much fun and Miami is home to. My favorite catfish. The hoplo catfish fish which is nit native to Miami
Coldn´t said that better myself. My experience about gravel though is that as long as the gravel is of the small roud pebbles type, it´s fine. I think that sharp gravel acts like half-opened scissors when they run their barbels through them. But if you want the true cory experience, get some fine sand and add at least 4 corys of the same specie. It will be the best fish in the aquarium! :D
Thanks for the tips hi from Aus too!
There may be a third reason. I am here for all three
Nice to know thanks
You left out the most important tip. You must have a lid, as Corys regulate their swim bladder by gulping air from the surface. They do this very quickly and can jump out of the water/tank when they do)
I never had Cory's jump out of tanks and I've had different types of Cory's.
Great video, i keep my cory's in a 75 gallon tank, also with caribsea sand about 3 inch deep. I use ro/di water and put minerals back in. I keep the ph-6.4 water temp-80 degrees nitrates-below 20ppms - 75% weekly water changes, i feed live blackworms-they love these worms, frozen bloodworms and pellets. They are always laying eggs, i always have a lot of babies to give away, i also raise discus in much larger tanks, Joe H Navy Seabee
One of my favourite fish!
Great video good information 👍
Thank you! I hope I helped a little ❤️
Miss your vids Jill
You’re so beautiful just like ur fish ❤️
Stormy nice little jiggle for us at the beginning hehehe
Oh dang she look like a fish
Wow i love you...oops i mean Corys
.My Winnie the Pooh Cory Cat story. My 3 Jullii Corys went in and immediately started work...a.k.a. eating. They are like little bulldogs...mostly in shape. I put a small house ornament in my tank with an open door and windows with framework pieces but no actual window glass. Feeding the fish one night, one cory was inside the house and rushed out to get his share. Not realising how fat he had gotten, he tried exiting through the window framework and Winnie the Pooh'd himself stuck. They have a stomach the size of their eye...and apparently a brain much smaller. LOL
I had to remove the house with fish in it and break out all the window framing to free Rolly Polly. He survived, but for me a lesson learned.
Nice video!! I just bought two Albino Cory's, but first thing tomorrow I'm going out to buy 4 more. Didn't realise they were a schooling species.
Where in Australia re you from/living? I can't seem to pick your accent, but I'm from Adelaide and you sure don't sound like us here :P haha
I'm so glad you're getting them a little clique! :) Cories are more fun when they have a little group anyways. I hope you enjoy them.
Actually I'm from America (very happy to not be there now btw) but currently living in Qld. Love it here although it is a little toasty 😅
Thank you for this video! I got 3 green cory and put them in a 10 gallon tank but realized they weren't happy so I got them 3 more green cory yesterday and had a new 20 gallon tank for them. so now they live with a betta koi! they look much happier but they still sit around at the bottom a lot
How did the betta and cory thing go? 😅
@@juhl-racing1466 It's going great! I now have 12 corys, 6 of which are still the original ones and then added 6 pygmy julii cory!
Nice tank
very informative 👏 👌 👍
I put my albino corydoras with my neon fish and they were fine even when the neon disturbs them they were fine.
Definitely! Everyone has such different experiences in this hobby. My cories love hanging out with my cardinal tetras :)
Damn, that's some good footage
Thank you! I appreciate you tuning in 😊
Love your vids
Great guide!!
Wow you have amazing tanks of nice fishes . I am definitely going to enjoy all your videos . Thanks to @juliettetheshihtzu for the email . Your bell is turn on so I don’t miss your new videos .
Thanks for the video. I need to make sure Corydoras eat in comunity tank? I also add sinking pellets for corydoras but the other fish go and eat the cory food when done eating their food so the corydoras don't really get proper time to eat.
How are you able to post a story with under 1k subscribers! I just fell In love with albino corydora I now have 5 of them
👍👍! Thanks
Awesome vid!
Hi, how many shrimp pellets do you feed? I have 5 corydoras
Was so excited to get a pair of albino Cory’s… then one died about a week later. UPSETTING. Thanks for pointing out the need for sand. One question, what type of filter pump do you like. I have a fifteen gallon tall tank. I wonder if my water movement is stagnant at the bottom? I just added an aerator to the bottom. NOt sure if my Cory will like that.
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Have you tried Repashy it's great?
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Social Avocado I’ve had my albino corys for about 2 years now :)
Love your channel name btw
I love cory catfish. I have peppered ( my favorite kind), bronze, albino, pandas, and some that I haven't been able to identify. They are caramel brown on top, white on the bottom, with a black stripe down each side. The people at the pet store didn't know what they were. I have spent hours watching cory videos and Googling to try to identify them. If anyone knows please let me know.
Peppered cories are a kind of cory I want to try to spawn! :) I like how big they get.
Youve peaked my interest about your mysterious cories. Do you have any pictures of them? I'd love to see a pic 😁
@@JillsFishRoom I'm not sure how to send a picture. I am technology challenged. I will ask one of my teenagers to help me when they get home.
@@amandawitherspoon3988 I believe they are the Bandit Corydoras(Cory Metae).
@@romancortes4376 I googled the bandit corys and that isn't what they are. Their whole top is brown, the whole bottom is white, and the black stripe on each side is the length of the body.
@@amandawitherspoon3988 try searching for pygmy(pygmaeus) or skunk(arcuatus) corydoras.
I have to mine in a 10 gallon
What time do you usually feed them and how often a day ?
How months old Corydoras catfish breeding ?
Today, I purchase 1 inch size Albino Corydoras Catfish. So please give tips.
What is the fine gravel substrate that you have called?
It is Pisces Black Diamond substrate! 😁 I realllly love the way it looks. It's terrible for plant root growth, though lol.
I’ve had Corey’s bite my shrimp in half.
actually water changes completely depends on the aquarium lmao. you can do once a month, even no water changes with the right setup
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My albinos have been getting bloated recently. Any reasons why this may be happening.
Helpful! Thank you :))
Hi my Cory catfish seem no energy to swim up to top but I saw he wanted too swim up . How could I help him?😢😢
Hello . I am from Europe . Love your aqvarius 👍👍👍
Hi Andreea 💙 Thank you so much!
Best fish ever thank you @juliettetheshihtzu For introducing your channel your bell notification is on
I’ve heard salt is bad for them. Like aquarium salt, have you heard anything about that?
I want to have pet fishies now 🐟
I'll give you sum tips if you ever get them ;) they're really fun to watch ☺️
@@JillsFishRoom Yeah dude sounds good. Like whatever content you're making, I definitely support. I really like your editing and footage you use for the fish. Pretty informative video though and well done. But I've always thought you've been good at whatever you put out 😉
Please help! I have a 150g tank (3 goldfish also but they ignore each other, fine sand & lots of hides) and I used to have 3 cories (albino bronze) and 1 died so I got 5 more making a total of 7.
The 2 preexisting cories were acting very happy and brave and had eggs frequently, but now they are acting depressed and the 5 new cories aren’t making them any happier.
And the one that died, died because he got trapped in a decoration that is now removed. Not sick.
Aww 😟 I am so sorry to hear that you are having troubles. I always hate losing a fish, it makes me feel soooo bad.
As much as I think goldfish and corydoras would be a great looking aquarium combo, goldfish actually harass corydoras 😵 They're known to nip at their fins and even kill them. Also, I believe that most corydoras (depending on the species) require warmer waters than goldfish need. In saying that, I keep my albinos at 21°c-23°c.
Maybe you could find a few more and get them a home of their own 💙 I have a corydoras only tank with all different kinds and its definitely my fave
I hope I helped you a little. Let me know how everything is going 😊
I got 7 pandas today 😊
Aweee congrats! I hope you love yours as much as I love mine 💕
@@JillsFishRoom I do love them. It was sad. I loss one of the buddies yesterday. Now there’s only 6 of them. 😔 I added some other fishes today too in the aquarium.
@@l.o.r410 Oh no! I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I'm sure you took as much care of him as you could though, it happens 💙 I would love to see your tank!
@@JillsFishRoom It was pretty sad lol. They’re so little too! Sad to see it’s tummy up. 😭 I’m unsure how I’m supposed to show you. But my tank is pretty plain right now. I went with black substract and I threw in some wood in it. I haven’t insert any sort of plants. But I have been getting fishes. I need to do more research on live plants. My tank is a bit cloudy. Not crazy but it is. Do you know how I can clean it? I heard it’s just the cycle etc but I’m unsure too.
I have three pepper catfish in my 20 gallon fish tank. The first one is very large about an inch and a half. The second
One is about an inch
And the third one is a little smaller.
I just realized tonight New year's Eve that I have another little baby catfish in my tank that is about a quarter of an inch.
I'm wondering if I should separate the little teeny tiny baby for its own safety.
It's really weird cuz I didn't see any eggs on the sides of the tank but I do have a coral configuration that has a cave going through it about 4 in wide and 4 inches tall.
I'm not sure if I have anything to worry about, but it's obvious I have breeding pepper Cory's with just one baby in the tank.
What are your suggestions?
Oh wow congratulations on your baby! Usually it's encouraged to keep at least 6+ cories because they are a shoaling fish but they must be happy is they're breeding ☺️
I would recommend separating the baby just so you can make sure he(?)'s eating enough. They'll grow faster if they don't have to fight for food.
Maybe you have even more hiding in your tank 😁 Let me know how it goes, Judy!
Beautiful woman
In the wild cory catfish live on gravel
Corydoras people are so uptight. I'm in corydoras groups and you would he surprised the DRAMA. I say, use any substrate you want as long as it doesn't injure your fish, including their barbels.
Cories might have a quality of life improvement if they're on sand, but literally who knows, they can't tell us 🥲
@@JillsFishRoom got it Jill and I'm not trying to attack you. We all have different methods of keeping fish and sometimes we have disagreements that's natural.
@@Riley095 oh no! I didn't take it that way at all. I was just sharing my opinion :) I haven't watched back on this vid in a while, but my opinion has changed a bit here and there in regards to fish keeping/proper conditions for certain fish. I'm happy to have this short chat 😊
@@JillsFishRoom I just like to make it easier for new fish keepers to get into fish keeping and telling them you gotta get sand just sounds intimidating
I'd really like to know what type of substrate that you used. Any links? Thanks! Thoughts on live feed?
Hi Whitley! So sorry for the late reply. I've been ill 😅
Actually, after months of being harassed by corydoras keepers for my substrate being "too pointy", I made the switch to sand. I miss it because it was so pretty, but I think my cories like digging around in my sand better anyways 😭 the brand is an Australian brand (I think), its called Black Diamond by Pisces
I hope I helped 💙 thank you for tuning in
People often talk about either gravel or sand for corys, but there is another option! I have the Tropica aquasoil, which are little round balls of soil, and my corys seem to do very well on it. Some other aquasoils are rougher, so check them out before buying! I'm not yet feeding "live" live food, but I do feed a lot of frozen foods (plus a variety of flake, community pellets and bottom feeder pellets) and the corys definitely love the bloodworms, brine shrimp, daphnia, etc. Mysis shrimp seem a bit harder (chewier!!) for them but they manage. Really thinking about trying to culture some types of worms or brine shrimp, since I've got quite a few tanks to feed at this point.
Hi Jill I haven't seen those Shrimp Pellets 4:32 for sale in Sydney Aquarium retailers so I thought that I might buy them online but first I would just like to know since you have been feeding your Cories them do they like them more or less then the other pellet foods that you have been feeding them or can you see no difference?
Hello :) I actually bought these from Petbarn! Now that you mention it, I don't think I've seen these pellets at any aquarium.
I've tried a lot of different food for my cories but most recently I've tried the Hikari sinking pellets. I've found that my cories like the API shrimp pellets better believe it or not. They go absolutely crazy for them.
The shrimp pellets are pretty soft so they instantly start munching on them. I know albinos are super easy to breed but I could honestly just feed them these pellets and they spawn like crazy once a week.
@@JillsFishRoom Hi I did a Google search just after I sent you that message yesterday and I saw that Petbarn had them silly me so I picked one up this morning it's just a 4 minute drive away.I'll see how my Cories like them tonight. Also I'll be uploading a quick little video tomorrow of a new and quiet rare Cory that I'm picking up hopefully tomorrow if goes well 🤞
@@Paul-Fredrick I'm glad you didn't go out of your way to order them online 😁 And I hope that your fish like the pellets! Especially since I recommend them lol.
I'm excited fooor you! And I'm looking forward to your next vid. Ive been admiring your cories!
@@JillsFishRoom Thanks for stopping by my channel it's not much yet but it's a start. I think my Cories kind of liked the shrimp pellets but they are spoilt a bit with getting black worms and Mosquito larvae ect so any pellet food to them seems less desirable and you can tell that they are looking for worms and thinking to themselves where's the worms I wanted worms for dinner GDI 🤬 give me worms. Anyway I got that rare Corydoras today so the video is done and I'm just uploading it right now.
@@Paul-Fredrick I took a quick peek at your channel and will definitely be watching some of your videos. A bit jealous already seeing the interesting selection of corys you've been able to get!
How do you tell a male from a female?
My other fishes eat all the food and the food doesn't reach down. How do I feed them?
Helllo 🙋♀️ You can buy something like Hikari sinking pellets. They also soften slowly so your fish cant eat it instantly.
Most bottom feeders need their own source of food so they don't get too hungry.
Sometimes if I feed my corydoras other foods as a snack I will place the food at the bottom instead of waiting for it to sink 😊
Feed pellets to the bottom feeders.
If you're trying to feed flakes, as well as frozen and pellets, try holding a small pinch of flakes under the water and swirl it around. That way it sinks faster.
Hi do corydoras need oxygen line?
I'm new at this hobby, I put 4 Columbian Tetras with 2 Cory's in to small of a tank which I'm actively trying to get a bigger one asap..The Tetras as very aggressive to each other and on occasion to the Cory's. The Cory's are hiding most of the the time. Question is, are these two species a bad combo or is it just the smaller environment?
Is it normal for them to swim to the top of the tank often?
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I am worried about my two new albino cories. They won't eat. I have tried flakes, shrimp pellets, algae wafers, blood worms, cucumber, and betta pellets. I am scared. Please help!
Oh no 😔 How are they doing now?
Sometimes new fish don't eat because they are sick/they have parasites. I've been fortunate enough to have never had this problem, but I know there is parasite meds you can buy at most of your local fish stores.
Wishing you and them the best 💙
@@JillsFishRoom They are still alive and seem to be digging through the sand looking for food, but they won't eat the food i am giving them. i don't see any signs of disease
Can you school different kinds together? Like, emeralds and albinos? How many is the minimum for a twenty gallon?
It will depend on your filtration system, whether your tank is planted, and whether you have other inhabitants in the tank.
And as she said, you should give a each type a proper school, so in a 20 gallon, you would be pretty much maxed out with a school of each of those two types. Aqadvisor website says 98% stocking level for a 20g high tank, based on 6 of each of them. Emeralds are a bit larger, getting over 3 inches each, so just 6 of those was 64% stocking. With good filtration, consistent maintenance, and some live plants, you might feel comfortable to push the stocking to include a small school of something very tiny for the upper tank level - chili rasboras, ember tetras, or neon green rasboras (microdevario kubotai), for example. Or to add a moderately sized and friendly centrepiece fish - I have a honey gourami with my schools of pygmy corys and napoensis corys in a 20g, and a happy mild mannered betta in a well planted 30g with trilineatus and green laser corys.
How many albinos can I keep in a 13 gallon, if any?
Is it possible to have these inside a 5 gallon tank with a betta fish inside it?
Hey Ryan 😊 I wish I could tell you yes. The reason corydoras need a 15+ gallon aquarium is because they really prefer groups of 6 or more. You might be able to pull off pygmy corydoras if you only keep 6 but they are a little more expensive if that matters ☺️ I think a betta corydoras combo is a great idea as long as your betta is not temperamental.
Corydoras can be all over the place sometimes as well and could stress out a betta. Good luck! 👍
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I’m so sad, I didn’t know they like to socialize and I only have one ): I’ve had him for a very long time. Is there a reason you have to get the same species? I’d like to be able to tell him apart from the others
In the wild, they live in very large schools, dozens and hundreds of one type of cory, so it's basically just in their nature to feel more comfortable and "happy" in a group with other fish of their kind. Depending on the area, there may be more than one type around. And they will school to some degree with other types of corys, but not to the same degree as with their own type. So in the wild, even if there are two groups, they'll tend to stick with their own kind. It makes them feel safer, and they'll display more playful behaviours together, and potentially even breeding behaviour! If you got more of the same type, you could end up with baby corys! Many types of corydoras can live a very long time (10-20 yrs?), so you would be significantly changing the course of his or her life by adding to the school, even bringing it up to 3-5, though 6 or more is better if the tank can handle that increased load. My smallest group of corys is a rarer type, but I bought all 5 that the store had, and have feelers out to try to find more. Otherwise, I like to grab at least 8.
It's likely you'd be able to tell your current one apart simply by size, but if he has markings, a close look will show they are distinct. For example, with my trilineatus (12 in the school), one has a little round bullseye on her side, one has much longer stripes, one has very dense, compact squiggles on top of his head, etc. Now, I will admit I can't tell my pygmy corys apart! They're just too small! 😂
If you happen to have the bronze or albino corys, those are usually the same thing, and I've heard they school together quite well (supposedly looking more at body shape than colour to identify each other?)
Hope that helps, and good luck with your cory(s)!
Plz suggest me what is better....bare bottom or gravels? For Oscars and severum
I clicked on the video because you are a cutie! And I love fish!
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Great video. You're beautiful as well 🥰
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woah. that gravel still looks way too sharp for cories. it will damage not only their barbels but their tummies. should swap it out for some rounded pebble gravel or sand.
If ur from Australia why do u sound like ur from South Jersey...??
I clicked on the video because you're gorgeous
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What... should be kept on fine sand so they exibit thier natural behaviours an NOT risk destroying thier barbels.. Please do some more reasearch and take info from reasearchers and NOT pet stores.
Thanks for your input. I did say that it is a very controversial topic 👍