Corydoras Weitzmani

[madattiver]

well.. i finally busted out the digital cam for some pictrue taking of my weitzmani. i have had them for must be a couple months now and they are doing great. well enough talking and here is the best pic i could get tonight.

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

What a gorgeous little cory. Such a sweet little face. How many do you have??

 

[Barracuda518]

Nice! Definately a cory Im looking out for

 

[BigIan]

don`t those guys go for a pretty penny???

 

[madattiver]

What a gorgeous little cory. Such a sweet little face. How many do you have??

I have 8 of these little guys

don`t those guys go for a pretty penny???

and yes.. they do..

 

[Bloo]

wow - that is one beautiful photo as well as fish !

 

[madattiver]

thanks alot Bloo... it took me a few snaps to finally get a pose and quality i could be happy with

 

[Barracuda518]

Have you been able to get these guys to spawn yet? If you have, then thats a major accomplishment.

 

[madattiver]

no spawning yet as i think they may still be a little young, but not too far off. but eventually i am sure they will spawn for me as the others have. i have heard they are as easy to spawn as pandas, so that shouldn't be too hard

 

[Barracuda518]

no spawning yet as i think they may still be a little young, but not too far off. but eventually i am sure they will spawn for me as the others have. i have heard they are as easy to spawn as pandas, so that shouldn't be too hard

I havent see much of anything on them spawning. So I thought they may be hard to get to spawn.

 

[madattiver]

i know several people who have already spawned them. the spawning part isn't the hard thing, it is actually getting your hands on these corys that seems to be the tough one

here is a good article on weitzmani

http/www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/s...?article_id=318

and this is actually who i got my weitzmani from

 

[Bex]

That's a lovely cory

Great pic too!

 

[madattiver]

here is another one of the weitzmani i have.. most likely a male

 

[Inchworm]

Hi madattiver

Your C. weitzmani are beautiful fish, and you are indeed fortunate to have so many.

I only have three of them, but will buy more when I get the opportunity. They have spawned twice for me, but I haven't had any success with hatching the eggs yet.

The first time they spawned was shortly after I got them and, since they were sick and run down, the eggs were defective. They weren't even shaped right and were hard. The second time was just a couple of weeks ago. I found about 28 eggs with a few on the glass and more on the leaves of one of the plants. By the time I saw them and got them out and into a container with an airstone, it was too late. They all got fungus. The corys have been quite active since then and I wonder if they are spawning and eating the eggs before I see them.

It seems funny, but in just a little over a year, these beauties have gone from being something exotic and rare and mysterious, to fish that are being talked about as one that can be easily bred by home aquarists.

 

[madattiver]

Inchworm.. do you have any floating spawning mops in the tank??? i heard they like to use them for spawning and within the mop the eggs are usually safe from the corys eating them.

congrats on the spawns too.. that is awesome