Getting 9 Cory. Schwartzi Tommorrow!

[Sasan]

I can't wait!


I'm getting them at a real bargain price, and i can't wait to get them.

Anybody have some Schwartzi's?

Any advice and tips on how to breed them?


PS. I have a 320 liter tank with 9 Cory. aenus. I've managed them to breed and get some baby's, 3 of them have survived to get to a decent size.

I also have sand for subtrait.

Is it ok to move my 9 Cory. Aenus to a 100 liter tank and have the Schwartzi's in the 320?
Or will 100 liter be a little cramped?

Will it be ok to have aenus and Schwartzi's together

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Sasan

I can't blame you for being excited about getting your schwartzis! I bought some once and they didn't survive the shipping. I was so disappointed, but I'll definitely try to get them again. They are beautiful corys.

I understand that they can spawn in a home aquarium, but that they are one of the more difficult ones to breed. If they do spawn, it will be very much like the C. aeneus. You can hatch them and raise the fry the same way. Do you know it yours have been tank raised or wild caught? If you can find out, it's always a good thing to know.

A 100 liter tank is 26 US gallons, and depending on the other fish in there, is plenty of room for the 9 C. aeneus. You can plan to mix and match any corys since they all get along well with each other, and your schools of nine are excellent. If you did put them both in a big tank, they would probably spend some time together, and some time schooling in their own groups. Right now I have 6 big wild caught C. aeneus with 8 adult C. robinae and they are a joy to watch swimming together, from one end of their 55 gallon tank to the other!

Do you plan on spawning your C. aeneus again?

 

[Valmyre]

Hi Sasan, i recently bought 4 Schwarzi's, they are beautiful fish with loads of char' and full of life.
So far they are by far my favourite fish Good luck with your new arrivals.

 

[Sasan]

Hi Sasan

I can't blame you for being excited about getting your schwartzis! I bought some once and they didn't survive the shipping. I was so disappointed, but I'll definitely try to get them again. They are beautiful corys.

I understand that they can spawn in a home aquarium, but that they are one of the more difficult ones to breed. If they do spawn, it will be very much like the C. aeneus. You can hatch them and raise the fry the same way. Do you know it yours have been tank raised or wild caught? If you can find out, it's always a good thing to know.

A 100 liter tank is 26 US gallons, and depending on the other fish in there, is plenty of room for the 9 C. aeneus. You can plan to mix and match any corys since they all get along well with each other, and your schools of nine are excellent. If you did put them both in a big tank, they would probably spend some time together, and some time schooling in their own groups. Right now I have 6 big wild caught C. aeneus with 8 adult C. robinae and they are a joy to watch swimming together, from one end of their 55 gallon tank to the other!

Do you plan on spawning your C. aeneus again?

I'll have to wait with spawning my C. aenus again, but after one or two months with my fishes that are coming tomorrow, i'll start to breed them again.

Also getting 4 angelfish tomorrow to at a relativly small size.

I'm hoping to get a 3 meter wide tank, and i think a shoal of 50-60 cory. of some sort would be awsome.



Also i'm getting these from a local store that have kept them at a tank now for a while now.
So they are wealthy and fine.

I hope they will like my tank.



Ps. are they as hardy as C. Aenus or are they extremly fragile?

 

[Inchworm]

I'll have to wait with spawning my C. aenus again, but after one or two months with my fishes that are coming tomorrow, i'll start to breed them again.


I'm hoping to get a 3 meter wide tank, and i think a shoal of 50-60 cory. of some sort would be awsome.

Hi Sasan,

A giant school of corys in a tank that huge would be fantastic! My largest tanks are 55 gallons and I love to watch my cory communities in them. When it comes to corys, it very true that, "the more the merrier!'

I hope you will post pictures of your new corys when they arrive.

 

[Sasan]

I'll have to wait with spawning my C. aenus again, but after one or two months with my fishes that are coming tomorrow, i'll start to breed them again.


I'm hoping to get a 3 meter wide tank, and i think a shoal of 50-60 cory. of some sort would be awsome.

Hi Sasan,

A giant school of corys in a tank that huge would be fantastic! My largest tanks are 55 gallons and I love to watch my cory communities in them. When it comes to corys, it very true that, "the more the merrier!'

I hope you will post pictures of your new corys when they arrive.

If i just find my damn camera.

Anyway, i'm allready planning on building a 300x100x60 or 65 cm tank.
And i mean planning, just thinking about it.

But i'm going to make it someday, i have the space for it, and i just would love to have it.

It's gonna be concret floor, and unfortunatly no side windows, but only one 300x65cm front glass.

Design wise its gonna be a treat.

So far this is what im thnking of:
First 70 cm = Only wood and no plants (with little light)
next 30 cm = wood with plants (with medium light)
next 100 cm = plants and plants and more plants (lots of light)
next 30 cm = plants and stones (medium light)
next 70 cm = only stones (little light or something very little blueish, so that it looks far under water)


And for the fish in that tank, im thinking lots of and lots of catfish and perhaps diskus (if i get any good at keeping them), but most likley altum angelfish.

Maybe some other fishes to, but there isnt much thats caught my attention as the catfishes and angelfishes.

 

[Sasan]

Update:

I went to just look at what the lfs had to offer, and i bought 1 cory. Barbatus.

I've read that these are comfy alone and/or in pairs.

So, im gonna get one or 2 more of these.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Sasan

While a barbatus is similar to corydoras, it is a different kind of fish. They used to be thought of as a cory species, but that is no longer the case. They are now called Scleromystax barbatus.

These are big and beautiful fish, but the males tend to become aggressive to each other during spawning. This is something that doesn't happen with corydoras.

http/www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/2001_08.PHP

Good luck with it!