How Fast Or Slow Do Cories Grow?

[ey2006]

Hi, I was wondering how fast (or slow) do cories grow, assuming they are in an established and well maintened tank, and are well fed etc.

To be more specific, I wanted to ask for bronze and sterbai cories.

I've had both species for about 4 months now and they don't seem to have grown much. They are currently about 1" (excluding tail), what will their max sizes be? I've seen a bronze cory that is about 3", but looks massive due to its height and girth.

Seeing as cories live for about 5 years on average, I was keen to find out how long it takes them to reach maturity.

 

[Barracuda518]

I have had my 4 Bronze Cories for over a year and they have grown a good bit. They were quite small when I first got them. On the other hand, I have a batch of fry that are the same size as the parents now and only 10 months or so old.

 

[Elrohirthehasty]

I have had one bronze cory for about 2 1/2 years and it has not grown much at all. It is around 1 1/2 and has been for most of its life. However, right now it is a loner cory in a 10 gallon tank, so this may just be a product of his enviroment.

 

[Orodreth]

I have had four of my Cories for a year now (this month in fact) and they seem to be growing, albeit slowly. I would say they have doubled in size at most...maybe slightly under. They were quite small to begin with though, and I was thinking that it did seem very slow, but they appear to be happy and healthy so I'm not worried

 

[rhostog]

Our two bronze corys have grown noticeably since we got them - we've had them about 4 months. They were about 3cm plus tail and quite thin when we got them, and now I've just measured one at about 4.5cm plus tail. They're also...um... well-fed... perhaps I overfeed, but my water quality is good and I do lots of vacs and WCs.

Females are supposed to get bigger than males. From their shape, I suspect both of ours are females. I've just looked them up in my book, and it says they can get to 7cm.

 

[susankat]

Cories grow faster with lots of water changes and a variety of foods.