Lonesome Albino Cory

[Alz1992]

I recently liberated an albino cory that was all on its own from the LFS, and i want to know what friends it would like i'm thinking the most obvious choice would be albino's or bronze corys. any ideas?

 

[Inchworm]

Albino C. aneaus sounds like the best choice to me.

 

[This Old Spouse]

More albinos. They really prefer to be with many more of their own kind!

 

[Harlequins]

+1 has already suggested

 

[AstonN24vantage]

i find that they'll like most kinds of cories, not always just albinos

 

[Alz1992]

I think i'll probably get Albinos, they're lovely little fish, but I remember seeing rumours that they're really fragile in comparison to to their non-albino counterparts, in terms of eye sight / hardiness / sterility etc. is there any truth to these? i believe the eye sight part at least.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

definitely eyesight, not sure about hardiness and sterility

 

[shadowangels27]

Get more albinos.

Yes corys can be housed together but I found out that most of the time, they will school diffferently. Maybe that's just me. I have 4 emeralds and 4 albinos.

And they all fight over the sinking wafers.

 

[Inchworm]

Yes corys can be housed together but I found out that most of the time, they will school diffferently. Maybe that's just me. I have 4 emeralds and 4 albinos.

Hi shadowangels27,

The fish sold as emerald corys are not a species of corydoras; rather they are Brochis splendens. They appear similar to corys but are larger and just a bit different. That might account for the difference you have noticed.

 

[This Old Spouse]

Yes corys can be housed together but I found out that most of the time, they will school diffferently. Maybe that's just me. I have 4 emeralds and 4 albinos.

Hi shadowangels27,

The fish sold as emerald corys are not a species of corydoras; rather they are Brochis splendens. They appear similar to corys but are larger and just a bit different. That might account for the difference you have noticed.

Really?? The things I learn on this forum! I have several green (emerald?) cories and wondered why they seemed a bit detached from all the rest. Hmm.