pepper catfish???

[_underwater_mermaid_]

Please help me i wish to breed pepper catfish and bronze catfish(not together) but i do not know how to tell the sexs apart
Any help would be great

 

[samthefishman]

wow... i wouldnt start off with an easyier fish to breed. I am not sure on how you breed them, but they are a spieces of bristlenose. I would just say alot of good hiding wood, and only leave the light on for 7 hours a day, gives them more dark and thats when it happens. Also when you want this to happen, do several watter changes. I did that for my first time and it happend, after that i didnt do anything other then to weekly water change

 

[Aquamick]

I thought 'Peppered Catfish' was one of the common names of Corydoras Paleatus, and 'Bronze Catfish' Corydoras Aeneus....

To breed these species, feed lots of live/frozen(Bloodworm is good) foods, and do a partial water change of cooler water. Repeat until they breed!

With sexing, females are more chunky, and when in breeding condition they will look very very fat.

 

[samthefishman]

ohhhh not a peppermint catfish???
if not sorry

 

[Oddball]

The female is big and fat, male is smaller, slimmer and has a more pronounced dorsal fin, My_Head_Hurts will elaborate

 

[My Head Hurts]

The females are a lot fatter when they get older (ok, to be PC they're more well built...) The males are less built up and dont look like their gonna burst! Get adult ones they're a lot easier 2 sex.

 

[My Head Hurts]

Ok... cheers oddball i suppose i shudn't say wat im gonna post in on messenger or ill luck (even more) stupid!

 

[Inchworm]

Hi _underwater_mermaid_

Welcome to the forum!

Have you ever bred any egg laying fish before? Even if you haven't, corys are among the easiest to raise and the two species you have mentioned are excellent choices.

To tell the sexes of your corys, if you have a mature pair it will not be difficult to tell them apart. The female is always the larger and especially wider of the two. If you look down on them from above the difference will be evident.

Here's a link that will give you something to think about. When you have finished, you will probably have a lot more questions, so just ask them here.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...l=breeding+tank

 

[_underwater_mermaid_]

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Ok thanks that helped but what hapens if you are buying form a pet shop and they can not tell the sex at such a young age. Also i really want to breed them but have a problem of keeping fish ALIVE!!!! when the eggs are layed will the corys eat them??? if not would it be ok if onced they hatched i could put them in a live breeders fry holder made out of plastic that sits in the tank.


Any help would be good

 

[_underwater_mermaid_]

Also what plants wouyld be good to put in with the corys???

 

[Inchworm]

Hi _underwater_mermaid_

First, you need to work on keeping the fish you have alive. Then we can work on helping you to breeding them.

Why not take a few minutes to fill our your profile? There is a space where you can write in information about the size of your tank and the fish you have. If you list your location, it would help too, just in case someone wants to tell you about medication or aquarium products that are different from one country to another.

For starters, what kind of fish do you have and what is the problem with them? Do you test your water for ammonia, nitrates and nitrites? How long has your tank been running and what is the temperature?

Now, to answer your question, corys are schooling fish which means they should be kept in a group of three or more. I like to buy 6 or so at the same time from the lfs. I usually ask for the 3 biggest ones which will probably turn out to be females and 3 smaller ones which might, but not necessarily, turn out to be males. At least the odds of getting some fish of both genders is very good.

A far as keeping the fry in a breeding net, I don't recommend it. The fry of any egg laying fish are too small and fragile for that.