Peppered corydoras question

[HoldenOn]

Hey all,
I have 4 corydoras paleatus and noticed some developments in their coloration since I got them. 2 of them have darker bodies with many more spots, and 2 have fewer spots and are lighter colored. Is that due to gender? Their behavior is fine and they are showing no signs of any disease.

 

[HoldenOn]

The paler ones are also smaller.

 

[mbsqw1d]

Not a gender thing. Some of mine are similar to how you've described. Gender comes down to size and is more obvious with palaetus in my opinion. Once they're a couple of months old the larger ones (almost twice the size than the rest) you can pretty much guarantee are female.
I think of the lighter coloured ones as how us lot might have blonde or brown hair etc you know?
@NCaquatics can tell us

 

[HoldenOn]

Not a gender thing. Some of mine are similar to how you've described. Gender comes down to size and is more obvious with palaetus in my opinion. Once they're a couple of months old the larger ones (almost twice the size than the rest) you can pretty much guarantee are female.
I think of the lighter coloured ones as how us lot might have blonde or brown hair etc you know?
@NCaquatics can tell us

Yea I could definitely see it being genetics. I think I can already tell I have one male, he's a chonker. Glad to hear its not a health issue !

 

[CassCats]

There does tend to be colouration differences between wild caught and farmed.

 

[HoldenOn]

There does tend to be colouration differences between wild caught and farmed.

Nothing to worry about then?

 

[CassCats]

Nothing to worry about then?

Nah. Mine vary quite a bit too. Especially when the boys were smaller, they were a lot lighter than my girls. I got them from different sources as well.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Yea I could definitely see it being genetics. I think I can already tell I have one male, he's a chonker. Glad to hear its not a health issue !

The chonkier ones tend to be the females with cories though.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Is chonkier a word?

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Is chonkier a word?

When Did Chonky Become Internet For Chunky?

In the internet slang of DoggoLingo, chonky is an affectionate way of referring to animals that are "chunky," or slightly overweight.

www.dictionary.com

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[Ch4rlie]

Ooh, you learn somehing new everyday eh!

Even Collins dictionary has this

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So I guess we can now use chonk, chonky and chonkier, gotcha

 

[HoldenOn]

You ever hear of doge? Thats a real chonky boi.