Huge Cory cats???

[Idolz]

I see these corydoras cats at the fish store and they're really big, I mean like 1.5" thick or bigger. How do they get them that big??? Are they just old or are they fed steroids

 

[Interfire]

I've always wondered that myself actually. But since some of my cories are huge also I believe it's just that they are about full size.

Depending on the cory anywayz.

 

[reg2k2]

Probably a brochis...brochis britski perhaps.

 

[SirMinion]

Probably a brochis...brochis britski perhaps.

Yes Brochis look a lot like cory cats and are often sold as such but get a lot bigger.

My LFS sells them as Bronze Catfish

 

[Cheese Specialist]

I have seen large Bronze, Julii and Schwartzi in my lfs and they are huge!!

 

[rollntider]

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/calli...is/g_thumbs.htm
they look the same as a cory but are bigger, they are in the same family like distant cousins from corys. i prefer the green/albino ones everyone gets but the others are cool too. But my favorite and hard to find are these
http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/calli...ydora/482_f.php
and these are cool also
http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/calli...ydora/324_f.php

 

[Perky]

People sometimes bring them back and they are left to be sold again. They could also be from one of the larger Corys that get to 4-5 inches. They obviously are born bigger so look bigger.

 

[CMC]

I bought a large cory at the lfs yesterday. It's about 1-1/2" long. From the link above I learned that it's a Brochis Multiradiatus (hognose brochis). It seems to be kind of lazy, not as active as our smaller cories.

 

[jaywings19]

I have a large/thick Cory Melanisthius. I've also seen larger than normal Julii corys at Petco. I believe Sterbai corys are also of the larger variety.

 

[noelberg]

my friend has a cory that is amazingly huge and definitely a cory - he's about 3 years old. so if they're definitely cories, then those ones are probably older.

(sorry if my previous post is here - accidentally posted it in this thread)

 

[joshua]

Brochis, corydoras, and aspidoras are all part of the corydora family. i've seen big cories around like adolfoi's and some others. most cories get to pretty big just that they arent usually taht big in shops

 

[Inchworm]

Could it have been something other than a corydoras?

I was browsing another site and found these hoplosternums:

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/calli...oste/1188_f.php

In the pictures they look a lot like corys, but are much bigger. Perhaps they even look more so at a younger age?

Any hoplo owners here?