Identification Required

[Amavi]

My brother kindly donated the fish I have loved since he got it from his tank to mine. I have had him/her a few weeks now and I am curious as to what "type" of fish it is. If anyone can identify that would be fantastic I would like to get him/her a friend

Thanks

 

[Cazgar]

Looks like a bronze Corydoras to me

 

[DevotedToDiscus]

Looks like a bronze Corydoras to me

Correct

 

[Amavi]

Looks like a bronze Corydoras to me

Correct

Thanks to the pair of you! I now know what my little fish needs!

 

[Cazgar]

He needs a few friends & they prefer a sand substrate as they spend a lot of time digging in it.
Gravel can damage their barbels unless it's small & smooth

 

[Amavi]

He needs a few friends & they prefer a sand substrate as they spend a lot of time digging in it.
Gravel can damage their barbels unless it's small & smooth

I will be getting 2 more of him I do have sand underneath the gravel and the gravel in the tank a very smooth and small type. It looks large on the photograph because of how close up I got to him. The loaches are keeping him company for now until I can get them next week. Yeah, all of them dig away at my gravel! I left the corys and loaches wood home they have claimed just as sand for them.

 

[ZoddyZod]

that mix of sand and smooth rounded pebbles is absoloutely fine for corys.

 

[Inchworm]

It's hard to believe but there have been seven posts on this thread and nobody answered Amavi's question about what kind of fish he has.

Amavi, you have a C. aeneus, bronze there. It's probably the most popular and frequently found of all the corydora species.

 

[ZoddyZod]

Inch - it's in the very first reply

 

[This Old Spouse]

Where are you located, Amavi?

 

[Inchworm]

Inch - it's in the very first reply

No, it's not. All that was posted is a common name which means very little when it comes to identification. The name of the species is actually C. aeneus and the color variation is bronze.

 

[ZoddyZod]

.....and that's why you are Queen Of The Corys!

just out of interest - are there several species that the common name Bronze is used for then?

 

[Inchworm]

just out of interest - are there several species that the common name Bronze is used for then?

Not that I know of, but you will get into trouble referring to them by their other common name of green corys. In this case, they can easily be confused with Brochis Splendens which are commonly called Emerald Green Corys and are not corydoras at all. Since there are something like 300 different species of corydoras, it's probably best to identify any cory properly before using a nickname for them.

 

[Amavi]

Where are you located, Amavi?

I am from the UK,

Thankyou for the official name of the cory which we actually named "Sam" for some reason it reminds me of the hobbit in lord of the rings lol