OMG, I've never seen such a fat female corydoras before! She looks ready to burst, poor fish. I hope today's water change triggers spawning. I'm concerned about her health right now.
I've kept several species of corys over the years but these are my first time with aeneus. I know they are fairly large for corydoras & not hard to breed. If I had to guess her dimensions I'd say not quite 3 inches long (with tail), more than an inch wide (1.5?, maybe not quite) & close to an inch top to bottom without dorsal fin.
I was given 5 adult bronze corys 4 years ago, 3 females & 2 males. The females are always egg laden, 1 is this rotund 1, she's always been fattest, 1 looks very ready to spawn at any time & 1 looks maybe just a healthy slightly chubby female. But I don't have an optimal ratio of female : males. They spawn sometimes & 1 fry survived, I'm pretty sure it's a male. He's maybe 2 years old now. I'd think he know what to do by now but maybe he wasn't paying attention when the adults have spawned. Too interested in egg snacks? He does hang out with the 2 biggest females but it's getting hard to tell him apart from the other 2 males. He is the most calm with people attention.
They are in a 75g standard 4ft tank with 2 bn plecos & maybe 1 or 2 very old rummynose tetras. There a some plants, 2 big swords & a few crypts, but mostly this is my black beard algae tank (sigh). An ongoing battle I'm losing. In some ways I should tear the tank down & start over...but my heart just isn't in it these days. I don't care so much about breeding & fry survival as I did in early fish days, no heroic efforts...But I would like my adult fish to live "happily ever after" to their end of days & that includes spawning as often as they need to? or want to?
I wish I could post a pic. I've browsed web images...I'm not seeing anything close to my very fat catfish girl.
I may try a series of small cooler water changes...Or see if I can buy some live blackworms locally (pre-covid I could). Something needs to change soon...
I've kept several species of corys over the years but these are my first time with aeneus. I know they are fairly large for corydoras & not hard to breed. If I had to guess her dimensions I'd say not quite 3 inches long (with tail), more than an inch wide (1.5?, maybe not quite) & close to an inch top to bottom without dorsal fin.
I was given 5 adult bronze corys 4 years ago, 3 females & 2 males. The females are always egg laden, 1 is this rotund 1, she's always been fattest, 1 looks very ready to spawn at any time & 1 looks maybe just a healthy slightly chubby female. But I don't have an optimal ratio of female : males. They spawn sometimes & 1 fry survived, I'm pretty sure it's a male. He's maybe 2 years old now. I'd think he know what to do by now but maybe he wasn't paying attention when the adults have spawned. Too interested in egg snacks? He does hang out with the 2 biggest females but it's getting hard to tell him apart from the other 2 males. He is the most calm with people attention.
They are in a 75g standard 4ft tank with 2 bn plecos & maybe 1 or 2 very old rummynose tetras. There a some plants, 2 big swords & a few crypts, but mostly this is my black beard algae tank (sigh). An ongoing battle I'm losing. In some ways I should tear the tank down & start over...but my heart just isn't in it these days. I don't care so much about breeding & fry survival as I did in early fish days, no heroic efforts...But I would like my adult fish to live "happily ever after" to their end of days & that includes spawning as often as they need to? or want to?
I wish I could post a pic. I've browsed web images...I'm not seeing anything close to my very fat catfish girl.
I may try a series of small cooler water changes...Or see if I can buy some live blackworms locally (pre-covid I could). Something needs to change soon...