Cory breeding

Courtney · 03-11-2005, 03:20 PM

I was wondering, can a Green cory and a bronze cory cat breed and have babies( well eggs) cause my bronze boy is trying to mate with my green female...

**Damon** · 03-11-2005, 04:43 PM

I'm assuming you mean a bronze C. Aenus and a green C. Aenus. If thats the case then yes as they are both the same species. If it is a peru green then maybe but I doubt it. You'd have to ask Fishnut.

**Fishnut2** · 03-11-2005, 06:28 PM

Green and bronze are often used to describe the same fish. If they are both Aeneus, they can and will interbreed. My guess is that if the colors on the 2 fish are different, the green one is probably a Brochis Splendens. Exporters mislabel this fish, in order to sell more of them. They often sell as Emerald green cories...or Emerald green hi-fin cories. Brochis look/act/ and breed just like cories...but are a seperate species. The main difference is the armor plating on the scales...and the shape of the nose. Wish I had pics to show you. You can view some pics at: http://www.planetcatfish.com I currently have both types of fish, but my camera is broke

Courtney · 03-13-2005, 02:01 AM

the pictures of the C.Aeneus looks like my male and female...so is she just a bronze too, or is she a green? oh she is acting weird, she is swimming ( horizontal i think it is, up and down ways) and rubbing her belly on the glass, then goes off and digs comes back to the glass again..( my fish have been digging, lost my albino cory tonight

, and im not sure why they are digging...)

**Fishnut2** · 03-13-2005, 07:30 AM

Hi Courtney,
The digging is the cories looking for food. This is totally normal activity. If the female is swimming up and down the glass alone, that is normal activity too. They will shoot to the top occasionally, to grap some surface air. If the male is swimming with her, following her every move, and trying to stay in front of her...that is him courting her. Check out my video to see the difference: http://fishnut2.com/BarbatusSpawns.mpg

Courtney · 03-13-2005, 09:55 AM

They are Scratching their sides all over the gravel... but i dont see anything on them

**Damon** · 03-13-2005, 02:43 PM

Cories will go up the sides of a tankwall cleaning a spot for depositing eggs. If the male isn't with her in the classic "t" formation, she will not be spawning...........yet.

grewalsb · 06-19-2005, 07:48 PM

I only have three cories. One albino and one peppered C. aeneus and one panda cory. Is it normal for the albino and peppered cories to breed if they are the same species?? I already have eggs everywhere and know they are cory eggs since I witnessed the peppered cory laying them.

**Damon** · 06-20-2005, 10:35 AM

Peppered cories are not C. Aenus but rather C. Palaetus. I don't believe they can breed together.

grewalsb · 06-20-2005, 04:53 PM

Well, it has to be the peppered and albino cories mating since the panda definitely isn't the same species. Is this weird?

Lexus · 06-20-2005, 05:11 PM

peppered and albino arnt the same species

**Damon** · 06-20-2005, 09:27 PM

They may try to mate, but I don't see viable eggs in your future.

mrpotato · 12-08-2006, 12:00 AM

when you guys say they're not the same species, are you referring the family they're under or based off the genus name?

**Fishnut2** · 12-08-2006, 08:38 AM

I always get this confused...but I believe the genus name is Corydora, and the species name is Aeneus. In Grewalsb"s case, the peppered corie is a Paleatus. The albino could be a Paleatus as well. Albinoism is common in both Aeneus and Paleatus. A good pic would help to ID your fish. Courtney, good pics would help ID your fish as well.

Cory Lover · 12-08-2006, 12:31 PM

Hi,

My Bronze Cories (sometimes my Peppered) go up and down the tank whiskering each other like crazy! Mine might have bred in the night before, but when I get up they would be eaten already so I don't really know.

Cory Lover

**Fishnut2** · 12-08-2006, 02:02 PM

Cory Lover,
Click on my video clip listed above. It shows everything you need to know about breeding cories. It shows them conditioning on blackworms...courting each other...the T-position...female carrying eggs...and egg release on the glass. It also shows 2 groups of Barbatus spawning at the same time, in adjacent tanks! It shows it all, but you kinda have to know what you're looking for.

03-11-2005, 03:20 PM	#1
Courtney Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rogers, Ohio, USA Age: 25 Posts: 260	Cory breeding I was wondering, can a Green cory and a bronze cory cat breed and have babies( well eggs) cause my bronze boy is trying to mate with my green female...

03-11-2005, 04:43 PM	#2
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Re: Cory breeding I'm assuming you mean a bronze C. Aenus and a green C. Aenus. If thats the case then yes as they are both the same species. If it is a peru green then maybe but I doubt it. You'd have to ask Fishnut. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

03-11-2005, 06:28 PM	#3
Fishnut2 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 387	Re: Cory breeding Green and bronze are often used to describe the same fish. If they are both Aeneus, they can and will interbreed. My guess is that if the colors on the 2 fish are different, the green one is probably a Brochis Splendens. Exporters mislabel this fish, in order to sell more of them. They often sell as Emerald green cories...or Emerald green hi-fin cories. Brochis look/act/ and breed just like cories...but are a seperate species. The main difference is the armor plating on the scales...and the shape of the nose. Wish I had pics to show you. You can view some pics at: http://www.planetcatfish.com I currently have both types of fish, but my camera is broke

03-13-2005, 02:01 AM	#4
Courtney Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rogers, Ohio, USA Age: 25 Posts: 260	Re: Cory breeding the pictures of the C.Aeneus looks like my male and female...so is she just a bronze too, or is she a green? oh she is acting weird, she is swimming ( horizontal i think it is, up and down ways) and rubbing her belly on the glass, then goes off and digs comes back to the glass again..( my fish have been digging, lost my albino cory tonight , and im not sure why they are digging...)

03-13-2005, 07:30 AM	#5
Fishnut2 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 387	Re: Cory breeding Hi Courtney, The digging is the cories looking for food. This is totally normal activity. If the female is swimming up and down the glass alone, that is normal activity too. They will shoot to the top occasionally, to grap some surface air. If the male is swimming with her, following her every move, and trying to stay in front of her...that is him courting her. Check out my video to see the difference: http://fishnut2.com/BarbatusSpawns.mpg

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03-13-2005, 09:55 AM	#6
Courtney Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rogers, Ohio, USA Age: 25 Posts: 260	Re: Cory breeding They are Scratching their sides all over the gravel... but i dont see anything on them

03-13-2005, 02:43 PM	#7
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Re: Cory breeding Cories will go up the sides of a tankwall cleaning a spot for depositing eggs. If the male isn't with her in the classic "t" formation, she will not be spawning...........yet. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

06-19-2005, 07:48 PM	#8
grewalsb Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 27 Posts: 4	I only have three cories. One albino and one peppered C. aeneus and one panda cory. Is it normal for the albino and peppered cories to breed if they are the same species?? I already have eggs everywhere and know they are cory eggs since I witnessed the peppered cory laying them.

06-20-2005, 10:35 AM	#9
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Peppered cories are not C. Aenus but rather C. Palaetus. I don't believe they can breed together. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

06-20-2005, 04:53 PM	#10
grewalsb Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 27 Posts: 4	Well, it has to be the peppered and albino cories mating since the panda definitely isn't the same species. Is this weird?

06-20-2005, 05:11 PM	#11
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,406	peppered and albino arnt the same species __________________ 55 Gallon 2 Blood Parrots 2 Angelfish 1 Fantail Goldfish 46 Gallon 1 Albino Bristlenose 2 Angelfish 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 5 Zebra Danios 8 Tiger Barbs 9 Neon Tetras 13 Assorted Corys 29 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids & fry 1 Electric Blue Crayfish 10 Gallon 2 Snails

06-20-2005, 09:27 PM	#12
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	They may try to mate, but I don't see viable eggs in your future. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

12-08-2006, 12:00 AM	#13
mrpotato Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 37	when you guys say they're not the same species, are you referring the family they're under or based off the genus name?

12-08-2006, 08:38 AM	#14
Fishnut2 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 387	I always get this confused...but I believe the genus name is Corydora, and the species name is Aeneus. In Grewalsb"s case, the peppered corie is a Paleatus. The albino could be a Paleatus as well. Albinoism is common in both Aeneus and Paleatus. A good pic would help to ID your fish. Courtney, good pics would help ID your fish as well. __________________

12-08-2006, 12:31 PM	#15
Cory Lover Cory nut Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 97	Hi, My Bronze Cories (sometimes my Peppered) go up and down the tank whiskering each other like crazy! Mine might have bred in the night before, but when I get up they would be eaten already so I don't really know. Cory Lover

12-08-2006, 02:02 PM	#16
Fishnut2 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 387	Cory Lover, Click on my video clip listed above. It shows everything you need to know about breeding cories. It shows them conditioning on blackworms...courting each other...the T-position...female carrying eggs...and egg release on the glass. It also shows 2 groups of Barbatus spawning at the same time, in adjacent tanks! It shows it all, but you kinda have to know what you're looking for. __________________

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