Cory ID?

[The Masked Shadow]

This a bronze Cory? Got them as a pair.

 

[fishorama]

They look like aeneus (bronze) corys to me but I can't tell the genders without more pics...& maybe not then, lol

 

[The Masked Shadow]

I know they are a pair. I don't care about the gender, just want to make sure they aren't normal corys. Got them as normal corys.

 

[NoodleCats]

Yes corydoras aeneus, and should have a group rather than a pair get 4 more at least

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Cool! Got them for free from a store who didn't have anywhere to put them. I think they were super stressed, so thats why the bronze hasn't came out.

 

[dougall]

Remember when keeping fish, a pair means 2 fish of opposite sexes

Sounds like you potentially just have 2...

There's also mated and proven pairs as well

But of everything, I agree you should get more, they are far too social to be kept otherwise

 

[The Masked Shadow]

I’ve been meaning to get more, but no fish store around me has large corys.

 

[fishorama]

Bronze corys are pretty common even in big box stores. You should be able to find more soon. I was given 5 & now have an almost adult "baby". My females are so fat they almost waddle through the tank, lol.

As the saying goes, size doesn't matter...but I'll add species does...Yes, get more!

 

[Warrior-Lady]

I’ve been meaning to get more, but no fish store around me has large corys.

I have 26 cories in my tank ? I have one male bronze very territorial and prefers my albino's and breeds with them.

 

[fishorama]

W-L, many commonly available albino corys are c.aeneus. We may have a hard time telling them apart from other albino corys (AFAIK sterbai & paleatus these days) but the fish can tell. They prefer to breed with their own species. I bet your male knows!

I can tell albino sterbai apart, they keep the orange pectoral spines. Albino paleatus are harder to tell apart from albino bronze. There's a shape & adult size difference but it's more subtle.