I have 3 albino cory's. Two of them, although different sizes because of their age look identical - same colour, shape, length of barbels. They are also both female. The third cory is male. He is much whiter in colour with shorter barbels and has a different shapped head than the other two. His body is slimmer as well, but I understand male cory's are not as round as females are. Are albino's always Corydoras Aeneus? Is it possible that these are not all the same species of cory? The two that look alike seem to hang out together more than with the male. If the male is an albino paleatus would he school more with other paleatus' if they were not albino?
Different Albino Cory's Species?
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Flagfish said:
What does that have to do with the question???
At any rate...yes, there are albino paleatus as well as aeneus, and both appear quite similar. I have never tried an experiment to see if the albinos would prefer to school together, or if they would tend to school by species, despite colour.
Toirtis said:
That would be neat to know. The aeneus albinos are more common, but occasionally you see albino paleatus. It is likely that the paleatus are mislabeled because they look so similar and lots of people don't know that other species can be albino. If it is a paleatus- my paleatus tend to be more reclusive than my other species (three-lined, panda, elegant)
My paleatus female is significantly larger and rounder than males. My other cory species it is not easy to tell their gender. But the roundness differences in the peppered cories is very prominent (in mine anyway) Mine hide/sleep/whatever far more often than the other species. (maybe they are just lazy
: )Anyway, kinda got to rambling there . . .
Here is a link that shows pictures of albino corydoras paleatus (peppered cory)
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=271
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=271
Thanks for posting that link. My loner (his name is Edgar Winter) does seem to have a longer snout like the first pic on that site but its really hard to tell if he looks like the albino's shown there. All the albinos look so similar. Another difference in these corys that I failed to mention, is the two similar shaped/coloured ones stay on the bottom and hide out alot. The little oddball (who is my favorite) has a great old time. He swims all over the tank at mid level for what seems like hours, up and down, landing in the middle of the plants, etc! He seems to always be exploring all by himself. The other day he and a ghost shrimp were perched on top of my UV Sterilizer together which sits about an inch below the surface of the water! Very comical indeed. I'd like to determine his species so I could find him a friend.
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Is the loner very small? When one of my peppereds was small (before I found others) he was a live wire swimming all over the tank. I think cories are more active when young. (in my experience, anyway) But, he probably would enjoy some friends either way.
I'm not sure if he would be considered small or not. He is 2 inches long and fairly slim compared to the females. I'm not sure how old he is but I have had him for 8 months and he has doubled in size since then. My big female is a good 3 inches and very round. Almost like an egg with fins and a tail!
I think that an albino peppered and a regular peppered would definitely get along. I read an article that the albino peppereds (paleatus) and the regular peppered cories will actually breed. (usually resulting in non-albino offspring) So, I would gather that he would definitely get along with other peppereds(if that is indeed what you decided he is) What size is the tank? Do you think that it could definitely accomodate another? I gathered that since you have a UV sterilizer it must be a good sized tank.
I read one thing that said that peppereds often have longer fins than the aeneus (bronze cory) I have never had any bronze cories, so I don't know.
I read one thing that said that peppereds often have longer fins than the aeneus (bronze cory) I have never had any bronze cories, so I don't know.
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My tank is 21 g. I added the UV sterilizer when I couldn't overcome a persistant algae bloom. It worked beautifully. I'm sure I have room for at least one more little cory as soon as I figure out which species my little oddball is. Then I'll get him a new friend to hang with. They are wonderful little creatures aren't they!