Just measured my albino cory, almost 3.25", like i said, at least 5 years ols, and she is fat and eats very well. She lays eggs on the glass sometimes but they seem like candy for the other inhabitents.
My Albino Corys
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albino corys
I have 6 albino corys myself. I understand they're not supposed to be more than 2". The ones I had the longest-since January-are only about an inch long. I placed them in a tank with other small tropical fish with the largest fish being my male dwarf guoramis.
-sparkie
I have 6 albino corys myself. I understand they're not supposed to be more than 2". The ones I had the longest-since January-are only about an inch long. I placed them in a tank with other small tropical fish with the largest fish being my male dwarf guoramis.
-sparkie
albino corys are corydoras aenus like the bronze corys, only in the albino form. for this reason, things such as their eventual size are based on those recorded by the bronze corys. however, although being the same species, the albino corys do differ from the bronze form, and one of these being their eventual size. they do not grow more than 2.5ins/5cm, unlike the bronze corys who grow to, as mentioned, about 2.8ins/7cm. i have 2 albino corys with a bronze cory in my community aquaria. the albino are older than the bronze, yet are alot smaller. this is down to slow growth rate of the albino form on a whole, and that they do not grow as big. i hope this helps.
I have to disagree with you thom336. as i mentioned above, i have an albino cory that is over 3".
An absolute fact.
An absolute fact.
I have had my albinos for 3 years and they are still just as runty as when I brought them home from the pet store although they eat like there is no tomorrow. I have seen bigger ones around 2 inches in the store, they may of taken many years to get that size or maybe they just have higher matabolism or better genetics or something.
I love my cories half to death, they get better food than I do, and yet they never seemed to grow. My only guess is that they are slow growers (Julii, and Melanistus in my personal experience).
But just for the record, I was at PetsMart today (getting hay for my guinea pigs) and went over to check out the fish, they had a couple of bronze cories that were 3.5", the most massive cories I have ever seen. I actually insisted on finding a ruler and measuring them =) So don't give up on your little guys growing, maybe they hit a spurt after a year or two...
But just for the record, I was at PetsMart today (getting hay for my guinea pigs) and went over to check out the fish, they had a couple of bronze cories that were 3.5", the most massive cories I have ever seen. I actually insisted on finding a ruler and measuring them =) So don't give up on your little guys growing, maybe they hit a spurt after a year or two...
the sizes set by books and as such, like the sizes i set, are averages, and no exact science. there will always those that grow larger or dont grow as large - alot of the potential size of your fish is down to space, diet, water quality, etc...it all adds up.
one last point with that said, size can also be affected by the genes. so i dont want to be seen as saying that people who dont have their fish as big are doing something wrong...sometimes the size your fish will reach is luck of the draw. you may be stuck with the runts of the brood. its one of those things.
