Peppered Cory Cats...
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i have two myself, no significant growth, but i've always wondered that. i have two albinos and two peppered corys.
i think the male would be sleeker and skinnier. whereas the female would be generally rounder and wider, and just a bit taller too.
Ya I have 3 Bronze corycats and one of them is wider and slightly larger than the other 2. I believe that one to be a female. God, corycats are sooo much fun to watch. They constantly dart about the bottom of the tank together and they always seem so happy!
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I have 2 males and a female. They were all purchased at the same time and the female has grown much larger (at least 1" more) than the males, she has a greater girth as well. The females generally do get larger from what I've read. Yours is probably carrying some eggs - if you want to try and induce spawning, do a 50% water change with 3 to 4 degrees cooler water than your tank temperature (assuming your other fish are hardy and can handle the temperature change). I've yet to save any eggs - the danios and platies get to them first.
I have some 4 year old peppered cories and my experience is that the females of this species are noticably bigger. Males are maxing out around 4.5 cm and my females are near 6.5 cm. Please note that I'm estimating a bit since I don't want to actually net the fish just to measure.