Cory Doris

[childofiam]

[childofiam]

These are some of my Cory's

[coco]

Love them! Which one is Doris?

[childofiam]

All of them... I have 19 eggs in the hatchery... the mother is the last two pics

[coco]

Ahh, mom's a bronze cory. I have 6 of those, one Emerald, & one yellow guy that is maybe a "green" cory. Even though he is really a strange yellow.

[childofiam]

There is a lot of tanis in the water. When the water is clear she has a shinny emerald green and a very white underneath. I bought her at Petsmart as a Emerald but she also looks like a green cory. Thats like the 3 Julii I bought turned out to be false julii. I did buy two real Julii cory's and you can see a clear difference in the face and the line on their side. I will go back to the City and get another one till I have Male & female to breed. At $25.00 a fish it can get expensive. This is what I did with the African Leaf fish. You can't tell the sex until they are older.

Richard

[coco]

True Emeralds, I believe, have a larger dorsal fin. 10-12 rays. And they are much bigger. Where as the Bronze or Green corys have 6-8 rays I believe. If you see a pic of both side by side there is a big difference. Even though the Bronze corys have a green sheen, the Emerald is much more so. Pet stores always sell Bronze Corys as Emeralds. I have been looking for more "true" Emeralds for quite some time. I have one that lost his/her two buddies, and is now the only Emerald in the tank with the bronze corys. My local Petsmart does carry them, but they seem to buy from a bad source. 2/3 of the corys I buy from them get sick in quarantine. I seem to have better luck with Petco's corys. Even though they haven't had "true" Emeralds for quite a while.

[Carl]

We have a basic article about catfish that includes cory Cats. If anyone would like to add Contributer Notes from Everything Aquatic as we have on many other fish profiles, please feel free to message me with these. Also if you see any errors, please let me/us know too

www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Catfish.html


Carl

[childofiam]

Jan 10, 2016 19:53:39 GMT -5 coco said:

True Emeralds, I believe, have a larger dorsal fin. 10-12 rays. And they are much bigger. Where as the Bronze or Green corys have 6-8 rays I believe. If you see a pic of both side by side there is a big difference. Even though the Bronze corys have a green sheen, the Emerald is much more so. Pet stores always sell Bronze Corys as Emeralds. I have been looking for more "true" Emeralds for quite some time. I have one that lost his/her two buddies, and is now the only Emerald in the tank with the bronze corys. My local Petsmart does carry them, but they seem to buy from a bad source. 2/3 of the corys I buy from them get sick in quarantine. I seem to have better luck with Petco's corys. Even though they haven't had "true" Emeralds for quite a while.

It's nice to know what I really have... thanks coco

Thanks Carl, I will read.

[coco]

Welcome!