Other Names:
Gold Flash Corydoras, Gold Laser Corydoras
Scientific Name:
Corydoras schultzei (Holly, 1940)
Range:
South America: Peru.
Maximum size:
7,5cm. (3").
Aquarium:
A tank with dimmed lights and a good amount of hiding places (plants, drift wood, rocks, artificial caves) is ideal for this catfish. A small tank is sufficient for a group of these fish: 24x12x12" (60x30x30cm.) is enough to house a group of 5-6 fish.
Substrate should be sand or smoothened gravel: sharp, jagged gravel can damage the barbels, which do not regrow. Injured Cories often die of starvation.
Like all Corydoras catfish, this species does best in soft, slightly acidic to neutral water, good oxygenation and a moderate amount of currents (not too much, as these fish are very active and can easily exhaust themselves). If a powerful filter or a powerhead is used, it's important to provide a few resting places, away from the currents.
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Diet:
All prepared and suitably sized live foods, such as flakes, blood worms, mosquito larvae, artemia, tubifex, krill, algae/spirulina/carnivore pellets and discus granules, are readily accepted. By occasionally burying the food up to one centimeter into the substrat, natural fouraging behaviour can be stimulated.
Temperament:
Like all Corydoras, this species too is an easy-going and completely non-aggressive fish that spends its days sifting through the substrat in search of food. As with all Corydoras species, it should be kept in a group of at least 5-6 specimen, preferably 10 or more. When kept in too small a group, this small Armored Catfish becomes shy and reclusive.
Notes:
This species' has not been scientifically described/classified, which means that its exact identity is as of yet still unknown. Although it shares certain features with the 'true' Corydoras aeneus, it is found in a different region, and also shows a number of external differences (coloration, finnage). This Catfish is sometimes sold under the name Corydoras aeneus 'Schultzi' or Corydoras schultzi, but scientific research is needed to shed definitive light on the classification of this Catfish.
With Apistogramma cacatuoides male
