What are bronze corydoras?
Bronze corydoras is a tropical fish and is undoubtedly the most approachable rat fish. In addition to its high visibility, its strong adaptability to the environment is a good choice for many beginners. Coffee rats are the most popular and one of the most well-known species of rat fish. The body color is greenish coffee-brown, so it is commonly known as “coffee rat”, and there is a black band in the center of the body, so it is also called “side-banded catfish”. It has a mild habit, can be mixed with other fish, and has a strong physique. It is one of the famous “scavenger fish”. The male and female fish are distinguished by the long and thick spines on the dorsal and anal fins of the male fish, and the female fish will have a bulge in the abdomen during the reproductive period, which can be used as a distinction.
What do bronze corydoras look like?
Bronze corydoras has a long cylindrical body with a forked caudal fin and can reach 6 cm in length. There are two pairs of short whiskers on the mouth, the body color is light brown, and there is a blue-black bold line on each side of the body, which makes it difficult to identify males and females. After sexual maturity, males are slightly smaller and females have a bulging abdomen.
It has dark brown markings that extend from the back of the head to the tail, hence the name. Strong and timid, it can be kept with other tropical fish and remove moss and bait from the aquarium walls.
There is a black band in the center of the body, so it is also called “side-banded catfish”. There are 2 bone plates on the body, and the upper bone plate has a grayish-green color. There is also a metallic green tint on the operculum under the freely rotating eyes and on the face .
bronze corydoras living habits
It has a mild temperament and spends most of the time underwater. It can clean the leftover bait and debris in the aquarium. It is often used to clean up the garbage in the water in the aquarium. Omnivorous, relatively easy to raise.
bronze corydoras rearing
Bronze corydoras are easy to keep and suitable for clean water. Aquatic plant players should pay attention to the newly planted aquatic plants, or the sand is not thick enough (less than 5cm), it is best not to choose bronze corydoras, because he will compete with the same kind of territory, and he will overturn the aquatic plants. Moss rats are very afraid of lack of oxygen, they do not float up after lack of oxygen, but suffocate in the water.
