Nov 27, 2017

Cory Diary : Corydoras virginiae

Species: Corydoras virginiae
South America: Ucayali River basin in Peru


Got them this weekend. They look very healthy and reasonably prized. Requested for two initially but decided to get another two more on impulsion as I seldom see them on sale. I would love to get more but I think maximum i would allow at a time has to be limited to avoid water quality issue.

Probably will consider two more later once this batch settled down. One of them got caught in the net and the shop assistant has to manually handle it in order to remove the pectoral fin from the mesh. I could hear the rag sound which seems quite loud when separated. Likely serrated.


The translucent white on the body frame looks clean and nice. Faint Black lined the top edge of the body. They swam in group immediately and their size are relatively large. Beautiful fish. According to ScotCat web site, is a hardy species of corydoras so I am glad to have purchased four of them.





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