Blue head Corys
Corydoras fulleri
In recent times there has been an increasing number of Corydoradinae species arriving in the trade showing bright blue patches on their heads, or in some cases the whole head is blue. This phenomenon has been seen if specimens from certain catching locations for around 15 years, but more recently they are becoming more and more prevalent. The cause of the condition is at present uncertain, but it seams to be connected to water conditions, or al least something specific contained in certain water bodies from within the fishes range. Whatever the cause is it is certainly dramatic.
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Ian Fuller
Born in Birmingham in 1946.
A toolmaker by trade, and self confessed Corydoras nut by admission
I started keeping tropical fish in 1970 in a small 18 inch aquarium, it was not very long before I had two, four foots and two three foots set up in the spare room. Overthe first two or three years I kept and bred many of the popular fish groups. Starting with South American Cichlids, graduating through Barbs, Anabantids and Characins. Although I had kept several species of catfish during this period it wasn't until early in 1973 that I took an active interest in them. From when I bred my first species of Corydoras in 1974 I have been well and truly hooked.
My first fish house took shape in 1977 and was a sectioned off part of my garage, which housed 36 - 18 x 18 x 12 inch tanks. It was then that I started seriously breeding Corydoras a project which still continues to this day in what is now my third fish house.