Breeding Corydoras 1
Corydoras amapaensis
I first successfully bred and raised Corydoras amapaensis in June 1980. This spawning may very well have been the first recorded spawning of one of the long snouted Corydoras species. I have found them to be very adaptable, tolerating a variety of aquarium conditions including a wide temperature range, which can be from 68 up to 85 degrees Fahrenheit. The preferred temperature seamed to be between 70-74 degrees Fahrenheit. The one thing that they do favor is a fine substrate, I use well-washed river sand, which is smooth and rounded, a little like tiny pebbles which do not cause any damage to barbells when the fish are sifting through it in their constant search for food particles. Like all of the long snouted species Corydoras amapaensis spend a great deal of their time buried headfirst in the substrate.
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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.