Corydoras needs 1
Cool Cats
When it comes to what are the right temperatures to maintain certain fish at is something that creates an element of debate wherever fish keepers meet. This seems to be even more evident when the subject it catfish, or in my particular case where Corydoras catfish are concerned. For this particular discussion I would like to deal with some of the Corydoras species that prefer the cooler end of the so-called tropical scale. When we use the term tropical we are usually talking of temperatures around 75? Fahrenheit. Here we are talking about a temperature range considerably lower, at 60º to 70º Fahrenheit (15.5º - 21º Celsius).
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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.