The Shape of Corydoras
The long and the Short
Within the genus Corydoras there is a wide variation in body shape and size, particularly the head and snout. There are those that we term the 'Rounded' or 'Short nosed' group at one end of the scale and then there's the 'long nosed' or 'Snouted' species at the other. In between these two extremes are other head shapes where several species can be categorized, which is what I tend to do mainly for my own convenience. What the various shapes indicate to me is, that in all probability these species inhabit the same or very similar environments, feed in the same manor and on the same or similar types of food. This then helps when I prepare tanks for new acquisitions, by giving them the right set of conditions from the start.
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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.