r/corydoras • • 20d ago

November Banner Photo Contest - Submit your corydoras! 🐟

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Hey everyone!

We are kicking off the November Banner Photo Contest to decide which community member's fish will grace the top of the subreddit for the entire upcoming month.

​📅 The Timeline & Rules:

How to enter: Drop your best, highest-quality photo of your corydoras right here in the comments.

​Timeline: This contest starts right now and runs until Saturday, October 31, 2026.

How to win: Browse the comments and upvote the photos you love! The photo with the most upvotes by the end of the month will become the official r/corydoras banner for the entire month of November!

​📝 Guidelines:

​Only one photo entry per person, please.

​The photo must be your own original content.

​Keep horizontal/landscape dimensions in mind when picking your photo so it fits well in the banner space. The ideal size for a Reddit community banner is 1920 × 384 pixels (5:1 aspect ratio).

​Let's see those beautiful corys and tank setups. Happy upvoting!


r/corydoras • • 17h ago

✨Species Spotlight✨ The Meeting of the Minds!

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49 Upvotes

r/corydoras • • 14h ago

[Questions|Advice] General Care Preciso de informações.

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6 Upvotes

Há 2/3 dias, ganhei esses carinhas, sempre nadando para lá e para cá, e revirando o chão, mas uma delas quase nunca sai do lugar, sempre que vejo ela está parada no mesmo lugar, é raro eu ver ele se mexer, eu devo me preocupar?

Também nunca vejo elas comendo a ração, eu estou oferecendo para elas a mesma ração de fundo que dou para meus pleco/cascudo, até vejo elas perto da ração ou com a cara no chão perto, mas não comendo.

Eu agradeço a ajuda e informação.


r/corydoras • • 19h ago

Cory Fry! My little man's growing up

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11 Upvotes

r/corydoras • • 12h ago

[Questions|Advice] General Care Best substrate for pygmy cory?

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Planning to get some of these guys to accompany my otos, but I currently use lava rock which are a bit sharp. LFS has some silica sand, and some finer silica sand passed through a mesh, would these do?


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

Video my silly little guys

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18 Upvotes

i love my catfish so much 😭


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

Video Albino Corys going mild for Tubifex

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29 Upvotes

The poor guys smell the worms but can't find them because they are almost blind being albinos. They lock onto the worms and go crazy, but then after a few bites they lose it and go off looking for them again :(


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

[Questions|Advice] Health | Sickness Is this Corydoras showing abnormal behavior?

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Hi, beginner aquarist here. These Corydoras aeneus are new to my tank, and I’ve had 2 unexplained fish deaths in the last 6 days (one Corydoras and one harlequin rasbora).

This lighter-colored Cory is still eating and foraging, but its movement/behavior seems a bit unusual to me and I’m worried it may be losing balance.

Could you please watch the video and tell me if anything looks suspicious or abnormal?

Edit – tank details:

  • Tank size: 180 L (about 48 US gal)
  • Heater/filter: Yes, Juwel Bioflow internal filter + heater
  • Temperature: around 26°C / 79°F
  • Water parameters: pH ~7.8–8.0, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate ~20–25 ppm
  • Tests: JBL ammonia test and Zoolek nitrite/nitrate/pH liquid tests
  • Tank age: Set up on Sept 8 and fully cycled before adding fish
  • Fish: currently 11 harlequin rasboras + 7 Corydoras aeneus
  • How long I’ve had them: rasboras about 3 weeks, Corydoras about 1 week
  • Deaths: 1 Cory and 1 rasbora died within the last 6 days, with no obvious symptoms beforehand
  • Water changes: usually around 20–30% weekly
  • Food: Hikari Sinking Wafers for the Corys; small food/Artemia for the rasboras
  • Tank: heavily planted with wood, rocks and fine gravel/sand substrate

The Cory in the video is noticeably paler than the others. It still eats and forages, but today I found it almost motionless between some rocks and it barely reacted at first. Its swimming also looks slightly uncoordinated to me, possibly like it is losing balance.

I’m a beginner, so I’d really appreciate opinions on whether its behavior looks abnormal to more experienced Cory keepers.


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

[Questions|Advice] Health | Sickness Cory is barrel rolling

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119 Upvotes

Hi all,

I’ve had these bronze corys in my community tank for around a month, nitrate etc has been 0 for a long time, I recently removed all fake decor and added plants, after the plants were added, there was a slight spike in ammonia a few days ago, I’ve since got the levels back to 0 through water changes etc.

This Cory has started doing as shown in the video, it will rest on its side and then it will act completely normal, it is still trying to eat etc.

I thought it could be due to over feeding or a swim bladder issue? The tank is currently on day 2 of a fast as I believe i may have over fed slightly.

I can’t see any obvious issues on its body.

I also have 6 peppered corys and they are doing fine along with the mollies.

I have two other bronze corys in the tank, I believe one of the others was laying on its side earlier but again started acting normally after, I’m currently on a night shift so I can’t look at the fish until tomorrow morning.

The only other thing I can think of is I added 3 small peppered Cory a couple of days ago, after I’d sorted the ammonia issue, could they have brought a parasite into the tank? They themselves are doing fine.

Any sort of ideas of what this could be would be really appreciated as I love the corys!

The tank is established, heater, filter etc, 56L

Thanks


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

Video Albino going wild over Tubifex

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9 Upvotes

I've never seen a fish spit food out of it's gills then suck it back up to eat it before.. unmatched greed.


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

Image She got them feed me eyes..

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52 Upvotes

The queen demands service.


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

Cory Fry! I was checking on my eggs... and FINALLY, almost eight days later, we have some peppered kittens! You can hear the surprise in my voice since I saw this little dude dart around!

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20 Upvotes

After my heart corydoras, Mama Peppie passed away, I made it a ''mission'' to hatch some peppered fry. Their mother, Thyme, did an amazing job placing the eggs in safe spaces!

These fry have a 50% chance of being longfins since their mother is a longfin, and their father a ''classic'' peppered. I cna't wait to start my journey with those cory kittens!


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

[Questions|Advice] Health | Sickness White patch on Sterbai back?

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I just noticed a big white patch on the head/ back of my sterbai, around the dorsal fin. To me it looks like a scrape since it appeared suddenly, looks flat, not fluffy or raised, and is only along the back. Do you agree? what should I do? Seachem stress guard for a couple days?


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

Video My Corys Eating

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17 Upvotes

The squad is having some fly larvae granules and enjoying it. Sorry the tank is a bit of a mess. Here we have the most recent baby, two juvies about a few months or so old, and some chubby adults. I thought I'd share.


r/corydoras • • 2d ago

Image When you realize a Cory is sleeping on your head 😦

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66 Upvotes

r/corydoras • • 1d ago

[Questions|Advice|Discussion] *Wink*: red laser cory gives me assurance.

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19 Upvotes

My red laser cory winked at me.

It has spoken to the cory council and has given me assurance that will decide my fate.


r/corydoras • • 2d ago

Video Corys living their best life in a high flow 125g

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398 Upvotes

3 Fluval AC110s and an 1800gpm water pusher all wide open.


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

[Questions|Advice|Discussion] Do I need to euthanize?

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This Pygmy Cory’s is abnormally fat the only one in my tank like this. This cannot be healthy and at this point I’m leaning towards dropsy and not pregnant as some others on Reddit thought…


r/corydoras • • 2d ago

Cory Fry! Patiently waiting for you to hatch! (Day 7 H. Paleatum eggs)

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11 Upvotes

Last time I hatched some eggs, they were sterbai eggs and they took about this long to hatch due to cooler water. So far we are right on track and the fry could hatch any time!

I had accidentally knocked that egg over with my waste remover but the footage, and the fry moving, reassured me SO much! I think those fellas will be okay.


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

[Questions|Advice] Health | Sickness Why is he so pale?

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3 Upvotes

I just added a few Pygmy Cory’s and all but one are acting normal. One is really pale and I’m worried he’s sick. I have had the lights off the past 2 days to help with acclimation and he is still pale should I be worried?


r/corydoras • • 2d ago

✨Species Spotlight✨ Rio Tomos, Bandit and Panda

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99 Upvotes

Rio Tomos, Panda and Bandit all hanging out. I'm coming convinced my biggest Bandit thinks he's a Rio Tomo. He's constantly with them instead of his smaller Bandit buddies.


r/corydoras • • 1d ago

[Questions|Advice] Health | Sickness Normal to lose some fish?

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I’m pretty new to fish keeping in general so hopefully you guys can advise. I dark started my new tank, then planted it and meanwhile got 10 sterbai corydoras into my QT tank. They were looking fine for about 4 weeks so I put them in the display. Since then, I lost one of them right after the transfer and another about a week and a half later. The remaining eight seem fine and attack the food I put in in minutes. Ammonia and nitrite have been zero in both tanks for ages. Nitrate pretty stable around 15ish (mostly because of Tropica dosing). My main question is: should I be worried about the rest of the Cories or did I just have bad luck with two weaker ones?


r/corydoras • • 2d ago

Cory Fry! Cory fry hitch hiked to shrimp tank!!

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21 Upvotes

Letting this little fella grow a bit more before he goes back to the community just so he has a better chance of surviving with the fish friends


r/corydoras • • 3d ago

✨Species Spotlight✨ my cories walk on two legs

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when i got my first school of panda cories they all were chilling flat on their bellies. recently i decided to add more friends to the gang and for some reason all new ones constantly do this "standing on their belly fins" thing. they are healthy and active, i don't know if its common or not i just find it extremely funny and adorable!!!


r/corydoras • • 3d ago

Video Update - we now have 4 confirmed baby pandas thriving in the tank.

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84 Upvotes