Panda Cory

Scientific Name: Tatia Corydoras panda
Recommended Aquarium: 10+ Gallons
Approx. Adult Size: 2 inches
Temperament: Peaceful
Ease of Care: Easy
Water chemistry: pH 5.8-7.8 (7.0), 2-20 dH (10), 72-82°F (22-28°C)
Social behavior: Will school with other cory. A group of at least 5 is recommended.
FOOD: Live; aquatic insects, white worms, Tubifex , Brine Shrimp, insect larvae; tablets; flake
Suggested companions: Smaller tetras, Discus, Dwarf Cichlids, Livebearers, Gouramis, Barbs, Danios, Killifish
Breeding techniques:The females are larger and plumper behind their pectoral fins, and less colorful. Easier to sex when viewed from above. The Panda Catfish has spawned in Java moss and against the glass of the aquarium. In one case, when a group of fish reached maturity, a pair was isolated in a spawning tank. They were fed Tubifex and Daphnia . The water had a hardness of 18 dH. Frequent partial water changes were performed. Cooler (72-75°F) water was used to initiate spawning. The female lays 3 to 5 yellow eggs per spawning. After spawning, parents should be removed. The fry hatch in 4-6 days. Start feeding after 2 days. Maintain good water properties and change small portion of water every day to every other day. The fry grow fast if fed the proper diet of crushed flake, small crustaceans, and micro-food.
Breeding potential: 8. The Panda Catfish is a difficult fish to breed.
Remarks: Water maintenance is important with this Corydoras . Frequent partial water changes are needed for this catfish to prosper.
Difficulty of care: 5. The Panda Cory is hardy, but slightly more sensitive to water conditions than other Corydoras species.

In my opinion the most adorable of the cory catfish!

Very Nice Pic! One of the best pics of them I have seen! Great Job!

Lol thats cute! I betcha they cost more than albino ones!

philuponthepho wrote:

Lol thats cute! I betcha they cost more than albino ones!

They are around $6

CSnyder00 wrote:

Very Nice Pic! One of the best pics of them I have seen! Great Job!

yeah did you take that photo? I have seen this photo I'm pretty sure I have seen It on other sites.

Here are my little guys.



mine just spawned again. I love these guys. They are not hard to spawn if you have soft water. but they hide the eggs too well and if you are not watching them you might never find the eggs. Mine hide them deep in the java fern. They also eat the eggs and have small batches. So this makes it hard to save eggs to raise them. But getting them to spawn is easy.

never had good luck w. cories spawning

glostik wrote:

never had good luck w. cories spawning

they Need to be fully mature. The small ones don't spawn well. I have a bronze pair and a panda pair. Lots oc water changes with cool water helps. I keep my Cory tank at 73F.

Nice Library addition!

No i didnt take the picture. I found it on Google.

They also do well with kuhli loaches as tank mates. I have seen my kuhlis lay on my corys and vice versa.

Very nice!

They have small batches of around 10 eggs I found 6 eggs but there could have been more.
I found my panda eggs in the java moss here are some photos of fry.

the black larger fry is the panda. The rest are bronze. The panda fry tend to be a bit larger.

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here are the panda eggs

that is really cool, thanks for sharing!

would u sell me a couple of panda???
i love the lil guys but cant seem to find any round here!
plz? haha

those are some long fry

alkomist wrote:

would u sell me a couple of panda???
i love the lil guys but cant seem to find any round here!
plz? haha

depending on how many I get right now I have 5 fry and 2 more eggs I know there was a fry with the parents so we will see if he makes it. There might be more in the tank. They are really good at hiding eggs and spawn randomly for a week.

I see you are in ca so I might be able to work something out.

Here are my 6 day old bronze Cory fry.