Corydoras panda

Panda Cory Cat

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Name: Corydoras panda		Size	Tank	pH	Temp
Origin: Amazon		5 cm	50 L	7.0	24°C

Panda cories are great fish! I have has my school of 5 for almost a year now with 4 cherry barbs, 1 neon, 1 dwarf gourami, 3 honey gouramies, 1 kuhli loach, 1 african dwarf frog, 1 siamese algae eater, 1 amano shrimp, 2 cherry shrimp and a fan shrimp. They are full grown at 5 cm now. They are in an 80 liter. They are very playful and great cleaners.

I have two of these little guys. They are in my 100 L tank and they're doing a great job of keeping my gravel clean. They keep to themselves and don't bother any of my other fish, so I recommend they to everyone. Easy to take care of and they keep your tank looking nice.

I have several panda's in my planted tank. They stay around the base mostly during the day, but at night they will sometimes come out an play. They like to swim across the front of the aquarium only to dive back into the bush.

I have 2 panda cories in my community tank. They are not quite as active as my albino cories, but they are still a great addition to the tank. They are very attractive fish and like to eat the frozen bloodworms and Hikari sinking wafers I feed them.

Pandas are very cute and hardy. I had some that lived 5 years. Fish that are aggressive to the other fish ignore the pandas. I guess pandas are stealth fish.

I have six Pandas in a 200 L aquarium. They are a good part of the clean up crew, and spend some time swimming as a school. They are mostly in the plants when the lights are on, but with them off you get to see them play together.

We have four of these endearing little fellows in a 120 L, along with four Otos, various Tetras, and a pair of Golden Rams. They are a superb addition to any peaceful community tank. It should be noted though, these fish are not scavengers as sometimes quoted. They appreciate a varied and nutritous diet. Besides sinking pellets, ours are particularly partial to frozen foods, especially bloodworm. Pandas also suffer quickly in the hands of poor water quality. As for character, these little guys are packed full. Ours go from a leisurely swim around at lights on, to full-on 'rough and tumble' at lights out. Our Pandas are by far the most amusing, endearing, and lovable fish in our tank. These guys do like to dig around though, so substrate should be carefully considered. Anything even remotely sharp will damage their barbles. Which can easily lead to infection. A Cory without barbles can neither smell food or, if male, mate. If you have the patience to give these colourful characters the environment they need, you will surely be rewarded.

I've had my pandas for almost a year now, and they are really cool. They require no maintenance and will eat anything on the ground. It's better to have sand on the bottom than rocks, for their barbels are very sensitive and can wear down.

Panda cories are really docile from my experience and easy to spawn (supposedly it's hard but I find it extremely easy). They breed readily when you do a water change to bring down the temperature slightly and feed a variety of food. The babies come out bigger than many other fish, but the yield is low because the eggs are BIG for fish, and the parents will most likely eat the babies or the eggs unless the tank is heavily planted. I find it very easy to raise up the babies, nothing was done except water changes. They just feed on infusoria, and eat whatever they can get their mouth on after they grow a little under 1 cm. These fish will grow to about 5-6 cm.

I have for of these fish in a 75 L tank with a male betta fish and 6 harlequin rasboras. The betta fish gets along with them all the time. Sometimes when they go to the surface for air, they bump into him and he doesn't seem bothered by them. I highly recommend these little guys.

I have 3 Pandas with my 3 Albinos and 3 Pygmaeus and they could not be happier. They are so cute to watch swim around and school with my other cories. They only grow to about 5 cm, so they will be right in the middle of the three kinds of cories I have. The females will seem a bit fuller when you look down on them from above and the males will seem smaller. They enjoy the pellets I drop in as well as the cudes and fallen fish food. They do not eat fish poo! They eat fish food that has fallen and algae, they will not eat your other fish's poo so don't think they will. They often need to take gulps of air so you need to insure that they are able to reach the top of the tank. Never keep only one by itself, the poor thing will waste away. They are a schooling fish. My local fish store carries them often and they are always full of life and fun. A great fish to have in any tank.

On Sunday April 29, 2007, one of my two Panda Cories died. I introduced them to my 40 L tank in September, 1998. For more than eight and a half years these two cories popped along the bottom of the tank, a delight to watch. When not moving, they were usually snuggled side by side, even as one started to fail a few days ago. The other three fish seem well.

I have been keeping panda cories for about 3 years now with fancy guppies and neon tetras. I find that they do best when kept in groups of 3 or more. Mine will have glass cleaning contests where 3 or 4 males will swim rapidly up and down the front glass of the aquarium while my females watch. I also find them swimming into the bubble stream from my bubble stone. They seem to think it is like a thrill ride. I also catch them playing leap frog and tag all over the tank. They will even swim freely throughout the middle of the tank and chase a neon. With my pandas it's the more the merrier kinda mindset.

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