Catfish and Plecos
Adolf's Corydoras
Corydoras adolfoi
Photo: Corydoras-adolfoi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH5–7
- Minimum tank60 l
- Adult size5.5 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Origin
- Upper Rio Negro (Brazil)
- Size
- 5.5 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 5.0 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 8 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 60 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Orange spot on the forehead and a black stripe across the white back. More delicate than other corydoras: soft, acidic, and very clean water, and fine sand.
