Corydoras and Calictids
Corydoras imitator
Corydoras imitator
Photo: Soulkeeper · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–27 °C
- pH5.5–7
- Minimum tank60 l
- Adult size6 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Origin
- Upper Rio Negro (Brazil)
- Size
- 6 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 27°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- bottom
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 60 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Long-snouted, with the same black dorsal stripe and orange frontal spot as Adolfo’s corydoras, which it mimics in the wild.
