Corydoras and Calictids
Corydoras narcissus
Corydoras narcissus
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank80 l
- Adult size7 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Origin
- Purus River (Brazil)
- Size
- 7 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 80 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: It has a very long snout with an arched black band against a light background. It needs fine sand because it digs a lot with its snout.
