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Adolfo's Corydoras
Corydoras adolfoi
Family: Callichthyidae
One of the most striking corydoras, adolfo's corydoras has a vivid orange patch behind the head on a white body with a bold black stripe. It requires softer, more acidic water than many corydoras and is a prized species among collectors.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – sinking foods, bloodworms, micro worms, daphnia
- lifespan
- 5–10 years
- max size
- 5.5 cm (2.2 in)
- tank size
- 20 gallons minimum
- school size
- 6+
- temperament
- Peaceful, schooling
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Water it likes
- ph
- 5.5–7.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <10 ppm
- hardness
- 1–8 dGH
- temperature
- 72–79°F (22–26°C)
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