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Masked Corydoras
Corydoras metae
Callichthyidae
📍 Meta River, Colombia
The masked corydoras has a distinctive black stripe running diagonally across the eye and forehead, giving it a masked appearance similar to panda corydoras but with a different stripe angle and body pattern. It is a peaceful, active species well suited to community planted tanks with fine substrate.
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Quick Facts
- diet
- Omnivore – sinking wafers, frozen foods
- schooling
- 6+ recommended
- tank size
- 20 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful schooling bottom dweller
Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.5
- hardness
- 2–15 dGH
- temperature
- 72–79°F (22–26°C)