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Sterbai Corydoras

Corydoras sterbai

Family: Callichthyidae

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Sterbai corydoras are distinctive bottom-dwellers with a bold spotted pattern and bright orange pectoral fins. Unlike many corydoras they tolerate warmer water, making them suitable tankmates for discus and other warm-water species.

Keeping this species

diet
Omnivore – sinking pellets, wafers, bloodworms, daphnia
lifespan
10–15 years
max size
6.8 cm (2.7 in)
tank size
20 gallons minimum
school size
6+
temperament
Peaceful, social

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Water it likes

ph
6.0–7.5
ammonia
0 ppm
nitrate
<20 ppm
hardness
2–15 dGH
temperature
75–82°F (24–28°C)

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