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right then fellow cichlid addicts, i have a challenge (although not really cichlid related, hence this board)

i just went to the local (walmart style) pet shop to get a loach to eat snails (they came back... grrrrr)

i was looking at the tank and saw these HUGE white and black cories.

so i got talking to the owner. (turned out he keeps a huge tank full of cichlids, a really nice guy, against gold fish in bowls, its good to see a well stocked store with someone caring at the top.)
And he said that they were Corydoras imitator, they look like Corydoras pandas, but longer.

either way, he says their really hardy, active fish with some strange habits.

One trick they have is that they will "imitate" the local cory population, so if i keep them with peppers, they become peppered, and if i keep them with albino they will lose alot of colour.

with a name like Corydoras imitator, im well inclinded to beleive him.

he then said that if i kept 2 males together, one is likly to change sex to allow for breeding.

i was asstounded by these, surposed miricle fish and bought a pair (a bargin at 8 pound for 2, same as normal cories of this size)

however, once i got home i could find NO information at all, anywhere.

luckily i grilled the store owner about them, and i know their habits (suprisingly like the cories they are kept with... i wonder) and with my prior catfish knowledge i should do ok.

But, my challenge (or begging to the vetrans of the board) is, can anyone please tell me a little more about these cool little catfish?

id like to know if the info i was fed was the honest truth, or just an attempt at a successful sale.

cheers craig

he then said that if i kept 2 males together, one is likly to change sex to allow for breeding.

False



You'll be hard pressed to find much information under the name Corydoras imitator since the validity of that name is still questionable. Most places/scientists consider it to be either a subspecies or varient of Corydoras adolfoi maybe searching under that will give you some information, google gives alot of results for Corydoras adolfoi