Corydoras schwartzi (Schwartz's Cory) — Seriously Fish | 水產百科網

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Callichthyidae. Subfamily: Corydoradinae

Endemic[1] to the Rio Purus drainage, Brazil.

Small tributaries, creeks, areas of flooded forest and sand[2] banks.

2.8″ (7cm).

A standard 24″ x 15″ x 12″ (60cm x 37.5cm x 30cm) – 71 litre[3] tank[4] would comfortably house a small group.

C. schwartzi[6] will thrive in a tank[7] set up to replicate an Amazon biotope[8]. This would be very simple to arrange. Use a substrate[9] of river[10] sand[11] and add a few driftwood branches (if you can’t find driftwood of the desired shape, common beech is safe to use if thoroughly dried and stripped of bark) and twisted ...