Hello! I am a Cory catfish researcher at the University of Maryland, and I am currently seeking adopters for ~55 wild caught Corydoras catfish whose behavior I have finished studying. My only concern is that the fish go to good aquarium homes- ideally, adopters would be able to take at least 6 fish (although fewer is possible if other Corydoras species are also being kept). They are healthy and active fish that have been cleared by the university vet for adoption; they have laid eggs multiple times, and our population has grown without much effort on our part. They have a variety of markings (from simple aeneus-style black patches to more elaboration pigmentation) and we have both wild-caught and first generation individuals.
A little more information: I study social behavior and communication in Cory catfish (I was honored to give a talk at the January PVAS meeting about my research). I have recently completed behavioral observations on a new species of Corydoras catfish from the Rio Guaviare, a tributary of the Orinoco along the Colombia/Venezuela border. They were sold to me in December 2020 as Corydoras aeneus, but my team's genetic analysis revealed that these fish are in fact not Corydoras aeneus at all, but from a totally different lineage! I will be able to provide more information about their genetics when we finish the molecular side of that analysis.
Please get in touch if you are interested in adopting any of these fish; they can be adopted straight away, and I am very happy to answer any further questions. They are located in College Park at the University of Maryland, but I can meet adopters further afield halfway.
Thank you!
Riva Riley
Hi Riva,
I've got a cycled, heavily planted 55 gallon that I am just starting to populate (so far it has one mystery snail and a few tetras that hitched a ride as fry in plants), and I wanted to get cories. I'd be able to take a group of them if you still need to find homes. I can also wait until August. I live in Arlington but my inlaws are in Silver Spring so I can come by and pick them up at UMd or the vicinity.
Thanks, Lisa
Riva,
Thank you for making these corydoras available to PVAS members! My group seems to have settled in well.
Matt
Thank you so so much to everyone that has offered to adopt some Cories, and thank you for bearing with me as I arrange adoptions. I'm reaching out to everyone who has expressed interested on a first come first served basis. If I end up running out of fish, please forgive me, because at the end of the summer (come late August) I will have another large batch that will be ready for adoption (and, as we're completing a social learning experiment, I'll be able to tell you how smart they are :-D )
Hello I messaged you weeks ago about these but have not heard back from you.
Thank you Riva. The gang is settling in nicely and have met some of the neighbors.
Though they mostly observed the first couple of feeding frenzies
Hey, fellow UMD fish researcher. I'd take a group.
Hi, Id also like a group of Corys that are available.
@riva.riley I would really like to just come meet you and chat. I don't mind adopting a school or two, but I missed your talk and behavioral observation is the piece of fishkeeping I find particularly rewarding. I would love to visit your lab and talk shop if you're not too busy.
I will gladly take a bunch of them. 15 or 20 even. your talk has made me want to see some large colony behavior
I will gladly take a bunch of them. 15 or 20 even. your talk has made me want to see some large colony behavior
Hi Riva,
I enjoyed your talk at PVAS last January. I can adopt several groups (I have several tanks from 10G to 90G). I have two 75G tanks with South American cichlids with no cories.
Manuel
Riva gave a fantastically interesting talk in January about her behavioral studies of these fish.
Riva, I assume these fish will be described and given a species name by someone, is that correct?
I would be willing to adopt a group of them. I have a 125 that currently has no corys in it.