Species profile
Peppered cory
Corydoras paleatus
ai-generated confidence: high
AI-generated aquarium-care values from common hobby consensus; expert review is recommended before launch-quality advice.
Care table
| Water type | freshwater |
|---|---|
| Care level | easy |
| Minimum tank | 20 US gal / 76 L |
| Minimum group size | 6 |
| Adult size | 7 cm |
| Temperature | 20-25 C |
| pH | 6-7.8 |
| Hardness | 2-15 dGH |
| Salinity | 0-0 ppt |
| Temperament | peaceful bottom-dweller |
| Aggression notes | Peaceful, social bottom dweller. Keep on smooth substrate and avoid aggressive bottom fish. |
| Diet | omnivore |
| Swim zone | bottom |
| Activity level | active |
| Bioload | medium |
| Reef safe | Not applicable or not reviewed |
| Plant safe | Yes |
| Invert safe | Yes |
| Compatibility tags | freshwater, schooling, bottom-dweller, peaceful-community, cooler-water |
| Avoid with tags | aggressive-bottom-fish, sharp-substrate, large-predator |
Tank mate compatibility
Generated same-water-type pair checks for Peppered cory.
- Can Peppered cory and Angelfish live together? not recommended
- Can Peppered cory and Betta live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Bristlenose pleco live together? compatible
- Can Peppered cory and Bronze cory live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Cardinal tetra live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Cherry shrimp live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Chili rasbora live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Ember tetra live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Guppy live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Harlequin rasbora live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Honey gourami live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Kuhli loach live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Molly live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Neon tetra live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Otocinclus live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Pearl gourami live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Platy live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Pygmy cory live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Swordtail live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Tiger barb live together? caution
- Can Peppered cory and Zebra danio live together? caution
Sources and attribution
Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.
- Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
- GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.