Black corys

[KalandraJane]

Has anyone seen black corys before? They had them in my LFS today, labelled as 'Black Venezuelan' corys but that's meaningless really, they were absolutely gorgeous - totally velvet black, you couldn't even see their eyes they were so black! I would have snapped them up had they not been £10.95 each for juveniles, I went without money and was already having a betta bought for me.

[Nataliey]

Iv only ever heard of people talking about them not actually seen them...sound gorgeous tho

[2tall]

Has anyone seen black corys before? They had them in my LFS today, labelled as 'Black Venezuelan' corys but that's meaningless really, they were absolutely gorgeous - totally velvet black, you couldn't even see their eyes they were so black! I would have snapped them up had they not been £10.95 each for juveniles, I went without money and was already having a betta bought for me.

I just had to Google them and have a look see. Never had heard of them before, but thats not surprising!
Seems a little high for Corys but since they are rarer not a shock. Very sharp looking IMO!

[kizno1]

There stunning little corys, One of my favourite looking corys but the cheapest i can find them is £20 each which has always put me off.

Theres Corydoras venezuelanus but they only have a black patch so i doubt it will have been then.

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Most likely the black or of Corydoras schultzei
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[KalandraJane]

I would say they probably were the Schulzei, they looked even deeper black though, absolutely lovely.

[kizno1]

They sound stunning. I think the colour of the can vary quite a bit depending on quality and remember it could just be the pics that make them look not as black they might be darker in person.