Venezuelan Black Cory Aquarium Testing serves as a heat shield

serves as a heat shield and ensures optimum even heat emission

they should be considered display animals

Atya gabonensis is a large filter feeding shrimp originates in West Africa

All prey should be gut-loaded and supplemented with calcium

endemic to New Caledonia

Venezuelan Black Cory Aquarium Testing serves as a heat shieldThe Venezuelan Black Cory is considered a line bred sport of C. aeneus or C. schultzei (which many people consider synonymous with C. aeneus). These fish are strikingly black with ruddy orange finnage. As they are technically bronze cories, they can be expected to reach an adult size around 2. 5". These are young specimens, around 1 1. 25" long.