Corydoras geoffroy in nature, habitat of a rare Corydoras in Suriname

[@andicarson1339]

Thank-you for enduring the biting flies and mosquitos to share this knowledge! It would be a shame if we lost this species because we didn't know about it, as well as it's habitat. It does look beautiful out there!

[@belowwater]

Yes, these places are really beautiful, not sure for how much longer. Places in northern Canada actually have more biting insects than in South America. I will have to try and make some videos in the Yukon this year.

[@andicarson1339]

@@belowwater That would be wonderful!

[@majorbruster5916]

​@belowwater Good to know that you sacrificed yourself in the pursuit of a Cory. And providing a source of food for the fishes! Oliver, you are a hero.

[@brockn7878]

Definitely one of the best channels on YT. Thanks again.

[@belowwater]

thank you!

[@klausoxen6597]

One of my favorite Corys!🥰 I hatch & breed them since ~8 Years!

[@GaryByrd-b3q]

Do you have any Dwarf Chicleds

[@klausoxen6597]

@@GaryByrd-b3q No.

[@jeffkane4391]

Thanks for sharing! Excellent video as always sir😊

[@michaela-be4le]

Wonderful to hear from you again Oliver. So much beauty being destroyed for the sake of gold... shameful but not surprising.

[@felixsimonovich6722]

Seeing the notification that you have uploaded a new video is pure happiness

[@belowwater]

thank you!

[@roten2902]

klasse ich kann davon nicht genug von bekommen...😉👍👍👍

[@bennystropicalswimmigwolf8691]

❤❤awesome Awesome videos 📹

[@vladikavkaz2000]

Thanks for the amazing footage

[@belowwater]

Thank you

[@Hydrahandle7]

Thank you, as always for your important work..

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Thanks for this great video!

[@huntermclaren322]

gorgeous and important work

[@belowwater]

Many thanks

[@alexandreeciabrasil]

Congratulations, we also caught ornamental fish in Brazil, fish from the Amazon, Rio de Janeiro and others

[@aquahobby1982]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 what a beautiful storytelling 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@belowwater]

thank you.

[@BiotopeAquariumTV]

Thanks for video

[@theowyne2554]

Cool video Oliver. Thanks!

[@Thomas.Saunders]

Great to see these rare cories in the wild.

[@josepolanco1228]

Always interesting video

[@viniciuspyt2978]

Just... Amazing

[@NOne-yt1tj]

Thank you for sharing

[@markfranklin8831]

Thanks for sharing

[@ryoooteee3545]

couldn't be better! thx fot your effor on this video!

[@thomascallaghan5988]

Great video

[@belowwater]

Thanks!

[@andycarter4581]

Great work as always, thanks

[@belowwater]

thank you.

[@TrungNguyen-hm1pe]

Great 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@DashDrones]

Thank you for sharing this. Epic.

[@belowwater]

Thank you.

[@vitaliyvyntu4566]

Very interesting

[@user-rz5di8fv9x]

*awesome*

[@hukilausurfer]

These videos are amazing

[@belowwater]

thank you!

[@klausoxen6597]

One of my favorite long snouted Corys. Once the breeding has worked, you've won, so to speak. Unfortunately only a few offspring.

[@briancole1950]

Interesting and informative video! Keep it up!

[@belowwater]

Thanks!

[@paulstingray]

Great vid! Goldmining is well rubbish

[@NaturMehr]

Hallo Oliver, wieder ein tolles Video. Eine Unterwasserkamera hätte ich damals am Rio Negro u. seinen Zuflüssen echt auch gerne gehabt. Heute ist's einfach z.B. mit 'ner GoPro. Auch Luftaufnahmen wie mit meiner Drohne jetzt wären sicher spannend gewesen... Mal eine Frage zu Corydoras allgemein. Die klassischen Arten zeigen nicht so eine langgestreckte Kopfform. Kann man denn wohl von einer solchen wie hier ableiten, daß die Tiere dann hauptsächlich in schneller fließenden Gewässern beheimatet sind? Vor vielen Jahren in Venezuela habe ich in eher großen Pfützen ähnelnden Wasserflächen ganz ohne Strömung nur solche Welse mit nicht so langgestreckten Köpfen gesehen. Servus u. VG aus Regensburg, Bernd 🎬

[@belowwater]

Allgemein ja, ich habe noch nie Langschnäuzer im stillen Wasser, oder geringer Strǒmung gefangen. Ich muss dazu sagen, dass Corydoras generell eher im fliessenden Wasser zu finden sind.

[@sasikafish]

please bring the guide 3 of geophagus . can you do about Gymnogeophagus also . all ur videos are super exciting 💛💛👍👍

[@belowwater]

It's not that easy, because now we showed all the _Geophagus_ that I have video for. It will take time to add something there. I don't keep _Gymnogeophagus_ , my fishroom is too warm, I find most of the really nice ones get too aggressive if they are over 25C!

[@mgrootjans7051]

thank you so much oliver for these amazing videos. I like all the videos of you espacialy the ones with corydoras. I was just planning on making a Suriname biotope for my corydoras so this is perfect

[@belowwater]

I think the pathenogenic load in these streams is as low as can be, in an aquarium a UV sterilizer would be a good idea.

[@mgrootjans7051]

@@belowwater thank you! And do you know the ph there? And where there areas with a few leaves on the bottom here and there? And where there any dwarf cichlids?

[@robertforrest7956]

Awesome!! 😅👍🏻

[@belowwater]

Thanks 😆

[@2sneayki4u97]

Incredible video props .

[@belowwater]

Much appreciated!

[@drockingfish]

very nice!

[@CowboyTed]

Great vid son 👌

[@Mockthenerd]

Apart from the stain (because or my filtration) my tank actually look pretty close to their environment. Sandy gravel bottom with a light sprinkle of bigger gravel and lots of sticks and leaves. My Corey's seem pretty happy in my tank so I'm glad I can help them feel at home.

[@unusualplants2162]

I am just enjoying your channel 🎉🎉🎉🎉. I know how difficult it is but do try to make videos on electric eels and electric catfish, and pelodiscus softshell turles

[@belowwater]

electric eels are easy to find but not so fun to be in the water with!

[@unusualplants2162]

@@belowwater 😂

[@jochenvahle5802]

❤❤❤❤

[@stevepenn6960]

What is best for corydoras gravel or sand

[@belowwater]

I think the best beginner species is C.aeneus or C.paleatus, but always on round-edged sand.

[@-AndrewR]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@udaydas6291]

My tap water gh 21 degree and kh 18 degree. Can i use my tap water for my corys?

[@belowwater]

yes, but i would stay away from the really soft water species like C.adolfoi, geoffroyi etc. Most of the more common ones will do fine.

[@udaydas6291]

@@belowwater Sorry sir its well water( not filtered water) not tap water. Actually i dont live in municipality.This well water can i use my albino and panda corydoras? water gh 21 degree and kh 18 degree

[@ediwatdahek]

thanks for the great video! (but it ended way too soon) you should bring a wetsuit next time against the mosquitoes

[@belowwater]

it's too hot for that. Insects have to eat also!

[@klausoxen6597]

I was very lucky to get that Species from the Wholesaler "Aquarium Dietzenbach", Germany...in regular Pet Stores this Species is hardly affordable!

[@florentincioaba7989]

Bravo from Romania Dracula land ❤🎉

[@EdToml]

Oliver, is it just the silt from the mining that is the problem or are they using nasty chemicals (mercury?) to extract the gold?

[@kmingtam]

Unfortunately mercury is almost always used to amalgamate the gold for extraction and also later processing, amalgamation allows for tiny gold particles not really visible to the eye to be extracted, so nothing is missed

[@belowwater]

yes, silt, runoff, heat from missing trees and of course mercury, and gasoline etc that gets into the environment. Most investment fonds have gold futures in them...

[@kaden.slone04_biology]

It's all fun and games until Corydoras joffrey baratheon shows up 😳

[@corydoraszoneaquatics]

Hmmm, not a fine sand bottom!!!! Looks like some of the places I collected C. "paleatus" in Uruguay.

[@belowwater]

yes, it is very fine white silica sand, but those shallow areas, where the current is so strong, the sand is "travelling" with the current, while the those red bauxite/iron ore and yellow/white silica pebbles stay in place. You can see how fine the sand is when the C.geoffroy stick their heads in it.

[@kristianadolfsson]

But the sand in between is till nice and round, no sharp edges? @@belowwater

[@belowwater]

@@kristianadolfsson yes, sand in nature is almost always round edged if it is natural, the motion of the sand rounds the edges. If sand is made in a quarry, with machines grinding it the edges remain sharp. The main thing is that in nature sand is not uniform, because there are rocks of different minerals and different time in the river. Laminar flow in the habitat then "sorts" the finer rocks by size. You will have seen this on a beach, where the finest dust like sand is followed by the coarse sand where the wave breaks, and medium size sand makes up the dry section and section where the waves run up the beach. I mix several types of sand and small amount of gravels in my aquariums.

[@corydoraszoneaquatics]

Thanks for that very thorough answer! Will try mixing different size sand in some of the breeding tanks to get closer to nature and hopefully breed some of the trickier ones. Can't seem to find a trigger for some of them. An exporter in Germany had some bred geoffroy a while back but they were very expensive. @@belowwater

[@Jjjjjjjjkkhn]

Im gonna boost your account to the filipino fish keeper

[@belowwater]

thank you!

[@mpf_agundipsht3619]

It's always an American