Salt-and-pepper Catfish tank size: what is the minimum?

A tank with a footprint of at least 60 × 30 cm.

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Salt-and-pepper Catfish

Corydoras habrosus

The Salt-and-pepper Catfish (Corydoras habrosus) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Callichthyidae. It lives on the bottom. It grows to 2 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded). The IUCN Red List rates it Near Threatened. In the aquarium it is kept at 20–26 °C.

Size: 2 cmstandard length, tail fin excluded
Temperature: 20–26 °C
pH: 5.5–7.5
Tank footprint: 60 × 30 cm

In the aquarium

Temperature20–26 °C

pH5.5–7.5

Hardness2–10 °dGH

In the wild

Water type: Freshwater
Climate zone: Tropical
Habitat: On the bottom
Aquarium trade: Traded commercially

Conservation status

Classification

OrderSiluriformes
FamilyCallichthyidae
GenusCorydoras
SpeciesCorydoras habrosus

Quick answers

Salt-and-pepper Catfish size: how big does it get?: It grows to 2 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded).
Salt-and-pepper Catfish tank size: what is the minimum?: A tank with a footprint of at least 60 × 30 cm.
Salt-and-pepper Catfish water parameters: what does it need?: Temperature 20–26 °C, pH 5.5–7.5, hardness 2–10 °dGH.
Salt-and-pepper Catfish: is it endangered?: The IUCN Red List rates it Near Threatened.