I have some A. "Black Phantom'. I bought from a local breeders. i have looked at the pictures in my books and have not been able to identify to a species. They are similar in appearence to C. paletus but have a different body shape. I believe it is a variety from Germany. They are the only ones ...

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I agree you can't get virgin birth from a pleco.

Goldfish fry are dark brown and very thin. They had on the side of the tank or plants. The eggs are scattered everywhere. The bad eggs will fungus. They will not color up until they are two months old or so.

I am not sure what day they will start to need air. The albino are transparent and you can see the air bubbles inside them. I have raised C. Aeneus in twenty high. They will be find as long as they have a way to get to the surface. The babies can rest as the top of the Java Moss too. They are ...

You can't keep cories in sealed box with no access to the surface. Cories when two weeks old need to get to surface every few hours or they will sufficate. Have you noticed that the adult swim to surface every hour or so? I hope get this message before it is too late. Some die if the water is too ...

The fry are most likely C. aeneus. They will spawn in a community tank especially after a large water change. If you only have two fry I would leave them in the tank. There should be enough small food for them to survive. I have a goup of six that I raised like year. It is easier to raise a group of ...

I would love to have a 120 gallon tank. You realize that you could buy a couple 55 gallon for a lot less money and still have 110 gallons of fish space.

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When the fish are a year old it is usually easier to tell but sometimes it is hard to judge because you can have large males or small females. If you feed them heavy enough the females will swell with eggs. I assume that you are talking albino aeneus. There are a couple other albino that you see in ...

This is just a guess. The bronxe cories might be wild captured. The albino are breed in tanks so more used to humans. I also suspect that albino cories do not have the best eye sight. Most animals with pink eyes tend to poor vision. I have noticed in the past that albino do not eat as well as the ...

You might try the local fish clubs for contacts. I am sure there are other people with C. panda in the area. Chicago is a very large city so have several different fish clubs. One even has a web site for trading fish. There are fish auctions and fish swap. Auction is just like the name implies fish ...

C. pandas lay eggs usually one at a time. When they place eggs they are separated. If some of them fungus it is not a problem. Sometimes I will see one or two bad eggs in a batch. My best guess is that the eggs are over 90% fertile. I am curious what part of Canada do you live in? If you don't want ...

I would recommend a either a power filter or power head. Panda love to play in the current. I suggest that is placed in on corner of the tank. I have seen them swim for hours playing follow the leader in the current. They also like to place eggs in a place with go water flow. I raise the fry in 2.5 ...

I have a breeder colony going right now which I bought as mature fish from a fish shop in early October. I have them in a 29 gal tank with gravel and undergravel filter with power head. I also have a power filter (whisper 2). There is a school of 9 White Clouds (Water is Ph 7.8 and mineral 180 ppm ...

When it gets too crowded you could move into a 5.5 gallon tank. That will buy more time for you to figure out a permanentt solution.

I have group that a bought from a local cory breederat a swamp $20 for bag of three juveniles. There is a group of cory breeder here in the Chicago area. I am not sure of the price in the local stores. I think they can be found. I don't know that stasis in other parts of the country. There are many ...

It really dpends on the species. C. paleatus you normally do not have do anything that special. They will spawn on their own. It will usually happen a day or two after the weekly water change. They might spawn all the eggs at once or they several small spawns on consecutive days. According to the ...

As for asking if you need a heater, that is a God question? I don't know climate in you area of the world or your home. I would put water in the tank and measure the temperature several times a day to see the natural functions. If the temperature stays around seventy degrees Fahrenheit or twenty ...

Did you try looking under the species c. nijsseni? They have a dark face and a band on the back. I have never seen the fish myself. it is hard to tell from the lighting in that photo.


There are several similar colored cories. I don't think it is C. adolfi.

You ask a lot questions with long answers? First I would suggest that you do a web search on "how to set up a tank." You can then make your list of things that you want to have. One point that I suggest for you to get the biggest tank that you can afford. I do not recommend that your first tank to ...

There is an article about c. paletus at this web site. As for substrate, either way will work bare tank or non-sharp gravel. I have done it both ways. The other question is how many cories do you want to raise? You need to consider how much grow out room (tanks) you will need? You can't raise 100 ...

I don't have a camera to post a picture. I have your book and judging by the pictures. I am sure that they are C. rabauti. They are a little over 2 inches long. They are a darker tan color. I saw another group in another store the same color labeled C. rabauti. I thought that C. zygatus was less ...

do you have albino or regular c. aeneus? You can tell the different very easy in fresh hatched fry. Albino are very pale and you can't see the eyes. Regular are a grayish color. Remember describe them looking like a ball with a tail. The ball is the egg sac. Tomorrow the fry will be bigger and the ...

There are may article on the net that describe how to raise baby cories. You will need to get some brine shrimp eggs. It takes about two or three days for the babies to absorb the yolk sac. They will need food within a few hours. If you have a dirty sponge filter the fry will eat the micro-organism ...

question 1 Cories will usual spawn between ages of six month to one year. It depends on the species both C. Aeneus and C. paleatus will at age of one year. question 2 It is possible for species to form hybrids. I have seen a picture in a book of cross between C. panda and C. maculata. This seldom ...

albino do not have any pigments. They are recessive which means that both parent must have the abino trait for the child to show the trait. albino X albino all children albino albino X normal all children appear normal colored but carry the gene to be albino normal X (albino-normal cross) all ...

I haven't spawned by C. aenus in a long time, so two days ago move them to empty cold tank. The next days they spawned like crazy. I moved the eggs. I was looking at and they seemed to have a white mass starting in the center. I waited 24 hours and looked at them in better light. They are all good ...

I have several questions to ask you. How many days have you had fish in the tank? It take 39 days for a tank to completely cycle. I will assume this is a new tank and has yet to cycle. My Panda seem to like shrimp pellet but you fish might have been exposed to them. Remember that a pellet hold more ...

First of all c. aenus and c. aenus 'albino' are not a different species. They are a cultivar of the species. There are three different types of albinos that I know. They are paleatus, aenus, and sterbai. There may be more. They are easy to recognize from each by body shape and sterbai have an orange ...

Today I was in a fish store and saw some assorted cories. I reconized them at c. rabauti. They are healthy looking adults. I live in Chicago. The local water is from Lake Michigan. The pH is 7.8 and 180 ppm mineral content. I am curious if any people the midwest have had experience successfully ...

Panda eggs are a gold/clear color. They are similar in size C. aenus. They are not red or orange in color. Both panda tend to lay eggs single. You should be able to see the individual eggs. They tend to darking with age until they dark grey with visible eyes just before they hatch. Pandas take ...