Troutangler,

There are so many different cories out there...I know what you are doing, because I did it too. We had 7 different kinds of cories in our tank. The problem was that they were not "similar" enough to shoal together.

My reccomendation (and that's all it is...it's your Fishroom!) is ...

I agree with Silurius

All,

It's neat to see the new oto. It looks to me that the big difference is the "Batman" like symbol on its tail fin. Is there any others for us laymen?

I found out about it tonight at the Greater Detroit Aquarium Society meeting - Dr. Langhammer brought it up.

Let's find some more!

Scott

:(

I have some sad news. None of the fry survived. It appeared that the ones' we took out like we do with our cories and aspidoras died fairly quickly. I believe there was not enough "food" or algae for them to eat. I'm not sure what killed the ones that were with the parents unless the parents ...

I would disagree about the dianema longibarbis. I had one by itself for a couple of years and he was very shy. When I added some more in the past few months the longibarbis were very very happy!


I think you might want to look at Synos. S. Eupterus is a very fine specimin that appears to grow in ...

I thoughtthat since green water is essentially algae, and that otos are algae eaters it seemed to make sense for the young.

I think the temperature up here in MI caused the end of the Green Water.

The temperature in the basement floor got cold and the greenwater crashed.

Thanks for your help and ...

Sorry, I didn't post too much data. I wanted to make sure we could replicate the events and show that it was reproducible, not a "freak accident"


Stay tuned!


Scott

flagg6805,

We have never used methlene blue or other additive for cory or other young fish, or eggs...

We do change the water often, and make sure we have an airstone going. I have noted that the amount of eggs fungusing is greatly reduced. We have about 25 eggs of palaeteus (yes, I have a numbe ...

LDA19,

Corydoras barbatus (bearded cory)!

Does the mop method work for all cories then? Does it "encourage" them?

Sorry if I'm asking alot of questions. It made sense to me about the Hastatus (Mine are in the middle level in a tank by themselves), but Corybreed's and Coryman's posts have me wondering about if it would be better with Cory ...

I have a tank with 3 pictus, 4 Corydoras barbatus, 2 bristlenose plecos, 2 clown plecos, gourami, 3 botia kubotai and a S. Eupterus. The Eupterus seems to like things "peaceful" and will "knock some sense" into the others in the tank. It seems like my Eupterus has the dominance of the tank, but will ...

congrads are in order...

Take good care of the fry!

Later,

Scott

I don't know for sure with respect to hastatus since they are "mid-level swimmers" but most cories deposit the eggs on the walls or on plants in the aquarium. Please note that most cories do not go up to the top long enough to use a mop like the killifish and rainbows do.

We normally take the eggs ...

Ian,

Now that you do state median or average temperature I follow what your previous comment was about in this post. I can get them to spawn up to 75 degrees Fahrenheit.

Thanks,

Scott

And then you'll become like the rest of us ...a victim of MTS - multiple tank syndrome!


Seriously though - good luck!

Scott

Well,

I don't have all of my data in front of me. But I will be writing something up for the breeder award points for the Greater Detroit Aquirium Society (GDAS) and I will forward it to you guys too.

We are not the first to breed them, but it tends to be a "surprise" from what we noted online ...

i read somewhere that the "alpha male" will releaase a hormone that will keep the less dominate males from increasing in size. I don't recall where, but I do believe I have this issues with the albinos.

The easiest of all cories to breed is the Corydoras pygmaeus and the Corydoras habrosis. I'm still awaiting the Corydoras hastatus to mature..their close, but not yet.

Aspidoras are not too hard to breed either...

Thanks,

Scott

With all due respect, I disagree strongly with Ian. The size of the tank is a major issue here. I keep clown loaches and angel botia in different tanks, but if you keep the loaches and the cories in "happy group sizes" there are no issues.

By the sizes of the groups, I am saying 4 loaches and 6 ...

Ok, so we are talking about 64 F. I thought there was a range of 64 to 75 F for them.

MatsP,

I'm not familiar with the spawning report, can you enlighten me?

thanks,

Scott

Katy,

I'm curious if you have entertained the idea of smaller loaches?

Please note that this is a suggestion. This could buy you some more "space" in your tank. I was thinking of the angel botia (botia kubotai) which grows to about 4" long.

Is this planned to be a planted tank? Are you ...

Katy,

I'm curious if you have entertained the idea of smaller loaches?

Please note that this is a suggestion. This could buy you some more "space" in your tank. I was thinking of the angel botia (botia kubotai) which grows to about 4" long.

Is this planned to be a planted tank? Are you ...

Otocinculus Cocamala


Yes! :cheers:
We have fry from the zebra otos. We were planning on taking them out of their species only tank and feed them green water until they were older, however our greenwater cultures both crashed. We're not sure why, but the question is there any reason that I should ...

With the Oscars in the tank, I would seriously think of removing the cory cats. If you like the family the cories are in, check out the hoplo cats or the porthole cats. But with the oscars I may have second thoughts.

I've had success with the zuchinni but make sure it isn't floating on the surface or they'll never get it. Peas did not work for me, but even more affordable is seaweed. I have been using sushi grade seaweed for this sized about 4 by 1 inch and clip it to the wall of the aquarium.

Is this a new ...

:( As always the best little algae eaters/pound is not on the list. I would try to get some of those zebra otocinclus. Since they are small you can get severeal of them for the algae cleanup. I read somewhere that 4 to 6 otos are good for every 20 gallons, so you could have 10 or 12 of them ...

I would probably put some "larger catfish in there if at all. I lost 2 amblydoras hancocki from them. The poor guys looked like they were mugged and then the muggers came back and did it again. I would make sure that the catfish are large enough to deal with them. In the past I have had some cats do ...

I'd also keep in mind that you do not want a tall tank forthese guys. The Pygmaues and Habrosis will not be very happy trying to get to the top of a 40-gallon tall tank. It stresses them out and that's not good!

Thanks,

Scott

Tatia Perugiae Breeding? I've had these small woodcats for awhile. How do I know if I have a pair? Any ideas how to breed them?

If I posted in the wrong area, I apologize.

Thanks,

Scott