I've got a breeding pair of BNP in a tank with neon tetras and cories and they and the fry are doing well. Neither the Bandit coryies nor the tetras bother even the smallest emerging fry, and I've had monthly spawns since December.

"Aulne" is a general name for alders, so I would guess that by their fruit he means alder cones. I only started up my aquarium about a year ago and sent off to Poland for black alder cones before I found out that the red alder trees around here serve the same purpose. Does anyone know if that is ...

Don, on closer inspection, you are probably right. leucomelas it is. Thanks.

Thanks, Don. Actually, I bought the (possibly) agazizii from the Wet Spot as punctatus but when I looked them up online they were not. The species you suggested differ from the five I have by the black on the dorsal fin -- mine have their black on the fore edge, but I'll look again and compare to ...

I'm new to keeping Corydoras (Aeneas, Metae and probable Agazizii) and I've just bought some alder cones. I've read a lot about using BLACK alder, but does anybody know if you can use the cones of the Red ALDER (Alnus rubra) that grows around Portland, Oregon? I just found a tree right next to where ...