Thanks, that looks very much like it.

Apologies for the rubbish pictures. Does anyone know what this is? The pair were unwanted after a house clearance and have spawned in their Q tank - the male is on an egg bunch. Some kind of Ancistrus maybe?

Piabarchus torrenticola - from the Paraguay river

Those tetras may well be the cause of the damage to the dorsal fins.

Interesting. In what way were these delicate? The food? Or waterparameters? They ate well enough and the males even displayed to the females for a while. Over time however they suffered from some kind of mouth rot and would go opaque and die off one at a time. I think I had them for about 6 months ...

I had these - quite delicate I found

The elegans group can be difficult and it seems many species have a lot of variability. Also males are quite different from females. CW008 has a gold stripe like your fish. Also nanus is quite scarce and many more common species are sold as such.

It's a juvenile corydoras. Probably an aeneus or close relative.

In the What is my catfish forum the sticky post has a few clog links at the top.
Neither the nor the show an image when hovered over.

I've had my little suckers for about 10 years. What are they? Maybe

Otocinclus hoppei

?

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In my experience it increased fry survival rates considerably when a very thin layer of sand was added to the bottom of the raising tank.

These are often sold as gold spot pleco, gold spot sailfin pleco or even marbled sailfin pleco. Don't think I've ever seen them sold under their scientific name.

I have seen this a few times with several species of corydoras. There are various ideas as to the cause, some of which have been posted here. It's also been said it may be a diet issue. In my experience a large (at least 50%) water change will see it off within a day or two. The fish recover well ...

Getting this now

Richard B wrote:& not often seen in the UK these days - probably too far for me to go to add to my group

Just out of interest how much are they going for?

It was in Utaka in Holland Richard, and no label.
http://utaka.nl/stocklist/

Thanks.

I'm rubbish at these. Cute though.

If I remember correctly metae like to hide their eggs around the tank. Try adding a big bunch of Java moss or Java fern. Or even a couple of spawning mops if you haven't already.

They are

Corydoras sodalis

Corydoras blochi

maybe?

Apropos of nothing much - here are some animals on the underground.

H/T Jerry Coyne

Looks like some kind of cryptocoryne

It's a little small even for the dwarf species which should be kept in a group.

Jools wrote:Graham

Can you confirm this is now fixed?

Cheers

Jools

Sorry Jools missed this first time round. Yes it's fixed.

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url:
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Firefox & IE

Yes, looks okay now.

All still works but looks untidy. This is in Firefox 20.0.1.

Richard B wrote:Is it me or is the second fish snub-nosed?

Yes. May not have the full compliment of fins either.

Were these fish quarantined at all? I also think this species requires a dedicated tank, set up specifically for it.