Hi all, I have a group of 10 Cories I just got in and have in a bare bottom quarantine tank. I've had them for 3 days and I've notice areas, mostly on their flanks, but one maybe around the eye, where the pattern seems as if it has been scraped off or otherwise reduced by an infection or something ...

The Congicus do sound like a very nice fish and a good candidate for this tank. Anyone ever seen them for sale in the US? If so, any idea of pricing? Since I'd like to do a group, price will be an issue if they are one of the really pricey ones. I guess if they're not local I'd better get pictures ...

Thanks all for the suggestions. Bummer that you can't get real S. Aterimus and they are just passing off hybrids. My daughter actually already has a group of 8 Microsynodontis sp. "bumble bee" in a 30inchx12inch 20 gallon tank. They are very cute when they're all wiggling around the tank like a ...

I'm thinking of setting up a 40 gallon tank (4 feet long by one foot wide footprint) for a group of Synos (4 or 5) and would like to make it a species tank and just stick with one species. Right now I'm thinking of either S. Aterimus or S. Schoutedeni. I'd prefer to have the possibility of them ...