I think I'd want some plants that are similar to the one in my native area, and I'd want some rocks or driftwood to hide under i agree with the above. the more natural the better. below is a pic of a new-ish tank setup that houses my 2 BN's. it has more plants and a couple of rocks in it now. the ...

i havent owned many catfish so my choice is easier. still a hard choice between my corys and my bristlenoses. if i have to choose it has to be my bristlenoses, for a few reasons. they stay small which is good when u dont have a massive tank, they do a great job at algae cleaning, mine have great ...

cheers Silurus, i think u may be right. i'll get a pic as soon as i can so i can compare it better myself and probably post it here to get some confirmation.

hi folks. i need to start this with an appology for the fact that i dont have a pic of my fish yet. i bought a cory recently that as far as i can tell looks like a reticulatus. the trouble is when i look at the pics of reticulatus here, it is almost the same but doesnt have the same black spot on ...

it was me, i love to sneak into peoples homes and eat their annubias when they're not looking. sprinkle on some ground pepper cory and they taste awsome. sorrrreeeeeeeee ;)

nice fish kana but well i have to be biased and say mine are nicer ;) :lol: on not having seen her for a few weeks, one thing i love about my existing fish is he is not the least bit shy. he spends a lot of the day in view and when its feeding time - nothing gets in the way of him and his food, lol ...

little update ... i went to look at 3 local fish shops today that are close to each other to see what was availble. i ended up buying some new corys, another otto and a plec the plec, i believe, is another little bristle nose. the guy in the shop was 90% certain and didnt even know he had them ...

thanks for the input guys. i am in agreement that it is probably Ancistrus sp(3). body shape seems to be male from what MatP says. i am not keen to take him out the tank to see if his nose is smooth or not. i am not sure about the ridge. i dont think i see one but will look closer later today when ...

(hopefully this is posted in an appropriate forum room, i wasnt sure which i should use) i have been thinking of collecting driftwood from one of my local lochs (lakes) partly as the selection of bogwood and mopani wood is limited and costly here plus i never seem to see any realy big bits. i have ...

hi coryman. funnily enough i have had ur page bookmarked for ages, didnt know it was urs tho. believe me, i have hunted thru ur site and the cat-elog and the best match i can come up with for this new guy is punctatus. it is quite small but that may be due to being young. ofcourse i know i may well ...

thanks kana3, i agree with Ancistrus and that it is hard to say which one exactly. which makes me doubtful i will ever be able to get an 'exact' partner match :( i am beginning to think this might be a female. as u say and from what i've now read, females can have bristles around their mouth. mine ...

hi folks. i have had this 'guy' for about a year now. i had 2 but (sad story coming) they fought a lot so i put the second that i bought in a smaller tank. unfortunately the second fish didnt like his new tank. over night he must have crawled out a small gap at the back of my tank, lept off and ...

i have little knowledge on this i'm affraid. i did notice though that this guy has a pale, almost white belly where as the one Silurus linked to appears to have a dark belly.

i point this out only in the hope that it might help with the ID and not to contradict Silurus.

good luck with the ID

thanks chef. when i bought these the guy told me they were punctatus but when i looked them up i realised they weren't. i bought two more cories today from a big pet chain that is starting to get more interesting fish in. as usual they know nothing tho and couldnt ID them. i couldn't resist them tho ...

thanks MatsP, your advice helped, i have posted the pics on my own web space and now got them linked here

... oh, thanks too to lotsabettas for posting the images.

i'll need to try figure what i did wrong in posting them myself.

cheers Kim, i think we're right :) i bought 2 new cories today. i'm a cory addict, i love them. :D the trouble with cories is there is so many and so many that are similar in looks. the ones i got today ... 1 i think is a reticulatus, but not sure and the other one similar to ones i've seen but as ...

can anyone see the pics, i followed the instructions for adding images but i dont see them when i look at the post???

i have had 2 of these guys for nearly a year and never been able to ID them ... up to tonight that is. ironicaly as i was about to post this i stumbled across what i think they are - as indicated in the title, i suspect they are Corydoras leucomelas. i thought i'd post 2 images i took of one of them ...