Just introducing myself and my feesh!

[nikelodeon79]

Hi all!

I decided to wander on over here because I'm a serious cory-a-holic. No sense fighting it any longer, so I'll just embrace my addiction.

I have a 55g setup dedicated mostly to corydoras. I currently have C. panda, C. habrosus, and C. leucomelas. I also have a few otos in there (going to increase my number soon) including a random Otocinclus sp. (3). I got him entirely by accident in a shipment of what was supposed to be habrosus cories. I took a look at him and thought, "well, that's definitely not a cory!" It took a bit more research to determine exactly what he was... the body shape said "oto" but the color did not. Anyway, I do also have a school of harlequin rasboras in the tank and a few Danio choprai as an overhead show for the cories.

My wishlist as far as cats are concerned are Otocinclus cocama and C. sp. (C019). If anyone has either of these species for sale, please PM me.

I also am more than a bit obsessed with bettas and African mbuna. All total, I have 10 tanks and two QT/hospital tanks.

Oh, and my fish, my husband, my two mammal variety cats and myself all live in Northern Wisconsin, USA.

[Richard B]

welcome to Planet Catfeesh!

[andywoolloo]

Welcome! Be careful, that's the beginning of the end! I started with bettas, then cories, then synos, then otos then finally pl*cos. It's a dangerous addiction.

[OldMan]

Welcome Nikelodeon. It is good to hear there are others like me who are fascinated with cories. I have gotten serious about all 3 pygmy varieties and am now trying to induce my hastatus to breed. They have their own 20H but I can never find them since I put a large clump of java moss in with them. When Ike went through here, I captured two 10 gallon tanks and two 5 gallon buckets of fresh rain water to work with but when it ran out I still hadn't seen any hint of breeding action so I decided to just give them the best conditions that I can and wait to try again later. Meanwhile I have obtained cultures of microworms, banana worms, walter worms and daphnia for live feeding and the cories always get a generous share while I am spreading the food around.

[sidguppy]

I started with bettas, then cories, then synos, then otos then finally pl*cos. It's a dangerous addiction

looks like you haven't reached the end of the road then

if you outgrow the pleco's, maybe you should return to Africa and get into Claroteids......biparental breeding care FTW!

but if Claroteids are a wee bit sissy, you might set up an indoor swimmingpool and breed the huge Bagrus meridionalis wich is perhaps THE catfish with the most elaborate evolved breedding care of all the Siluriiformes.

[Bas Pels]

Why not Siluris glanis?

Said to be interesting, and they reach only 6 feet - at 80 years of age

So you'll have somthing for your children to inherit