I just found a baby panda in my 20 gal.

AlaskanCorydoras · Post by **AlaskanCorydoras** » 20 Feb 2009, 12:05

Woot!

I have 6 adult pandas which were among the few fish to survive my Ph/SO2 crash. Judging by the size of my baby panda, it must have been spawned just after I moved half my pandas to that tank, and the other half to my quarentine tank.

As my pandas are some of my favorite cories, I'm pretty stoked.

Also in that tank are 7 pelatus cories, one of which has an interesting mutation. It is a long fin, and the 2nd and 3rd rays on its dorsal fin don't appear to stop growing. . . I need to see if I can get a picture of it.

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 20 Feb 2009, 13:45

Hi. Something along these lines? - Frank

AlaskanCorydoras · Post by **AlaskanCorydoras** » 20 Feb 2009, 14:03

No. . . that's what the majority of the Palatus in the tank look like. The one I am refering to just has the 2nd and 3rd spines about 2-3x the length of the 1st and 4th.

AlaskanCorydoras · Post by **AlaskanCorydoras** » 20 Feb 2009, 17:23

Here's some photos, after I coaxed him out of hiding with some Microcrabs.

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 20 Feb 2009, 19:16

Yes. That's the Hi-fin variant. Here is the albino version. They are referred to as "Frankenfish," as in Frankenstein and are generally shunned by most serious fish keepers. I was shown the light and and moved all of mine out the door. - Frank

Kets · Post by **Kets** » 21 Feb 2009, 21:18

How can it be a longfin if the tail/pectoral isnt long?

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 22 Feb 2009, 12:31

Huh? - F.

I just found a baby panda in my 20 gal.

I just found a baby panda in my 20 gal.

C. paleatus

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Hi-Fin C. paleatus

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