long finned corys!!

Connie · Post by **Connie** » 31 Jul 2003, 04:19

What are they going to think of next, its seems all fish are beeing sold as the long finned variety now and I think they wre fine the way they are.
Connie
http://www.fish2u.com/miloco.html

Post by **Silurus** » 31 Jul 2003, 07:55

Actually, they've been around for quite some time.

Connie · Post by **Connie** » 31 Jul 2003, 09:09

really I have never seen them, maybe just not looking.
Connie

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 31 Jul 2003, 15:53

Considering that i heard last year about the long fined versions of Corys and Acistrus i have very seldomly seen them in the shops. Ancistrus 2ce and the Corys never. Maybe Germany isnt a good market for things like that.

Post by **Coryman** » 31 Jul 2003, 18:27

There are a number of naturally long finned Cory's and C. paleatus is one, the majority of C. paleatus in the hobby are comercially bred in fish farms and the long finage (Dorsal fins mainly) has deteriorated over time.

Other long finned species are C. barbatus and C. macropterus.

Ian

Connie · Post by **Connie** » 31 Jul 2003, 18:34

Coryman so you are saying in the wild these fish exist? just curious but since when? I have been keeping corys for about 11 years now and keep 17 varietys and breed 4 varietys and have never heard of this.
Usually long finned varietys of fish dont make it to adulthood in the wild because it is not practical for many reasons.
Connie

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 31 Jul 2003, 20:59

They're all over the place here!

Unfortunately; longfinned Cory's, albino's, both; veiled Ancistrus, dyed and painted fish; hybrids and Parrots are all the rage....

The only thing I haven't encountered yet are the Flowerhorns.

C paleatus is a long finned species, but it should be only the dorsals and perhaps a wee bit the pectorals of the male.
These longfinned inbreds have ALL the fins elongated, including the ventrals and the tail and with both sexes. This is not the case with wild species.

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 01 Aug 2003, 08:18

Flowerhorns pop up from time to time here as we have lots of US Soldiers and Asians here in the Frankfurt vicinity.

Ive seen pics of longfinned C.robustus and C.schwartzi but only the dorsal and only on adult males.

Post by **Coryman** » 02 Aug 2003, 00:21

Connie

The natural long finned species have evolved and are not the grotesque things we see from the so called breeders. As Caol-ila says it is mainly only the dorsal and pectoral fine that are extended and it is usually the males that show the extentions. There are several featured in both the Cat-elog and on my site.

Ian

Rene · Post by **Rene** » 11 Aug 2003, 15:33

i've recently seen c. aeneus with extremely long tail fins, sort of like a swoard. the cory's were all quite small, their tail fin was about the size of the body. they were sold as
'c. aeneus longfin', which is basicaly just another way of this particular shopkeeper to make a few extra euro's!! it's the first time i have seen them, and it's not a version that i'd like to own.

corydorus · Post by **corydorus** » 16 Aug 2003, 16:35

Saw a group of c. aeneus with extremely long tail fins in a farm in Singapore.
According to them they are spotted accidentally through normal breeding.
What meant is Nothing special was done to achieved this result.

They were singled out in a tank to farm-breed the next gen.