Ancistrus sp., Corydoras sp. and posting pictures

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Ancistrus sp., Corydoras sp. and posting pictures

Post by Algaedarling »

Hello all!
I recently got an Ancsistrus over the internet. Here is what I know...
It is a female-currently heavy with eggs-and has a little bit of bristling on the very edge of the snout.
It was sold under the common name of "Blue Eye".
It is 5 cm long (not including the tail).
It was wild caught or river raised in Ecuador.
It was imported four months ago.
It has little to no reticulation with a grayish/blue base color.
It has a texture pattern on the head which resembles that on the pictures of Ancistrus pirareta in the CateLog.
It's eyes do appear blue in certain light.
I also recently purchased a small Corydoras which has a very vague description and a I think a photo is the only thing that will get it IDed.
I do have pictures of both, however I do not know how to upload them. If someone could explain to me how to upload them from my computer, then I would also add those to aid in the ID. I read the post on how to do it, but it wasn't clear enough... :?
Thank you for any help you can give me.
Alyx
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You can use ImageShack to host the pictures, and then hotlink them to here. Very easy. :)
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Algaedarling
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Post by Algaedarling »

Just to forewarn you, she does have odd coloring. However, I do not think this is effected by the species she is, I think her color is a freak color morph. Anyways, that's why I bought her and here she is. I'm leaning toward A. pirareta or A. triradiatus. This is the picture that the person selling her displayed on Aquabid (Thnx Eric!).

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Here are the pictures I took of her(Thnx worton!) This is her stress coloration, she really doesn't have any reticulation to speak of.

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And here are a few pictures of the Corydoras. I'm thinking C. lamberti?

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Thanks in advance for any help!

Alyx
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I saw a BN on Aquabid that looked exactly like that... Is that where you got her? Quite an unusual fish. :)
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Post by worton[pl] »

if you are using windows as your operating system it is very easy to change format of a file :] from bmp to jpg :).
Just start paint, open your image in .bmp format, then click file->save as-> and choose .jpg :). you can change the name of a file if you want but with a different type there wont be any problem with saving it :), if you are using, another than windows, operating system :] I cant help if i dont know what kind of system you are using :P
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