c. cf arcuatus discussion...
Posted: 16 Feb 2005, 15:43
Hi ppl!
Reason why i am opening this thread is cuz i am confused...
In my recent? visit to Austria, i have found in one fishstore some corydoras arcuatus at 5euro/piece.
Since i have read (probably here) that in box of c.arcuatus there can be found their bigger "brothers" c. super arcuatus, i started to look around for my favorite cory.
With much luck i have found in one quarantine tank some c. cf arcuatus also known as super arcuatus.
Since the water was dirty nad yellow, probably due to medication, i didn't see quit good, but i was picking all the corys with gold stripe on their back.
I must say it was very hard to convince seller that i want to buy only "sick" ones, he probably thinked that i am in some kind of "holy mission of rescuing cory's in stress", but i was not.
I just wanted to have those beutifull little buggers.
Well, after they settled down in my 10G q tank, i have watched them closley and find something confusing.
I have 3 super arcuatus and 2...well they sure ain't looking like regular skunk cory's, and they are not looking like super arcuatus either.
One some pics i have found that this is wild form of arcuatus, on other web pages i have found that this is also super arcuatus, but from the different river...
They are mixing together like there is no diference in species, but visual markings tell me difernet.
After this long post, if somebody has read it, you can feel free to post your own ideas.
Now here are some pics...
wild form arcuats?
super arcuatus
I don't have better picture of arcuatus now, but i will get one soon... ptoblem that is confusing me is that gold line on his back(like super arcuatus) and a clear line passing thru his body (just like regular arcuatus)...
regards
Vedran
Reason why i am opening this thread is cuz i am confused...
In my recent? visit to Austria, i have found in one fishstore some corydoras arcuatus at 5euro/piece.
Since i have read (probably here) that in box of c.arcuatus there can be found their bigger "brothers" c. super arcuatus, i started to look around for my favorite cory.
With much luck i have found in one quarantine tank some c. cf arcuatus also known as super arcuatus.
Since the water was dirty nad yellow, probably due to medication, i didn't see quit good, but i was picking all the corys with gold stripe on their back.
I must say it was very hard to convince seller that i want to buy only "sick" ones, he probably thinked that i am in some kind of "holy mission of rescuing cory's in stress", but i was not.
I just wanted to have those beutifull little buggers.
Well, after they settled down in my 10G q tank, i have watched them closley and find something confusing.
I have 3 super arcuatus and 2...well they sure ain't looking like regular skunk cory's, and they are not looking like super arcuatus either.
One some pics i have found that this is wild form of arcuatus, on other web pages i have found that this is also super arcuatus, but from the different river...
They are mixing together like there is no diference in species, but visual markings tell me difernet.
After this long post, if somebody has read it, you can feel free to post your own ideas.
Now here are some pics...
wild form arcuats?
super arcuatus
I don't have better picture of arcuatus now, but i will get one soon... ptoblem that is confusing me is that gold line on his back(like super arcuatus) and a clear line passing thru his body (just like regular arcuatus)...
regards
Vedran