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I just found a baby panda in my 20 gal.

Posted: 20 Feb 2009, 12:05
by AlaskanCorydoras
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.

C. paleatus

Posted: 20 Feb 2009, 13:45
by Coryologist
Hi. Something along these lines? - Frank

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Re: I just found a baby panda in my 20 gal.

Posted: 20 Feb 2009, 14:03
by AlaskanCorydoras
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.

Re: I just found a baby panda in my 20 gal.

Posted: 20 Feb 2009, 17:23
by AlaskanCorydoras
Here's some photos, after I coaxed him out of hiding with some Microcrabs.
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Hi-Fin C. paleatus

Posted: 20 Feb 2009, 19:16
by Coryologist
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

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Re: I just found a baby panda in my 20 gal.

Posted: 21 Feb 2009, 21:18
by Kets
How can it be a longfin if the tail/pectoral isnt long?

Re: I just found a baby panda in my 20 gal.

Posted: 22 Feb 2009, 12:31
by Coryologist
Huh? - F.