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Okay, I will do that and then post the video here sometime tomorrow.

Hello good people of the forum, I hope this all turns out okay and that you guys enjoy it because I am not used to using forums. Since @Cory has been going bananas about Rosy Barbs eating algae and talked about posting more evidence of barbs eating algae on here, I wanted to post the below chain of videos that clearly documents Odessa Barb’s amazing ability to eat hair algae! I have video clips that I will have to post a link too, should I post a Google link or put the clips together and just post on my YouTube channel? Would be my first video!

Wow, love to see it. Feels so good to get things going again.

Hey everybody! Here is an update! I am really leaning toward naponensis given the more developed spot on the dorsal and the bright gold triangle spot on the head. Thoughts? @Biotope Biologist @nabokovfan87 @anewbie @TheSwissAquarist @T. Payne @lefty o

Do any of you think that this one is a serious contender? https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=431

Hmm that is quite interesting, I will have to evaluate the photos based on these areas now. I did not think to look at those features before. I think that this is a great deal closer to an answer, and a very solid argument. I feel that the definition of the lateral stripes is quite pronounced more akin to Bilineatus. Here is another picture of the fins, even though it may not make a difference. I appreciate all of your comments. @Biotope Biologist what would you recommend in regard to getting a school? Will different species of Cory’s school together? While I would love to be able to breed them, I am more concerned about getting some other fish he will school with.

@T. Payne what are the most common traits that help to distinguish Cory’s from each other? Patterns, snout length, fin shape, etc.?

I wasn’t planning on taking him home, I just wanted to know what Petco would price them at! Haha He said $1 donation, I said “bag him up!” I think this is a great candidate because the stripes are so pronounced. I would not have identified the spots as a unique marker, I have been looking at the dorsal. From what I can tell, there isn’t much pattern, more of a slight black coloration toward the front. I just got the thought to take a picture back and see if the guy at Petco would be willing to send it to his vendor to see if they could ID it, so good idea!

Thanks for the tip!

I am hoping to get him a bunch of friends with your help!

Hello everyone, Could you all lend your collective knowledge to help me I.D. this Corydoras I picked up at Petco for $1 yesterday? The guy said it came in by mistake with a batch of Otos. I am betting on elegans or nanus. Thank you all.

Yes I am feeding Hikari brand for that reason. Thank you.

They all looked great, so that's why it's a mystery to me. That being said, it's also true that I did not closely inspect each one because I trust the second store I got them from.

In regards to food, I placed frozen blood worms on the bottom of the tank with tweezers and observed them eating with no issues in both tanks. They have basically been hand fed blood worms since I got them. They don't tend to go after the blood worms per say, but if the cory's swim over the blood worms they will stop and gobble them up. Now that they are in the top tank, I try to put the blood worms on the catappa leaves just to make sure it's easy for them. There is no doubt that stress has played a key roll in this, and I have been testing pH all week via API. I have not noticed any fluctuation, but it's always a possibility. I can lower temp and nitrate for sure. I do 50% usually, so I can change more when I change water next. I dosed with easy green on Monday, and have been feeding heavier this week, so nitrates are rising faster than normal. You can see my java fern "garden" in the top tank where I grow out plant-lets. I got them from a different store this time.

Hello, good to hear from you again. After the first three that died from my original batch of 7, I got 6 more from another store, and another 3 have died since. Hopefully now that I have posted all my parameters and tank pictures someone can spot what I am missing! I am that for them more than anything.