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  1. 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
  2. Do any of you think that this one is a serious contender? https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=431
  3. 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.
  4. @T. Payne what are the most common traits that help to distinguish Cory’s from each other? Patterns, snout length, fin shape, etc.?
  5. 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!
  6. I am hoping to get him a bunch of friends with your help!
  7. 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.
  8. Yes I am feeding Hikari brand for that reason. Thank you.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. I am sorry if I posted this in the wrong place, I would be glad to move it if I can. I have three 20 gallons in a stack on a stand. The cory's were in the bottom tank, now they are in the top. The test results for the top tank that the cory's are in now is on the right, the tank they came out of results are on the left. Both tanks have the exact same parameters because I make my water and change it from a 55 gallon drum. pH is around 6.6, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and about 40 ppm nitrate. Temp in top tank is around 75-76, and the temp in the bottom tank is about 77. GH is about 150 in the top and bottom tank, and KH is about 60 in the top and bottom tank according to Co-op test strips. I had to retest for the strip on the right/top tank because KH was off: Here is the retest for the KH in the top tank: Comparison before full nitrate development in retest: Nitrate for bottom tank: Top tank: Bottom tank that they moved from with eco complete: Sponge filter in addition to internal canister: Top tank that they are in now: Sponge filter #1 in top tank: Sponge filter #2 in bottom tank:
  13. Hey BAT, I have this problem in my 29 gallon, and while shrimp and snails are great, I have had great success by reducing the amount of light I give the tank. I have the light on a regular analog timer, and I have it set to give light 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the evening, with a break in the afternoon. I have had this going for a few weeks now and the algae has significantly decreased. In combination with cherry shrimp or olive nerite snails, the algae should quickly dissipate. Good luck! 411fishkeeping
  14. Julia, I recently purchased some Metae corys and found myself in the EXACT same situation… Cory's dying for unknown reasons… It's so frustrating! I purchased from two stores as well, and each day it's like a find another one dead. I just have to get to the bottom of this! You can see my posts here in Diseases and here in General. Tank looks great also!
  15. Hello Everyone, I have been in the hobby for many years on and off, and throughout all of those years I have never kept Corydoras. I have purchased 10 Cory Metae over the last week or so from two different stores, and I am having a rather hard time keeping them alive. The first batch of 7 that I purchased yielded three casualties, which I posted about on another thread in Diseases. After I purchased 6 more from another store last Friday (8/3), I have suffered 3 more casualties for still unknown reasons. I am very frustrated as these fish are precious to me, and I cannot identify what is going wrong. After messaging with a forum member over the weekend, I decided to move all the remaining corys to a tank with regular smooth gravel as they had been on eco complete. The move was also prompted by the fact that I noticed a few fish had damaged pectoral fins, which I attributed to the eco complete. Once they were moved to the new tank, three of them died all with the same injury on one of their pectoral fins. This is the only similarity I can identify relative to the cause of death for these fish. I did lower the temperature from 77 to 75 per a forum member's recommendation, but all other parameters are in range. Of course, I am simply at a loss. Is this sudden cory death syndrome, or is something going on that I am not aware of? Let's put our heads together and hopefully avoid any further losses! Thank you all. @Zenzo @Cory @Irene
  16. And make lots of babies! Haha
  17. That’s all that did die… I was able to get some more from another LFS, and they are doing great. Total school is 10 now!
  18. In all the videos I have seen, they seem to proliferate. In my personal experience, I have always thanked myself for going with a larger tank than a smaller one.
  19. @WhosTommyM congrats! That is a great trick, and it looks like it worked great for you! Trim it up and remove those dead leaves. The most helpful tip I have ever heard in plant keeping so far is to remember that plants don't heal themselves like we do. Once that leaf is dying, the plant is putting all it's energy into making a new leaf. I'd say, once they are brown and clear like that, there is nothing more that the plant can absorb from it.
  20. Hey @FLFishChik, I haven't kept shell dwellers before myself, but I can tell you that, once you get a thriving community going, they won't have any room to grow! It is just going to be harder in a 10, but like Cory says, "Anything can be done." Good luck!
  21. @pjust9 Bolivian rams are so awesome!! They really color up when you get them home, and they are a favorite of mine. There is so much you can do with a 29! I have Colombian Tetras in mine, and they look great! See pic below. I highly recommend Colombians for color and size, will mix great with a sizable cory like an emerald and apisto. I also personally love Metae corys, which also come from a river in Columbia too! Good luck!
  22. I will gladly try both! Thank you for taking the time.
  23. @Dancing Matt @Colu @Brandon p thank you all for your time and contributions to this problem. Unfortunately, the last affected fish has passed, for a total of 3/7 lost with all the same symptoms. The other 4 smaller corys are doing great it seems, with nice color and activity levels. They will receive another feeding of blood worms tonight, and hopefully the store can get some more in so I can end up with 8-10. If any of the other 4 corys begin to exhibit these symptoms, I will notify this thread immediately and follow @Colu's guidance for treatment. Best Regards to all and happy fish keeping.
  24. Thanks for your reply. I do my best to treat them with kid gloves once I get them from the store, so I am believing more and more that the shipping process is to blame. Not knowing how they came in, it might be interesting to assume that the 3 larger ones, which appear to be the affected ones, came in one bag to the store and the four smaller in another. At least I have a great guarantee from the store to cover it, but I just hate to see such great fish go to waste basically...
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