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  1. CorydorasEthan
    Welcome to the forum! Don't get too discouraged by mistakes you make in the hobby. Everyone makes them. They are part of the learning process! I look forward to seeing how your experiences in the hobby progress!
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    I believe that right now he is just looking for food on the pleco's body. Some of my juvenile guppy/endlers do this around an otocinclus. Both animals do not present a threat for each other. But one thing I have noticed is that both these animals get more aggressive as they grow older, and almost exclusively during feeding. Even though this is just my experience (from what I've heard, not many other people have this situation), it is something to keep in mind. I hope this helps, and good luck! Nice tank by the way.
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    Great news! I sold off around 50 of my endler/guppy population (mainly from the 29 gallon) to one of my local stores. The funny thing is, it doesn't look like it has made quite a dent in the number of fish in the tank...
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    Some of the best shots I've gotten of a pygmy cory so far.
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    The fish swimming at the top of the container looks like a blackstripe topminnow of some sort. I am unsure about the fish at the bottom though. Sorry, I am not too experienced when it comes to native fishes!
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    I'm not sure if these count as macro photos or not, so I just posted them here. They're some of the best shots of a pygmy cory I've gotten so far.
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    Definitely not an oto. I'm guessing (as said above) that it is either a chinese "algae eater", or some sort of Garra species, both of which might not be suitable for the tank size and fish selection that you already have. Adding on to what @Nirvanaquatics said about identification, otocinclus will have a pointed snout, and usually a dark line going from the tip of the snout to the base of the tail. Here's an Otocinclus species for reference. Sucking loaches (the group that CAEs and Garra species are usually put into) will all have round snouts and will be much bigger as well. I hope this helps, and good luck!
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    Okay so here's the story... I originally had two male endlers which I upgraded to the 29 gallon tank. When I got a pleco for the tank, a tiny guppy fry somehow got into the bag, and so we added it to the tank as well. Now she looks like this: She and the endlers had babies together, and eventually, there came to be multiple different colorations. I wouldn't call them strains yet, only mutts. First are these yellow, leopard/cobra guppies. These in particular seem to have swordtail-like extensions on their tail fins. Still others have huge, completely black fan tails. Next are these bright coral-red guppies: The females of both types are as big as guppy females, and pretty much look the same as their mother, with either pink, purple, yellow, or black tails. Some even have a blue that glows in the sunlight, which is pretty cool. Okay onto the plants. I have some water sprite that has reproduced in the 29 gallon, so I am adding some to the 10 gallon. Same goes for my Java fern. Additionally, I got some water lettuce or something from the store and put some in there, and now it is thriving. I can't say the same about my 29 gallon though. A few pieces of duckweed got in as well and have taken over the tank in there!
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    I am currently working on 1) planting my 10 gallon aquarium and 2) getting rid of a bunch of guppies (I have way too many)!
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    Having seen some other people start threads covering their nerm projects as a whole, I figured I might start one as well. From this thread I will keep those who want to follow my overall progress updated. I'll start by giving an intro to those who do not know me yet: https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/profile/2850-corydorasethan/?tab=field_core_pfield_1 Okay so onto my projects. I currently have two aquariums. Here's a little more on them... The first is my pride and joy, the 29 gallon planted community. This is my main "display" tank and houses large numbers of livebearers and catfish. My next tank is a 10 gallon aquarium used for housing more livebearers, a gourami, snails, and another flying fox. I have not posted a thread yet on this one, but I plan to do so in the future. It still needs some work: So yeah there is a bit on my aquariums. I'll make sure to update this thread weekly at least. Thanks.
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    I would say my Siamese flying fox. He is blind on one side due to some type of deformity or injury. Even so, he has gotten bolder ever since we moved the gourami and other flying fox out of the tank. Now he just nips and bites my Corydoras for fun and is aggressive during feeding time.
  12. CorydorasEthan
    I've noticed other fish (like gouramis and I am assume cichlids too) will bite and drive away cories from their food at the bottom. Tetras and livebearers will swarm food, so it is hard for the poor cories to get a bite to eat. Instead, I do as @Fish Folk suggested, leaving the lights off while the cories eat. Feed them right after they turn off, and 10-15 minutes before the lights come on. Trust me, it works! Best of luck with your next cories!
  13. CorydorasEthan
    Yes this is very helpful. I have light sand, so the green poop easily stood out.
  14. CorydorasEthan
    Hello, this is your big box pet store representative again! Plecos are cleaner fish that will eat all the algae and leftovers in your tank, including the poop that accumulates along the bottom of the aquarium! They will even eat their own poop! No need to do any maintenence on your tank when you have one of these! Okay all jokes aside, you are right they were surprisingly the biggest waste producer when I had them in my aquarium. The reason for this is because they are (mostly) herbivorous, and will spend all of their time grazing off of the algae, biofilm, and aufwuchs. Therefore, they can be fed a bit more lightly as @Fish Folk suggested. I don't know of any other solutions, sorry. I hope this helped!
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    Thanks! The problem is, I don't have any goldfish or koi. However, I do have a Siamese flying fox, who I've noticed had eaten a little duckweed. Additionally, I have some otos in the tank too. Is there a way to incorporate the duckweed into their diet (Like in Repashy or something)?
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    Hey there everyone, I don't know if someone had someone had already asked this question before, but does anyone know of any uses for duckweed besides throwing it away? I accidentally got some in my tank and it is blocking out a lot of light for my other plants, as well as making it hard for my albino cories to make their way up to the surface for a breath of air.
  17. CorydorasEthan
    Mine do this all the time too, especially the albinos! Another thing I find entertaining is the Corydoras playing in the air bubble curtain at the back of the tank. They just swim up there and swim against the current. Apparantly they really enjoy it, because they spend at least 30 minutes a day doing it:
  18. CorydorasEthan
    I agree with @Colu. Also, more hiding places might help for the smaller platy to retreat to. Are there any pictures of the tank?
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    Yeah I don't know how to prevent it, sorry. But yeah I know it's not life threatening to them, and creates minimal if any stress. Ever since I've moved them to the 29 gallon they haven't had it at all either. Well, good luck with yours!
  20. CorydorasEthan
    Hmm those don't look like they would cause any problems. Then it's probably not food. Maybe try adding stress coat? After a few months my cories had it go away with miminal stress coat additions during water changes. I don't know if it helps, but it might be worth replicating.
  21. CorydorasEthan
    My Corydoras have gotten this in the past as well - particularly the green and albinos I have. I didn't do anything to combat it and it went away. But I think it had something to do with their diet. What do you feed them?
  22. CorydorasEthan
    Great looking tank! Even with no heater, you still have plenty of options: endler's livebearers, peppered corydoras, panda corydoras, false julii corydoras, pretty much any danios, rosy barbs, and hillstream loaches to name a few.
  23. CorydorasEthan
    Yep you planted it right! I can't wait for more updates in the future.
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    Probably only around five at most. I had four for keeping Malaysian trumpet snails in check in a 10 gallon, and at first they were WAY too slow at eating snails so the number of trumpet snails went up and up (they were in the hundreds). But then, slowly, the tides turned when the assassin snails started to lay eggs in the substrate. Even the tiny baby assassins were effective! Pretty soon (maybe around three months), there were a ton of assassin snails and little to no trumpet snails left. For your situation, maybe only a couple more assassins will be fine.
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