Caught the Corydoras bug

[illumnae]

pictures! many many pictures!

[sfk7]

Cant wait to see the pics too!

[luenny]

Ok, finally got my cories and 3 other fishes. Out of the 3 fishes, one of them is corydoras reynoldsi (in another tank) and the other two is the leopard frog pleco (L134).

Of course, the main fishes are the 50 cories (which I still don't know which species they are). I was told that they are white fin cories - which according to what I found on the web is suppose to be corydoras incolicana. Does this look like c. incolicana to you? I've neutralized the yellowish tinge in this pic for ID purposes.



Anyway, here are the tank shots. First the closeup shot.



And the tank shot.


What do you think?

[doppelbanddwarf]

Wow really beautiful!

[illumnae]

amazing...i love this tank!

[iwishweallcouldwin]

Very very nice!

[quix]

Love your tank luenny! You really got 50 of the same species! I salute your discipline! It must be a sight watching them shoal.

[sfk7]

Oh my, what a sight!!

[EvolutionZ]

WOW!.. amazing FTS.. love the shoaling cories!

[luenny]

Thanks all for the comment. Yeah, it isn't easy choosing 1 species out of so many. The temptation to get many different species to keep together is great. But I guess keeping to one species pays off. I really love the way they interact.

One thing I don't really understand is their behavior. In the farm, they stay mostly at the bottom and not moving much unless you disturb them. In my tank, today's the second day and they're moving all over the place even going up and down the glass (but not reaching the surface - not gulping for air). I don't know if that's a good sign or not, but it seems that they're always hungry. And their favorite food so far is frozen blood worm. I can even hand feed them with frozen blood worms.

[freshfish]

i caught it too ! i love the pandas !

[EvolutionZ]

my sterbai cories in the past also "chiong" here "chiong" there in the tank.. active cories!

(Edit: "chiong" is colloquial Singlish meaning "rush forward", or "darting" as in context above)

[trident]

Luenny,
Looks like they have settled down, you keep the L134 with them?

[SCOPE]

Nice Haven for the cories....

[CK Yeo]

Active cories is a good sign. Either horny or conditions are good.

ck

[luenny]

Yes, I put the L134 together with the cories. Hardly see them anymore, they're more into hiding. The cories on the other hand is always upfront by the class. I was told that they are the easier species to keep. I guess the activity just means they're ok, no wonder they're always jumping onto any food I give them. Anybody can help me confirm the ID of the corydoras?

Here's one more picture.

[fishpoo]

Wow really really nice tank....... you have made me a fan of cories although i'm keeping crs...

[luenny]

Thanks fishpoo. I was told by the farm owner that the market for cories isn't that big in Singapore and that's the reason why we don't get to see the rarer cories. If more people are into cories then maybe the rarer species will be imported here.

[SCOPE]

Thanks fishpoo. I was told by the farm owner that the market for cories isn't that big in Singapore and that's the reason why we don't get to see the rarer cories. If more people are into cories then maybe the rarer species will be imported here.

Totally agree....as compare to Taiwan or Japan, such a big difference.... In Singapore, if you happen to see 10pcs of super Pulcher or C113 in C328, it is a big WOW!!! But in Taiwan, i saw tank of them in hundreds....
They dont treat cories as cleaner... Usually we can see 20-30 types of rarer cories easliy in any reputable shop in Taipei...

[luenny]

Yes, sadly a lot of people here treat cories as garbage collectors - just like the way they treat plecos. Well hopefully with more people interested in it, the market will grow and we can have a better variety entering Singapore next time.