bumps on corys, fat corys, Q on clown pleco

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Hey,
Ive had my corydoras for about 4-5 months and a couple of the bronze ones get really really fat, and I am pretty sure that sometimes that they are perfectly skinny, but not for long... now today I noticed that one of them is fat plus has a hump or bump right below his chest (basicly stumach) area.. its like 2 mm round? anyone have any ideas? pregnant?

Also, I went to walmart today and got a clown pleco because they were sooo small and I hear they stay decently small. Hes under an inch long... I looked up clown pleco pictures on the internet and they really dont look much like him.. They do, but he is ORANGE, really orange, all the pics I see is mostly a brown rust color.... Is he a clown pleco?

thanks
 
No... I guess after I looked further in google images that it looks just like this clown pleco, but more orange... I guess I just have a more orange one or they are oranger when they are smaller?

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There's a good amount of variance within the species for color and pattern. Mine goes from vivid orange rings, to duller depending on mood, lighting and background. Can we get some pictures of the little guy? And does he have wood to munch on?
 
Its definitly not a loach....

I am plannin to get some wood tommorow.... Dift wood right?

Is there anything I should know when getting some drift wood?
Is there some wood I should avoid?

what about the cory's? lol
 
For wood, go with maylasian, or bog wood. If it's your first time introducing wood to a tank, I'll hit some quick pointers...

1. You don't have to buy wood with a slate base, but without it, you may have to weight your wood down for a while till it takes up enough water to stop floating.

2. Boil it. Wood leaches tannins into your water, especially new wood. This will not hurt your fish, but it will stain your water tea colored. Boiling your new wood for a few hours helps keep this from happening. Might still happen a little, but no where near as much.

3. Boil it. New wood sometimes contains insects, parasites, chemicals, mould spores, fungus. Boiling it kills all the organic problems, and removes any surface chemicals it's been exposed to. I boil new pieces for as long as three hours to make sure I've sterilized it, and leached it as much as possible.

If the wood is bigger than your pot, boil the part that fits in, then flip it over and do the other side. If it's way bigger than your pot, set it in the bathtub and pour boiling water over it as many times as you have patience for.

4. Pick out a cool piece of wood. Aquascaping your tank with wood can be the most fun/frustrating part of decorating your tank. Finding a piece you like can be difficult. If you have to have a certain piece, and it's a little too wide, don't be shy about sawing off part of it. It's your tank, and it should look the way you want it too. Just leave your fish a cave, or two in or under the wood. They like that, and so will you.


5. Wood to avoid. Don't get any wood sold for reptile tanks. It disintegrates pretty quickly, and often contains chemicals. Grapevine looks awesom untill it's been in your tank a few days. Then your whole tank turns nasty. Wataugachicken learned this the hard way, and I took a stern lesson from her experience. Good malaysian or bogwood will last in your tank for years so it's worth the slightly higher cost and the time to pick out the piece that's right for you.

Happy hunting!
 
Could your cory cats just be full?? I notice right after mine eat that their wee bellies get really distended. Then as they "cycle" that out they go back down. It frightened me at first, but then I came to the determination they were just well fed at the moment. Do you notice it after they eat and then more empty looking before they feed?
Just thought I would get back to your cory question ;) :joke:

Congrats on your clown pleco. They are such cute little guys!
 
Thanks for the responces everyone much appreciated...

I will have to pay more attention to if there fatter after feeding... I want to say they do though, its only a couple bronze that do it, and the bronze are the PIGS... agazisi (sp?) ones never do it and they dont eat that much...

I have a 30 gallon long and I now have 4 bronze, 2 agazisii, and 3 pepperd corydoras, plus a common pleco and a clown pleco (I am soon to get a 90 gallon, so im not too worried about the common pleco)... This is a lot of bottom feeders, anything i should look out for? I have to clean gravel a lot right? any other advice? I feed all the bottom feeding fish shrimp pellets (corys like them a lot but the common pleco LOVES um) algae waffers, and the peppered and agazisi ones love blood worms and flakes. My question is...

I feed them one time in the morning, one, very rarely, 2 algae wafers and about 4-5 shrimp pellets.. thats what the corys and plecos get
plus 3 times I feed my 5 giant danios blood worms and flakes that half the corys eat, plus a little that falls to the ground (if there lucky since the giant danios are absolute pigs)... This cant possibly be too much for them to eat right? Or should I cut down?

Thanks everyone, everyone is always really cool and smart around here.
 
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