JUST GOT THESE CORYS FORGOT THE NAME NEED HELP WITH ID

Looks like Corydoras Melanistis. The "banded" cat.

I was thinking C. melanotaenia aka golden or Corydoras aeneus aka Bronze Cory.



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I think Jessica got it, Corydoras melanistius is the likely species. The dorsal blotch is very faint, but this will likely colour up as the fish settle.

BTW, in a QT tank, it is good to have some cover. Fish should stay in this tank for 3+ weeks, and having no cover is highly stressful. A couple chunks of wood (artificial is nice as you can easily wash it, whereas wood retains things), some river rock, or even some floating plants. And a thin substrate, sand preferably. Fish will settle faster with something other than a bare tank, and in fact, this could even cause problems due to the continued stress. Photo attached is my 20g QT for new arrivals, shown here when it was empty of fish; I keep this permanently running so I'm "ready."

Byron.

platytetrafan said:

I have a hood cover on the tank.I break down this tank & clean after the Qt process is done after all the fish have gone through the process. How do you keep your QT cycled with no fish in it and if a fish gets sick during QT process what do you do? You say you keep it constantly running. I keep a filter sponge in my 36 gallon for my QT so when am ready it cycles quickly no need to keep it running constantly only when I need to. Thanks on the ID corydora melanistis is correct .

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The tank pictured is just the QT for new arrivals, not the hospital for sick fish, just so that is clear. If the new fish do come down with something, I treat them in this QT (I don't move them). Rarely (luckily) has this occurred, in fact I have only ever seen ich once or twice to date, but I leave the new fish in this tank for no less than 3 weeks, sometimes 5-6, depending upon what species as some can be more difficult feeding, etc. The plants are just "extras" from my main tanks which are all fairly heavily planted. If I need to discard them, it is no loss. But with the plants, the tank remains "active" even with no fish; I have had it run for a year without fish, at other times it might be a week or two between new fish.

This is just the easiest method for me, as I have a fish room so I have the space for this 20g to run permanently. And I am convinced that it does make a big difference putting new acquisitions into a tank that is "established" and has some sort of cover--and by cover I mean decor (wood, rock, plants) that the fish can use to hide under/behind/among and ease their stress.

Byron.