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fishorama said:
Great pics of your fish & tanks as always!

I think it's ancistus claro I've been looking for, for years, lol, but I will add your species to my want list.
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Searched that one up on planet catfish. What a gorgeous fish! It takes some of the more intricate patterns of the other plecos but on a tiny BN body. I love that! Doubt I'll ever see it, but I'm gonna add that to my catfish "wishlist" as well. What an adorable little fish!

So far my list:
Corydoras gracilis
Corydoras concolor
Corydoras habrosus
Corydoras Brittoi
Corydoras barbatus
Corydoras "cw153"
Corydoras hephaestus
Corydoras arcuatus
Corydoras boesemani
Corydoras "C091"
L514 pleco
Parancistrus aurantiacus




Some others I'd love but would probably never keep due to size or lack of availability at all lol but hey can dream
 
Yep, I've been dreaming & looking for many years, lol.

There are many corys on my want or want again list. C. arcuatus is the only 1 on your list I've kept, maybe twice over the years. very nice corys!
 
fishorama said:
Yep, I've been dreaming & looking for many years, lol.

There are many corys on my want or want again list. C. arcuatus is the only 1 on your list I've kept, maybe twice over the years. very nice corys!
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Theyre simple patterned, but very pretty.
Gracilis though is my #1 on my list. Such a cool little cory
 
I'll have a look at your list tomorrow.

Oh, I forgot, I've had c. habrosus too. In a very low tank we had to almost lay on the floor to see...similar to the substrate too. Tiny cutenesses! I'm too old to lay on the floor anymore but I'd keep them again!
 
fishorama said:
I'll have a look at your list tomorrow.

Oh, I forgot, I've had c. habrosus too. In a very low tank we had to almost lay on the floor to see...similar to the substrate too. Tiny cutenesses! I'm too old to lay on the floor anymore but I'd keep them again!
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Just get a tall eye level stand hahaha

Who needs to lay on the floor to enjoy them? :P

I almost got the habrosus, placed an order for some only to be messaged that the site glitched and they didn't actually have any. Was so bummed.
 
That was back in the day when the floor wasn't so far down, lol, or getting up again was easier. I remember issues with that tank more the the habbies. Hard to siphon, a leaking filter etc. I think it was supposed to be a QT at first, that didn't last long.

I'm sorry your habby order fell through, they're not super uncommon or weren't.

I looked at c. gracilis, a super cute dwarf! No wonder they're on your wish list.
 
fishorama said:
That was back in the day when the floor wasn't so far down, lol, or getting up again was easier. I remember issues with that tank more the the habbies. Hard to siphon, a leaking filter etc. I think it was supposed to be a QT at first, that didn't last long.

I'm sorry your habby order fell through, they're not super uncommon or weren't.

I looked at c. gracilis, a super cute dwarf! No wonder they're on your wish list.
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Theyre uncommon for my area. Only in stock once a year or so online and never in stock local. Hastatus even more so of them.

To be honest I'm going to say after today's tragedy, I am actually pretty glad I didn't get the chance for the habrosus.

One of my skirt tetras ate one of my pygmaeus, but got stuck part way down because of the barbs. Cory was gone already, but I had to clove the skirt because I couldn't get the cory out and he likely wouldnt have made it either with the venom from the spines. Would have died a very painful death even if I could have got the cory out.

But had to net the remaining pygmies and move them to another tank. I don't even think the habrosus would have been safe.

I never would have thought the skirt would be able to eat a fish half it's size.
 
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fishorama said:
I'm sorry. I wouldn't have thought that could happen either but adult skirts are pretty big.
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Didn't end well for either fish unfortunately.

I have a blurred photo post mortem (I have clear ones but don't want to post those openly. I can post links to them for those who want to see them, but they are graphic and show post mortem fish.)

Lines are drawn showing the size of each fish.
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There shouldn't have been any way this should have happened. Yet, here we are.
 
I'm surprised it was head first, I didn't think a skirt's mouth was big enough. Tail first I could understand more easily, but then it seems like it would be spit out or chewed in half. Eww, too close to dinner but I do appreciate you posting pics. Corys are usually oblivious to almost any threat, but gee whiz...bigger fish coming face on? Not a great survival technique...

On a different related cory topic, I thought not all corys had venom in their spines. That may be ancient & possibly incorrect info or maybe it isn't always released? I know I've been "spined" at least once with only a "stab" type feeling & a small dot of wound, it healed very fast as I recall. My husband had a much worse reaction...but he is also less pain tolerant. I don't remember which species of corys may have been involved, we've had many over the years.

NoodleCats (or others) do you have more info on that issue? I'm just curious & always cautious with spined fish, venom or not. Many loaches & catfish have spines, is it raphael cats that have barbed spines? I know some fish do. I remember being especially careful with ours so it didn't get caught in the net...or hand.

Sorry if this is too off topic NC, I don't mean to derail your thread.
 
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