Setup for Corydoras Eques (species only)

[TwoTankAmin]

After doing my high light co2 added tank with some of the pinks reds and even maroons, I wanted more color in the lower low and moderate light tanks. My solution was the stone and gravel yard and river rounds which come in several natural colors. Also lava rock will add red/

Sorry I have no pics with the blue hue, so I grabbed one off of the net:

 

[Hexo]

wowow

 

[NoodleCats]

Added some guppy grass, red root floaters, and bacopa caroliniana. Swapped spots with the flame sword and the pogo g a y i

 

[Lalo J.]

My LFS has a couple of Corydoras Venezuela available, although I can tell with the naked eye the difference in orange coloration I see that these corydoras are small and haven't grown in a while, how big are your Corydoras eques? They are quite similar, and I wonder if they are not confusing the species here in my LFS.

 

[NoodleCats]

My LFS has a couple of Corydoras Venezuela available, although I can tell with the naked eye the difference in orange coloration I see that these corydoras are small and haven't grown in a while, how big are your Corydoras eques? They are quite similar, and I wonder if they are not confusing the species here in my LFS.

The orange venezuelanus are similar colour scheme but have a rounder dark spot on the side that stops just behind the dorsal fin, where on eques the dark spot extends through the tail fin.

Female eques are 3", big ladies. Males sitting at 2.5". They're a pretty good sized fish.

 

[Hexo]

Added some guppy grass, red root floaters, and bacopa caroliniana. Swapped spots with the flame sword and the pogo g a y i
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pretty! do you think an amazon sword will fit in a 15gal? my amazon sword made a bunch of babies and they are taking over the 75

 

[NoodleCats]

pretty! do you think an amazon sword will fit in a 15gal? my amazon sword made a bunch of babies and they are taking over the 75

Not long term, they'll eventually outgrow it, but can sell them off at that point.

For permanent sword options, echinodorus parviflorus stays small and would work. Flame swords could as well (that's the one I have in this tank)

 

[Hexo]

Not long term, they'll eventually outgrow it, but can sell them off at that point.

For permanent sword options, echinodorus parviflorus stays small and would work. Flame swords could as well (that's the one I have in this tank)

parvis look nice, there is sometimes flame sword in lfs actually so maybe that's the way to go
i have a Red Rubin sword but it hasn't flowered yet. the big amazon swords are covering it

 

[NoodleCats]

Oh boy. This thread is about to take another turn with tomorrow's unexpected plans.

Update then

 

[fishorama]

Oh you teaser, lol. I can't wait!

Nice fish, plants & flowers too