SuperGuppyGirl

Dammit I hope not, the bristles are all overy the face so pretty sure male but damn

Purchased both from AC (from mixed BN tank) but one has a interesting pattern and a chubby body whereas the other looks like a regular BN female. Chubby one is believed to be male with bristles all over face, so not egg bound. Chubbiness not from parasites as I medicated to be sure. Any ideas?

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Oh, and another cool thing about them is that fishbase states they all start out as females and then at 8-12 month of age one of the females can change gender to become the dominant male. You gotta love cichlids, always some surprise.

Btw, I am looking for Corydoras hasbrosus. Any idea where I could get some?

Bart

Hoping to breed them so I can see the gender change lol

As for habrosus, aquarium central has them in as salt and pepper corys for fairly cheap, only place I know of

Thanks gentlemen.

Currently running a eheim 2028(seeding) and a eheim 2215, ph normally sits at 6.8, TDS is at 265ppm, but no idea on other numbers as i just overhauled tank for them yesterday. giving it a chance to settle first with the deep clean i did on substrate. Ill be adding some alder cones and IAL shortly, and has several pieces of driftwood, moderately planted (slowly adding as damn things expensive).

Looking for more info or advice on these little beauties especially spawning tips. Basically all I could find was :

Scientific Name: Crenicara punctulatum

Common name: Checkerboard Cichlid, Hercules Cichlid

Type: Fresh water fish

Family: Cichlidae

Origin zone: South America

Origin: guyana, brazil, ecuador, peru

Max length: 12 cm

Temperature: 23 - 25 C

pH: 5.5 - 6.5

gH: 5 - 8

Water flow: Medium flowing water

Preferred tank level: Bottom-Middle

Thanks anyway

I've kept crypts, swords, vals , anubias and Java fern with calvus and xenos with no issues. But not really diggers and are straight carnivores but my experience might be the exception not the norm

Hello LF xenotilapia bathyphilus blue lips, pic in link, any chance you have these?

http://albertaaquatica.com/index.php?/topic/45668-lf-xenotilapia-bathyphilus-blue-lips/

I managed to find some more at a dollar store but thinking I'm going to add more barnacles too as they seem to enjoy going in and out of all the connecting holes.

I just sifted the sand in their old tank to clean out some snails and found 4 buried. Damn corys are cheaper lol

Moved from 10G to 15G. Hoping they like barnacles as shells are ridiculous priced.

Alberta has adopted a similar list, I posted previously snapped at lfs.

Aquarium Central has both for cheap lol couple bucks each.

Up your school of pygmy corys to 10+ much happier in large schools. Not sure if a 10G is big enough for 2 dwarf gouramis as should really be a trio. How about 10 sparkling gouramis and 10 pygmy corys for your 10G ?

If you need someone to clear them let me know if I can help. Simple process once you get started and it's easy to clear personal items.

Thanks people's and might hit you up on that Curtis.

Anyone find out if Ted's fishroom ships to Canada?

Ill look for the polyguard. I have bleached the sponged and nets, if I lose anymore I'm thinking your right and will bleach the tank. I'm careful with cross contamination as have a few rarer species I'd hate to lose. Thesee came from Aquarium Central, double checked with them and they've had no deaths for awhile. Did find out they were landed in RO and they transitioned them to tap. Didn't know that earlier so just wondering if that could be a factor

I've replaced substrate twice to no avail. Scrubbed down everything with vinegar. Just st wits end. Never had issues like this with corys. Only thing I can think of is just poor stock

So purchased 10 loxozonus corys and am having issue after issue with them.

Tank sits at 24C (highest of their temp range), all readings are excellent (Ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, Nitrates - 20ppm).

Been in QT for almost 2 months, 15G long tank with 50G AC & 30G sponge, sand bottom, lightly planted, small power head to keep oxygenated and prevent dead spots collecting gunk, 2 pieces of old driftwood (no longer leech tannins), and 4 IALs.

Lost 4 corys and looking like a 5th on its way.

1st loss- aggressive form of fin rot about a week into QT, added IAL and a bit of methyl blue (3 drops per G) and upped 50% WC to twice a week. No improvement after fish died during 2 week of treatment. 75% WC after removing fish and parameters were still great.

2nd loss - 3 days after 1st fish died again with aggressive fin rot, added more IAL, started kanaplex treatment ( 3 spoons and 25% WC every other day). Cory lasted 6days. Overhauled tank as none of the others showing any signs of illness at this point. Drained tank after removing fish, scrubbed driftwood, tossed plants and substrate, tossed used media, vinegared whole tank, reset up and cycled with sponge from healthy tank. Added fish back after testing and bleached nets and sponge from sick tank.

3rd & 4th loss - 6 or 7 days after 2nd loss, noticed 2 corys with nostril issues (looked like fungus but only on nostrils, no where else and looked like they were clogged), Got aggressive, did a 75% WC and started using metroplex and paraguard together with twice a week 50% WC. Fish looked to be starting to recover as fungus was receding from around nostrils. The fungus was gone so I stopped the paraguard and was doing one more week of metroplex when within 2 days fish both passed.

Cleaned tank yet again with massive overhaul (getting tired of tossing plants and thank god playsand is cheap), recycled and tested again (yes checked my liquid test kit is not expired) and re-added corys.

Everything was fine for a solid week, thought yes beat this and came home today (1pm) to a 5th one, this one with the clogged fungus nostril and now popeye in one eye. Tested water everything is dead on (0/0/20), there is no gunk built up anywhere, they are all still eating well even the sick one but aside from eating it just lays on sand. There was no evidence of popeye/fungus on Thursday night (Friday is fast day, so no lights I leave tank dark). I do a regular maintenance every week normally 50% WC, feed a good quality breeder flake, no issues in any other tank. Someone please help as its practically killing me to lose these corys. Ive tried googling to no avail, asked at lfs but nothing. Been on internet for last 3 hours and cant find anything and just as writing this saw the cory has passed (daughter noticed her wedged in driftwood). Will post deceased pics shortly.

This was posted on FB local fish page. Sorry for quality.

Hey Jason, AC has some "leopard" vals on for 6.99 each, look similar to tiger just in case your still looking.

Hmmmm good point about the WC. Going to have to find some.

Oh wow just Google and fantastic fish. Hmmmmm going to have to save my nickels then so I can find the ones I'm looking for lol. I love the look of the vals, thought the water might be too hard for them but definitely getting some now for my tank.