Can I have an ID on these please?

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:42 pm

So, I was talking to a friend today & he mentioned how in some LPS quite a number of the fish are wrongly identified. Females are confused with males etc....he says he has even seen the wrong species listed! Shocked

This got me thinking about my corydoras catfish. What if they've been wrongly identified? If they have then its not a huge deal, its just an excuse for me to buy another tank & have my own cory' tank. Wink

Could anybody ID these for me properly?

Again, I apologise for my rubbish photo taking. Smile

I have 1 that looks like this:
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I have 4 that look like this:
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by **SheenaShoup** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:52 pm

The first one looks to be a three-lined corycropped

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and the second looks close to a standard, sorry about the long link but the image was bigger on this link then on the full size image

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by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:53 pm

Thank you so much Sheena! Smile

I'm hoping that lilacamy or kizno come online to confirm this for me. Smile

by **SheenaShoup** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:55 pm

Give it time, they should be on in a bit, though kizno was up pretty late last night! He was doing graveyard with Netty! rofl

by **SheenaShoup** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:56 pm

Be back in about an hour and a half, my honey needs coffee! Love

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:21 pm

I would say the first was a Sterbai and the second one a Salt and Pepper.

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:22 pm

Thanks Van. Smile

So they won't grow any bigger than what we originally thought?

by **kizno1** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:54 pm

first ones a sterbai that will love the temp that the bettas are kept at. and the seconds a pepper cory i have 6.
the males and females will get to about 2" but the fmemales will get alot fatter. the pepper looks male to me and the sterbai im not sure but looks like it could be a young female.

SheenaShoup wrote:Give it time, they should be on in a bit, though kizno was up pretty late last night! He was doing graveyard with Netty!

yh and what makes it worse is i had to get up at 9 so had 7 hours sleep.

by **kizno1** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:03 pm

hears a pic of my fully grown female pepper cory
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and hears one of a fully grown male pepper cory but the pics quite old
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by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:44 pm

Thanks kiz! So both are still ok in the 9g?

by **kizno1** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:55 pm

yh they should be fine.

by **SheenaShoup** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:07 pm

Poor Kizno having to get up at 9! rofl

I had just found those pics on google and that's is what they said- thanks guys for clarifying! Embarassed

by **kizno1** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:10 pm

lol yh there definatly peppers.

by **kizno1** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:29 pm

how are the corys doing with getting food now? because i remember you saying the betta kept eating all the food.

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:35 pm

At the time I was more concerned about the tetras getting no food because Smurf is so partial to the food I feed them. He doesn't care much for the sinking catfish pellets because it takes too long for them to soften.
I'm going to look into other foods for the catfish. I'd like them to be on a varied diet too, just like my bettas.

by **kizno1** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:38 pm

algea wafers, cichlid pellts, trout pellets, frozen and live foods,peas and some will nibble a little at cucumber. if you get them on a good varied diet they might spawn and hopefully a few eggs might make it. my peppers spawned when i first got them but they haven since. you could try a little pitbull plec in there aswell ones the tetras go or maby now if you have good filteration. that will eat the same things as the corys.

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:43 pm

I don't know if I could cope with them spawning. Are the babies as easy to care for as guppies & sword babies?

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:45 pm

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Kiz, would any of these be good for them?

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:48 pm

Oh & I have to say, the wee Sterbai is my favourite. He was my first & I've got such a soft spot for him, plus I think he's prettier than the others. Wink

by **kizno1** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:49 pm

Irish_Lass wrote:I don't know if I could cope with them spawning. Are the babies as easy to care for as guppies & sword babies?

you can set up a microworm or vinegar eal worm cult for only a few £ that will last for agers and will easily feed all the fry and they willl also eat crushed flake and algea wafers and when they get bigger the same things as the adults

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Kiz, would any of these be good for them?

these are the ones i use
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but most of them are the same thing so they should be ok :]

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