Hello,
You have too much going on the tank. Too many fish, small cories will not compete well for food and they will get bullied.
Regards,
Martin

Hello,
Shrimp should be fine, shrimplets on the other hand.........no. I have never tried it.
Good luck.
Martin

Hello Bekateen,
Sad to hear the news. It reminds me of a pair of Corydoras that I acquired a couple years ago, and now they are Hoplisoma thanatos. I think I got them in bad same and were very skittish. I fed them good, did water changes every other day to no avail, within the week they perished. It ...

Beautiful pictures you take.
Are you using a flash or just a light?


Thank you for the kind words Ortiz :)

I use two external flashes, one at each side of the aquarium. In the last two species I posted my flashes started to act up, so they're not lit the way I originally wanted.
Next time I ...

Hello Halvard,
Beautiful pictures you take.
Are you using a flash or just a light?
Thank you for sharing

M. Ortiz

Hello Nightowl aquatics,
Brochis pulchra is a a completely different species than CW028. B pulchra has a longer snout and is bigger than Cw028.
And then there is CW065, very similar to B pulchra and live in the same environment. All live within the same water system.

A new classification of ...

Hello,
First of all, always quarantine new fishes coming to your fish room, just for this reason.
Second, place the fish in a bare bottom tank, mature sponge filter with lots of aeration. Do water changes daily 1/3 of the tank.
I would add salt first and give them live BBS. Salts helps reestablish ...

Hello kiwidu21,
Your species seems to be CW029.
"Elegans group" seems to be most controversial and most difficult o ID,
Hopefully this helps.
Cheers
Martin Ortiz

I have more 5 groups if interested.

Hello everyone,
NEC convention special.
I am offering 5 mature juveniles zebra plecos L046 F1, 2 -2.5 in TL. All funds will go to help Dr. Luiz Tencatt research in his native Brazil.
Although a scientist, he has been an ally of the catfish hobbyist. He has made several scientific contributions and ...

Hello, Ross
Try to bring temperature 2C less. C sterbai can resist those temperatures but not for long periods of time.
Do water changes 3 times a week, only 1/3 of it at a time with cooler water, bringing the temp 4C down.
pH 6.8, TDS 120 or less. I
f your water is 200ppm and you can get a spawn ...

Hello,
Corydoradinae need to be environmentally stress to be able to procreate. If conditions are to their liking, they will not do much. Each species have their own idiosyncrasies according to their environment provided. What we do as keepers is only to provide them with a suitable environment for ...

Congratulations my friend, you are in a roll there sir.
Martín

I have never nor do I plant ever to own a Hawaiian shirt. :)) Plus, after years of attending events I have learned that hotel food for these things is usually awful and inevitably cold when served. My practice in the past was when, as a vendor/sponsor, I got meal tickets which came with that, I ...

I am in. While PC T-shirts would be cool, I never wear T-shirts and do not own any. On the other hand my bro must have over 100 Grateful Dead and other band T-shirts.

Of all the speakers for the Convention the one I most want to meets and be able to talk with is Leandro. All my plecos are Big ...

Hello,
Jolls I'll take an XL shirt , please.

Martin Ortiz

It will be a blast to see every catfish lover. Always good and great times.
It will be missed, thank you for hosting for so many years.
Jools bring all the Scottish brothers and sisters as well
Martin Ortiz

Hello,
It looks to be C ambiacus, lineage 8. C leucomelas is lineage 9 and smaller size

Cheers,
M Ortiz

Hello,
What species are you going to be keeping? that is important to know. I have bred in 5, 10, 15, 20 30 and 40 gallons depending on the species? Corydoras pulcher, robustus would need a 20 for a group of 6. Check the size of the species in this site and plan accordingly.
M Ortiz

Hello tolstoy21,
I've bred mine in a 30 (30"x18"x12") and 40 (30"x18"x 16") breeders and have been successful on both setups.
They are shy and need lots of hiding places, caves and/or driftwood. Well aerated tank and flow as well.
Cheers
Martin

Hello, I have different size plecos. Email me.
FYI L046 are going @ $150 per inch. Breeding pairs will be very difficult and expensive to get

Hello,
I would isolate the C adolfoi and try to get them going that way. In my opinion is never a good idea to have new, stressed fish going into a community tank. There are already hierarchies established and the weakest or new will not get to enjoy too much food. Also, it could have had parasites ...

MissNoodle wrote: 09 Jun 2021, 12:06 Congratulations

Thank you.
Where about in Ontario are you? I used to visit often that province. Have a sister in law that lives in Oakville

Mexnotex,

Congratulations! Thanks for the detailed explanation of what you did. I was confused, however, by one line in your report, this line:

"I mentioned to a friend that came by and visit, and he ditched the idea."

What idea was ditched?

Matt


The moment that I saw the pre-courting, and ...

Week old fry

I have tried several methods over the years to make C eques spawn to no avail. Frustration set in me for a while, disappointment settled in and I focused my attention to other species, and a diffent family of catfishes, I was even to spawn a few species of Hypancistrus including the elusive L046 ...

Congratulations, I am waiting eagerly on mine to do same. Zebras are active as well.
It's spring in the northern hemisphere and New York.

Hello,
Definitely not a zebra pleco. I tend to go towards L333, but too young to tell as can be confused with several other species at a young age.
M Ortiz

Hello,
It looks like a chunky male to me.
Nice specimen.

Martin

I have some juveniles. PM if interested
Martin Ortiz