Generally speaking; salt & bottom dwellers don't work together. Corydoras & their cousins seem to be unable to tolerate the salt. Plecostamus & their cousins seem to be able to tolerate it in small amounts if they are very healthy - but based on my experience, I wouldn't bet a favorite f...

Most Corydoras do not cross breed if they have male-female of their own species. Some Corydoras combinations do not produce viable off-spring when they do not cross breed. With that said, I've never heard of a Corydoras cross breeding with Aspidoras. I suppose it would be possible, but I seriously d...

There are other small corydoras as well. Just off the top of my head, I can think of Corydoras cochui.

C. gracilis & C. panda are a little larger but still smaller than the common Corydoras such as C. Aeneus.

Hey Wyomingite - I might be a child whose parents said "DO NOT ANSWER THAT QUeSTION" or I could be a fat old man that nobody wants to attack. LOL I vote for the later. I live up by Four Mile & College. I have limited mobility but welcome visitors and I don't mind going out to eat once ...

So excited - someone I met online had a lot of young plecos of various types. She and her husband were driving 60 miles one way to Cheyenne and they brought me some fish before conducting their business here. I am now the proud owner of 5 very young brown, long fin Ancistrous to add to 3 very tradit...

shrimpkeeper222 wrote:Thanks for the supportive comments guys! And I do hope fishkeeping does stick with me!

If old folk give you grief, remind them that any young people with multiple fish tanks won't ever have enough money to do drugs and that's the truth.

That oughta' keep them off your back. ROFL

I like to think I'm fairly intelligent and I have quite a bit of experience with fish way back and a little more these days, but the info shared on this website, such as in this posting, just blows me away. Truly some VERY knowledgeable people. Thanks to all who shared. P.S. In the Rocky Mountain re...

Hey VA - from one noob to another - we welcome us - seems like a nice place

pleconut wrote:He was even more upset, after he moved out, now that his old room is a fishroom.

It is just wrong to have an unused room and the highest calling for any room is to be a fish room!!!

shrimpkeeper222 wrote:Don't worry about what you have, make the most of it. Think of it this way, at your age I had one ten gallon and it was not until I was 28 that I was in a position to finally buy another tank.

pleconut wrote:Too bad, so sad for your brother. LOL Cool story.

Hi VelcroWY, Lots of details in it, and yet the part I fixated on most... the most enlightening detail you provided... is that Wyoming is not a suburb of Denver. Who knew? =)) Sincerely, though, thanks for sharing your story! Cheers, Eric Thanks Eric, funny story there. I was working in Denver and ...

I've been on this forum for a while now. I've posted a few times. I'm not shy about expressing my opinion, but I also know I'm NOT an expert on much compared to folk around here. My passion is corydoras, aspidoras, scleromystax, and hoplosternum. I have not yet owned the last two, but WILL this year...

Oooo, it posted my pic - I'm a genius.

Imagine a 60 year old, fat biker with long hair and a long beard. See Old School Fish Guy on youtube for a pic (until I learn how to do that here LOL)

I have massive amounts of Java Moss in several tanks. My Ancistrous & Farlowella adults avoid it. Babies of all type hide in it.

Cheyenne, WY and I just scanned through some of the entries over the years and all I can say is, "Some VERY dry humor". OK, back to reality. lol

The original post simply asked, "What is it?" Like it or not, hybrids are a part of our hobby these days. So the first responses asking questions like: "Hybrid?" and "Origin?" made sense. As for my own personal opinion: I have no clue. lol Good luck to those wiser than I.

Still pretty cool

Never seen corys eat snails and I've kept thousands of corys. Snails will climb to the top and then just let go and float down. Corys might inspect because they are always curious. Corydoras pygmaeus usually are in mid-water area, where they are even less likely to find snails than most corys. Like ...

Not a cat, but a Morymid would go well with a group of synos

My favorite dither fish is an endler. They eat very few fry, even shrimplettes. They are usually near the top, but will swim all over in a shallow tank (most of the standards 55 gallon and under). They reproduce rapidly and if you lose a few to other fish, it's not a big deal. They'll eat almost any...

Sorry I did not respond right away, life interfered. Black Diamond is sold at Tractor Supply and I'm not sure who else sells it but there are other places, I am sure. I just like that brand. I've also recently purchased some pool sand from Ace and from True Value. This is mentioned above, I believe....

I have not heard of pygmy corys and hasbrosus interbreeding. I currently have some pygmy corys in a tank with some aspidoras. Like a post above said, the pygmy corys tend to be more mid-water than most corys, so there doesn't seem to be a problem.

I also ordered some pygmy corys last year. They can be delicate and I also lost some. I still have 6 and am about to rehome them in a heavily planted 55 gallon tank along with 20 Otos and a few dozen neocaridina. I believe I will be able to watch the corys and the otos breed. No guarantees, but I se...

As MChambers said, it's hard to predict how corys will behave. Some seem to like to be in the front of the tank and others like to be on the sides or back and some like to hide. It doesn't seem to matter about the species either. I have had aeneus that would run and hide every time I walk by and oth...

I did not read all of the posts and no doubt someone already told you that some species of corys will interbreed, some will not or at least not with certain other species. They seem to know the rules and we've only learned a few of the rules on interbreeding. I share your excitement, that has lasted...

If the fish are ready to breed, they'll often breed within a few hours of the water change that lowers the water temperature - usually lowered about 3-5 C. If they do not breed right away, let the temperature come back up and try again. That's the conservative approach I have used for hundreds of br...

Otos are a schooling fish - they are happiest when in groups of 5 or more.
They will ignore almost all food IF there is algae available. But some algae flakes/tablets are always a good idea. Watch and see if they eat them. If not, save them for another vegan later.

We all know that Corys are schooling fish but their definition of "schooling" sometimes stretches out further than some schooling fish. With that said, they don't usually school with different cory species but they also don't avoid other cory species. Depending on the tank size, they may s...

I almost always buy "Black Diamond Blasting Sand" from a hardware or farm supply store.
It's black and less than $10 for 50 lbs.