Thanks Amanda What kind of design do you do?
And FuglyDragon - i see you are also in New Zealand!

I own a design company in New Zealand called Corydoras Design and I thought you fellow catfish lovers might enjoy seeing my logo:

http://www.the-magdalene.com/jpegs/corydoras.jpg

The very lovely cory featured is one of my shoal from home (although they are going to be moving to my office tank ...

I just can't believe that shops will stock these fish! I wonder if it's only unsuspecting people who have no idea that they have been dyed that will actually purchase them?
I've never seen them in New Zealand shops thank god.

Hi Stuart
I dropped the temp 2 degrees since yesterday and they have already perked up so i can see that the lower temp definitely suits them better! I did a bit of research into the prefered temp range of the other tankmates and they are all quite happy at around 24 degrees so I'm going to ...

Thanks Stuart!
How will the drop in temperature affect the other fish in my tank; tetras, gourami?
I figure the Hillstream Loach will be happy with that seeing as they like a lower temp anyway...

Hi, I'm a reasonably experienced fish keeper; I've kept largish tanks and bred bristlenoses, gouramis, dwarf chichlids among others. I love catfish best (especially lorachariids) but I'm keeping a small easy maintenance tank these days due to a very hectic schedule!
I'm a bit worried about my ...

hmmmm, I thought so
I think I will remove them to be on the safe side - I don't really want a huge snail colony
thanks!

Hello, I'm new here - first time poster but long time watcher! I have been keeping and breeding catfish for several years :)
I've never bred Corys before though and I am trying to identify some eggs in my tank and if they belong to the corys OR if they belong to some small snails that have decided ...