huge corys

walshy317 · Post by **walshy317** » 04 May 2009, 21:32

i went to my local fish shop and as im looking in the tanks i see something iv never seen before
iv never seen them before because they have been in the display tank they are 2 huge albino corys im mean biggest corys iv ever seen
they where around 5-6inch
i can buy them both for £5 for both
think i should get them im sure they are record breaking corys

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 04 May 2009, 21:57

That sounds extremely big for albino corys - i'd certainly like to see a pic

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 04 May 2009, 22:06

?

walshy317 · Post by **walshy317** » 04 May 2009, 22:28

ill post them 2moz when i get them these things are the biggest iv ever seen them
iv had a cory in my tank for like 3 years and its no where near to as big as these things
its just a common normal albino cory

Post by **Birger** » 05 May 2009, 02:51

Albino ?

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 05 May 2009, 03:15

Birger wrote:Albino
Hoplosternum littorale
?

walshy317 · Post by **walshy317** » 05 May 2009, 16:05

nope they are corys just bought them then and they are corys and there huge ill post pictures when they settal in.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 05 May 2009, 17:17

Don't forget the tape measure

Cory_lover · Post by **Cory_lover** » 06 May 2009, 08:36

woah!!! albino hoplos??! first i've ever seen!!! well done on the find!! they're definitely not corys. barbels are too long. and the fontanel part of the head looks too flattened to be a cory.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 06 May 2009, 20:00

Cory_lover wrote:woah!!! albino hoplos??! first i've ever seen!!! well done on the find!! they're definitely not corys. barbels are too long. and the fontanel part of the head looks too flattened to be a cory.

It seems I have confused you (maybe others).

The pics of albino are from the Cat-eLog,
not the original poster, walshy317.

We are still waiting for his pics of the "2 huge albino corys".

Supercoley1 · Post by **Supercoley1** » 06 May 2009, 20:28

There are a few 'jumbo corys' in my local P@H that I saw today whilst letting my son see the rabbits

They were priced at £10 and say they are 'Jumbo Albino Corydoras' however the largest one (about 5" by estimate through the glass) had bronze cory colouration. there was a 'jumbo albino' in there but it was smaller @ about 4".

AC

corywink · Post by **corywink** » 06 May 2009, 23:35

5" even including the tail is huge!

Supercoley1 · Post by **Supercoley1** » 07 May 2009, 00:09

I'll go and take some pics tomorrow

they will be in a tank though so no tape measure ;)

AC

Supercoley1 · Post by **Supercoley1** » 07 May 2009, 11:05

Some piccies of the fish I spoke about above but you'll have to take my word for size

This is the Albino one which is the smallest at about 4" nose to end of tail:

This is the 'peppered' one which is about 4.5" nose to end of tail:

And this is the one that I was talking about, similar to bronze in colour and about 5"

So as guide of my 'guesstimates' My blacks - female is just over 3" (3½ max) nose to tail and the males about 2.5". About normal (I think)

AC

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 07 May 2009, 11:31

A 4" C. aeneus isn't beyond comprehension. They are listed as 3" in the Cat-eLog, but that's SL, and total length they would certainly reach close to 4".

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Mats

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 07 May 2009, 16:02

Greetings. It's not at all difficult to document your claim. All you need is a ruler and a little patience.

- Frank

walshy317 · Post by **walshy317** » 07 May 2009, 17:58

what P@H you got to? coz thats where i got my HUGE corys from.
i went to the 1 in oldham in manchester
cant post pictures need to wait for the camra.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 07 May 2009, 19:08

P@H == Pest at Home? They are all getting the fish centrally, so anything in one shop will (almost certainly) be available in any other shop of the same size.

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Mats

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