Did you know fantastic help is an anagram of Planet Catfish? This forum is for those of you with pictures of your catfish who are looking for help identifying them. There are many here to help and a firm ID is the first step towards keeping your catfish in the best conditions.
hiya, uk cats! i recently added a lovely little cory from our local aquarium store. his name is "moe" and he's very zippy, very watchful...a wonderful tank mate! but, he came with an id of "corydoras indicanas" - and i can't find that species name annnywhere. here's a candid of moe, after a busy swim around the lutea plants! anyone know what his proper name is? he's about an inch and a half, from tail to whiskers. he's kind of golden with black spots and a darkish head. sorry my digi camera is so wonky w/ closeups. ")
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Maybe schwartzi as a lot of people keep this sp & it is quite available.
It would definately benefit from being in a group as these are shoaling species & it would be best for the fish if the tank had a sand substrate as opposed to the gravel in the picture
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Just to further on the sand substrate over gravel, gravel can damage the barbels on a cory, they come from sandy bottom areas generally. I have seen long term gravel kept corydoras loose their barbels and get infections around the mouth, I bought them from that crappy lfs and now have a healthy group of 18 C. sterbai breeding like mad.
Moe is a nice looking fish fishfroggie, but if you can change to sand he/she will thank you for it in the long run.
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thanks SO much for the ID! schwartzi is him exactly. so now his official name is "moe schwartz." oh i LOVE that. it goes with his whiskers so nicely. "))
can you tell me a bit about the "sand substrate" instead of the gravel? i have a 10gal tank with 1 male betta (jason), 4 white clouds (the argonauts), and now moe. will they ALL like the sand substrate? how would i go about making the switch as i do want moe to be happy and not get his barbs hurt. he loves to zip around a lot. and would i have room to get another schwartzi, in my tank? or 2?
at least 5 moes...hmmm. is my tank big enough for 5? not sure...maybe 2 more?
filter is a BIOWHEEL filter
my tank footprint -
20"(l) x 10.5"(w)
and it is 12"(h)
i have 2 structures, a coconut shell, a med. size chichlid stone with 4 holes, a large anii sword plant, and a small lutea. (both in pots.) i'll try to post a pix from my wonky ol digi this week but i'm not too sure about adding 3 or more golfing buddies for moe. unless i built them an addition. "))
i recently added a lovely little cory from our local aquarium store. his name is "moe" and he's very zippy, very watchful...a wonderful tank mate! but, he came with an id of "corydoras indicanas" - and i can't find that species name annnywhere. here's a candid of moe, after a busy swim around the lutea plants! anyone know what his proper name is? he's about an inch and a half, from tail to whiskers. he's kind of golden with black spots and a darkish head. sorry my digi camera is so wonky w/ closeups. ")
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