Hallo everybody! And..Books for Dummies

PIGGI · Post by **PIGGI** » 02 Aug 2006, 17:04

Hiii everybody!

I'm a new member of this exciting web site

I'm italian and I'm just a dummy in Cory's matters.
Therefore, I have got a couple of BASIC questions for all of you who will be so patience, kind and polite to help me..

1) I'm very interested on breeding and let (hopefully!)my Corydoras have fries (isn't the dream of everyone who love this hobby?): which are the easiest species to breed, suggested for the dummies (as me)? (especially considering that in italy we've got almost only hard-Ph water)...

2) I read a lot of book review's (on this web site) which deal about Corys..and .. I wonder which one/ones could be useful to learn the most common tactics to let Corydoras have fries (I thought of "Breeding Corydoradine Catfishes" by Ian Fuller..is it too complex to start this hobby?);

3) Even though it's unrelated with the previous topics, could you advice me EVEN about any good books about the Amazonian fishes, in general?? (I mean, not only those fishes who have some acquarium interest).

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL, and especially to those who will help me. ;)
Pierluigi.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 02 Aug 2006, 17:16

Buenna Serra Piggi. [I hope that is correct italian...]

I would think that you could buy Ian's book - there's also a fair amount of information in the Cory forum section in the sticky posts at the top of the forum - how to breed Corys, how to get the fry food, and so on. If you find that Ian's book is to complex for you as a beginner, then you can get another book that is more beginner oriented - but eventually you'll (hopefully) get past the very beginner stage and need the next level up book anyways, and that's Ian's book [he says without having read that particular one, but the Identifying Corydordaine Catfish by Ian Fuller and Hans-Georg Evers is definitely not "heavy" reading].

Also have a look at Shane's world in the "Reproduction" section, as there's a few breeding reports for different species of Corydoras there...

The usual beginner species would be the ones that are easy to get, such as or .

General books about Amazonian fish - that's a bit more difficult for me to suggest - I don't know of any.

[Note: "Fries" is what you get with burgers at McDonalds, "Fry" is singular and plural for "fishbabies"...]

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Mats

PIGGI · Post by **PIGGI** » 02 Aug 2006, 17:52

Hii MATP!

I thank youu very much for the useful information you gave to me!

I'm thankful with the authors of this web site (may be you're one of them, mh?) because here Corydoras are considered ONLY "SPAZZINI" (uhmm...dustmen?) of the other acquarium's fishes..
So, there's NOT a real culture as well as in the U.K. or in the U.S.A. to keep these wonderful little catfishes!
Ehehe...and I beg your pardon for my english, too ;) (FRY!)
I'll consider carefully your advices and all of the other's serfers of this website

Thank you again ^__^

P.s. In italian: BUONA SERA

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 02 Aug 2006, 19:51

Welcome, Piggi! I hope you enjoy yourself here and learn a lot about Corydoras. I have had "beginner's luck" with Corydoras Aeneus and Paleatus. It's a good feeling to see them lay eggs for the first time.

Amanda

Aeneus juvenile:

Paleatus juvenile:

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 03 Aug 2006, 09:53

PIGGI wrote:Hii MATP!

I thank youu very much for the useful information you gave to me!
I'm thankful with the authors of this web site (may be you're one of them, mh?) because here Corydoras are considered ONLY "SPAZZINI" (uhmm...dustmen?) of the other acquarium's fishes..
So, there's NOT a real culture as well as in the U.K. or in the U.S.A. to keep these wonderful little catfishes!

I think the term you're looking for is "Scavengers", i.e. fish that eat whatever is left-over from others, and Cory's are pretty good at "cleaning up", but they are also fun and interesting fish on their own accord. Being useful isn't a bad thing, but being interesting AND useful is even better, right?

I've never bred Corydoras, so listen more to the other people who have...

Ehehe...and I beg your pardon for my english, too ;) (FRY!)
I'll consider carefully your advices and all of the other's serfers of this website
Thank you again ^__^

P.s. In italian: BUONA SERA

Ah, just goes to show that my Italian is much worse than your English... [I hope this is a subject we can joke about - you're doing fine!]

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Mats

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 03 Aug 2006, 11:02

Actually scavenger was commonly used up until about 150 years ago as the term to describe someone doing the job we now call refuse collector / binman / dustman - I know this as my mother is a family history researcher and finds this term on old marriage certificates.

Jools