PIcs of whiptail and corys for ID help
Posted: 14 Apr 2012, 15:31
Hey all:
I picked up 8 of these corydoras yesterday, and the LFS fella said they were wild captured from Peru. They sure match the pics in the cory book at the store of Corydoras leucomelas. Am I on the right track?
Next are a series of pics of one of two whiptail cats picked up at the same place. They looked to me to fairly closely match the pics seen here on Planet Catfish of the giant whiptail, but I'd sure like some guidance. The images below are of the slightly larger of the pair, which is about 4 inches long including the long tail tendril. The other whiptail looks the same on cursory inspection, but has a much shorter tendril. The whiptails also came from Peru.
The corys and whiptails are in a 55 gallon aquarium, and if they are giant whiptails they'll definitely be going back to the LFS, because I don't have a big enough tank to house them responsibly as they approach full size.
Also in the tank is a synodontis cat and a BN pleco. I'd had cichlids in the tank, but recently rehomed them. There's plenty of sand, wood and rock in the tank and, now that the cichlids are gone, have put in some live plants, with more to come.
Have always wanted a discus tank, so that's what this is in the process of becoming.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Corys
Whiptail (sorry for the Q of some of the pics, but figured even the soft ones would help with ID).
I picked up 8 of these corydoras yesterday, and the LFS fella said they were wild captured from Peru. They sure match the pics in the cory book at the store of Corydoras leucomelas. Am I on the right track?
Next are a series of pics of one of two whiptail cats picked up at the same place. They looked to me to fairly closely match the pics seen here on Planet Catfish of the giant whiptail, but I'd sure like some guidance. The images below are of the slightly larger of the pair, which is about 4 inches long including the long tail tendril. The other whiptail looks the same on cursory inspection, but has a much shorter tendril. The whiptails also came from Peru.
The corys and whiptails are in a 55 gallon aquarium, and if they are giant whiptails they'll definitely be going back to the LFS, because I don't have a big enough tank to house them responsibly as they approach full size.
Also in the tank is a synodontis cat and a BN pleco. I'd had cichlids in the tank, but recently rehomed them. There's plenty of sand, wood and rock in the tank and, now that the cichlids are gone, have put in some live plants, with more to come.
Have always wanted a discus tank, so that's what this is in the process of becoming.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Corys
Whiptail (sorry for the Q of some of the pics, but figured even the soft ones would help with ID).
