Looking for 6 (or so) Pitbull plecs LDA25 if anyone has seen any recently in any shop or has some available. These seem to have disappeared from sellers over the past couple of years which is a pity because they are lovely little fish.

Sorry. I may be confusing things above :)

From what I gather the parents (orange stripe above) were the fish my friend bought.

The eggs are being fertilised mainly by an Aeneus albino.

The darker fish with orange finnage and brown back are fry borne from the Orange Stripe fish (but maybe ...

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My friend has gnow sent me this picture which he says is of one of the parents:

http://www.thatpetplace.com/images/presentation/213370.jpg

The babies aremuch darker than this parent but as you see above they have a high amount of orange appearance to them.

Frank. Just on the point above, I don ...

A friend of mine recently bought some Corydoras that were labelled as 'Schulzei (black) wild caught in Venezuela

I know the 'venezuelan blacks are actually much different to the Schultzei line bred European ones.

These don't look like my Schultzei blacks though. These look a lot browner on top ...

Just thought I'd post another picture. A lovely Oto there ;)



AC

Just an update on the situation here. All things seemed to be good and all 4 Corys were 'back to black' and the tail fins on the 2 worst affected males starting to regrow. The other male and the female had no rot, just fuzzy grey patches. Pimafake and Melafake were dosed for the week following the ...

It makes sense. Do you have any suggestion for home made pimafix too?

Melafix = 1ml 100% tea tree oil + 100ml DI/RO water (Check the label. There are different variants of tea tree oil. you want 'Cajaput Oil / Melaleuca leucadendron Oil)

Pimafix = 1ml 100% West Indian bay oil (Pimenta Racemosa ...

On the adult front the blacks are slowly losing the greyness but 2 of the males have substantial damage to the lower half of their tails and 1 has shortened barbels. I have been dosing the Formalin mix now for 3 days and will continue through the next week.

Will this kill off beneficial bacteria ...

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

This is the Albino one which is the smallest at about 4" nose to end of tail:
http://greenneedle.co.uk/img/Big%20Cory2.jpg

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

My Schultzei black eat peas, cucumbers, algae pellets and are regularly grazing on algae

I'll go and take some pics tomorrow they will be in a tank though so no tape measure ;)

AC

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 ...

Just an update. After noticing some ragged tails and white barbels I started dosing Fin rot and Fungus med on Monday night whlst waiting for the Formaldehyde (which arrived yesterday.)

Last night I noticed they were looking 'more black' with less 'greyness' to them.

This morning (only 36 hours ...

You can make your own Melafix using 1ml Tea Tree Oil (Must be pure 100% TT Oil) and 100ml of DI water. then dose 1 teaspoon (5ml) per 10USG.

Shake it well before use to mix it



AC

I actually got them in September last year and they were nearly adult then although the female was still a similar size to the males. She is massive now!!! Looks like she is about to explode but looking closely at her she shows no sign at all of these symptoms!!!

She is also the worst at digging ...

The sand is about an inch thick. If you look at the pictures the sand is yellow and the 'clay/Leonardite' mix below is greyish.

Anaerobic substrates is something of a no go area in planted these days :) Some of the 'respected' people say either there is no such thing as an anaerobic substrate in ...

I managed to get a few pictures of the (now former) worst affected fish. One of the other males now has large grey/white 'discolourations' along his body. The female is currently the least affected although she looks like she is about to burst with eggs!!! All these marks seem to start in the area ...

I don't have a 'nutrient rich' substrate as such. It is the Tropica brand one which is a clay based substrate with high CEC and it takes nutrient in and stores it rather than being a substrate that is nutrient rich when added.

On top of that is an inch of sand.

I dose EI daily which I have done ...

I think I've cracked the problem here. The spots are on all the Corys now and on the worst affected it is indeed looking like fluffy white fungus. Should I chuck some Melafix in while I wait for the Formaldehyde? Can't hurt I assume.

Another thing that seems to have happened is cloudy water!!! This ...

I will let you know.

Many thanks.

AC

Frank

I have had the same sort of things as you have had I think. They often seem to get grey areas which come and go of their own accord. I guess the amount of water changes and health of a heavily planted tank help out here. This is one reason I guess why I didn't think too much of this outbreak ...

I'll have a look for some then.

A further update. On the one that is worst affected although still very active and still alive (which is why I don't think it Columnaris)the 'growth' is on the body just behind the gill (on the skin not the gill) and it is starting to look like a small 'limpet ...

Hello. I have a group of 4 Cory Schultzei Black that have been in my tank since September last year (8 months) There were 6 but 2 died in the first month.

There is 1 female and 3 males. They were breeding prolifically until about a month ago spawning every 5 days or so but since have not seen any ...

Again I am not a Cory expert but I do have some Schultzei in my tank.

I was always under the impression that silica sand was a no no for the freshwater setup as it plays with the hardness. Not sure on this, maybe something I read that was wrong info.

On the subject of Nitrates I don't know why you ...

Can I use Waterlife Sterazin with corys and shrimp in the tank? I have some of that.

Andy

I bought 6 black cory schultzei 6 weeks ago and they have been great. However last night I found this one (I think female - about 2 inches and broad.)

She was floating at the surface mouth upward. The other 5 are OK and feeding as per usual:

As you can see from the pics she was very fat but then ...

I actually made a mistake when typing in Sterbai. I had read that there was some confusion which it was (Aeneus/Schultzei) and then typed the wrong S .lol

My tank is very heavily planted with lots of hiding places but nothing like moss. I'm afraid I'm not a big fan of the look of moss so I don't ...

Thanks for the welcome. I have been using the site for a few years as I have had LDA25 plecs and commons before (the latter inherited and I had to rehome) Just registered today though.

Where is the X? I cant see one.

AC

Hello I have 6 Cory Aeneus/Sterbai Black that I acclimatised last Tuesday and have several questions.

Question 1 - After the 5 or so days 5 of them are displaying the usual behaviour of dancing in the powerhead and filter flows whilst lights are out and foraging the substrate when lights are on ...