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Started by Guest_Alan Caboolture_* , Dec 24 2002 11:19 PM

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#1 Guest_Alan Caboolture_*

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Posted 24 December 2002 - 11:19 PM

First Q I cut the 90mm PVC 30 -35 cm depends where the saw hits. Is just about right for a water depth of 45cm. Rig up a PVC support stand to hold the pipe at 45 degrees closer to the front or back of the tank and face it so the current created travells around the tank clockwise. I drill a hole to fit an airline joiner in the top and about 30mm in fron the bottom opening and put an adjustable air difuser inside the pipe. Gives me a gentle, high volume air flow and good water movement. e-aquaria did a good job of editing that article and posted it a couple of years in a row. If anyone interested see www.e-aquaria.com/ins_corybreed.html

Pandas don't like it too hot, a little cool actually 22 - 24C.

When your barbatus get bigger they are easy to sex Males are larger and have a yellow/white blaze down thier face. When in breeding condition they also get whiskers on the side of thier face, the only corydoras that dose.

I recently got hold of a few C. undulatus and went searching for information. Imagine my conceren when I discovered that in thier native habitat the temperature only gets to 24C in summer and they endure 11C - 12C for three months of the year.

I have had miserable success with C barbatus in the past because my fish room get a tad warm in summer. How am I going to be with these new fish!

Check out the included link, most interesting.

www.corydoras.pwp.blueyon...eping_.htm

Alan :wall I should have done more research before getting infatuated.:\

Edited by: mtchye at: 9/9/03 10:29 am

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Posted 24 December 2002 - 11:52 PM

Thanks for the info Alan, its much appreciated. :cheers


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Posted 25 December 2002 - 01:41 AM

Do you know of any other cories besides sterbai that will tolerate higher temperatures of a discus tank? Also a LFS has some quite pricey Corydoras sp. 'gold line' .. Don't have a pic but looks a lot like a very dark aenus with a gold line sub dorsally..

Any ideas on what this is?

Edited by: mtchye at: 12/24/02 5:45:48 pm

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Posted 27 December 2002 - 09:57 PM

C caudimaculatus are like sterbai and need a higher temp to spawn but don't get conned into C similis which are often sold as caudimacs as they don't like it too hot.

The gold lines are a colour form of aeneaus, can get green line (Yanks call then green lazers), and red line. I have not seen red lines for a few years. but i've got green and gold at the moment.


Alan


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Posted 28 December 2002 - 01:54 AM

wow green line sounds interesting.. Haven't got any pics of em atm do you Alan?

Any easy way to tell the difference between similis and caudimaculatus?

thanks again for your help


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Posted 29 December 2002 - 04:41 AM

Check out the pics on these two sites ;-
www.planetcatfish.com/ilibrary/index.htm &
www.nettaigyo.com/corydor...dex-e.html
Then compare. C similis have clear dorsal and caudal fins and the spot on the caudal peduncle is metalic purple/black with blured or ill defined edges. C caudimaculatus has spots or dots in lines or bars on the dorsal and caudal fins and the matt black spot on the caudal peduncle is well defined.

These two sites are not bad for photographic identification but some of thier other info is rather sus

Alan

PS. you will find the red, green and gold line aeneaus on these pages as well.


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