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Hmm... so, everything you could fit in a shopping bag (grocery type paper bag) was 20% off at the LFS... so, of course, I had to go.

I bought another cory labelled as "agassizi" which I believe is a ambiacus... looks like the other cories I've gotten previously by that name. "Daddy" has been looking sad since Izzy randomly died (no signs, no warning, just dead ), so I got him a new buddyl... meet Ambler. If you look under the arch of driftwood, you can see Daddy peeking out. He IS an ambiacus, right?



The LFS has a "fish club card" basically a one dollar/year membership gets you a free fish every month. This month was either male guppy or red eye tetra... another guppy boy joins the group, posing with my three juvie males. Can't believe they all posed so nicely. The new guppy is still in the bag.



Okay... the "no cat" sign was in the tank pre-cory cats. Now it's just amusing. Sorry... the tank doesn't photograph very well... you can see reflections of the stuff around the tank. These guys JUST got added to the tank, excuse the unhappy expressions on their faces. They don't like being netted. Kitten's got rabauti! (Think it was a sweet deal at $3.99 plus 20% off.



See? He's waving hello to you!



Altogether, I spent just over 20 bucks for uh... six cory cats (five rabauti and one ambiacus) and a freebie guppy. Not a bad deal.

Also of note... they had a pretty lil salvini cichlid in a tank by herself... well, not by herself... she had fry! Like, TINY fry! And they say she's been in the tank for a while by herself. Storing eggs, eh?

In any case, I would SO have brought her (and her fry!) home, if I had ANY sort of room. She was cool... rushing the glass and trying to flare like a betta boy when I got too close. Was cool.

Oh... pondering going back tomorrow to get more ambiacus... can't figure out why I only got one. *kicks self* The rabauti went into another tank, so I could have gotten more ambiacus, especially at 20% off of uh... $5.99 I think? Sigh... another trip.
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Last edited by Kitten at 12-Nov-2005 15:47

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

I'd say that the first cory is Corydoras ambiacus, they're the most common agassizii "impersonator", and are probably more common in stores than actual agassizii. The second species does look like C. rabauti instead of C. zygatus. They are very similar though, so better pictures would be needed for clarification. $3.99 per is a steal, nice find.

Last edited by sirbooks at 12-Nov-2005 15:50

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And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."

I'll have to take a picture tonight with all the room lights turned off for you... ANY light on the tank produces glare... it's so stupid.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

slips in and steals the calico corriesand slips back out, dumping them in her tank instead, and leaves kitten with some metae and her 1 skunk cory

Great deal heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Dunno if this picture tells you anything that the other pic didn't... but I found this in the collection of pictures I took at the LFS the other day...

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~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

That's a great deal I wish the LFS around here had one of those fish of the month clubs! I have heard a few people talk abotu them but I have yet to hear abotu one anywhere around here. I love the cories. I haven't been abotu to find any of the skunk cories around here either. I wish I could find soem better fish stores close to me. Oh well.... Maybe next time...

I'd say C. rabauti, they seem to have a slight difference with their stripe as compared to C. zygatus.

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And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."

Well, no wonder Houston was so anxious to go to a lfs, Kitten. She couldn't stand not going when everyone else was or has visited a lfs today. Except this time, she spent a much smaller amount than I did. I got some more fish food, and two pairs of German Blue Rams. Wanted a little more variety in my 75g tank.

Sweet, Leslie. Rams are so cute. I still want one even... though... yeah, I have no room left for them. I need more and bigger thanks.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

yes i did good, got the pump thingy i needed for the 24 gallon that I won at the auction through the raffle and now it's running great

here's a picture of leslie's rams

heidi



houston attached this image:


"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Thats the one that I found as a "spotted" that looked just like that one so I guess i know what it is now They are soooo cute! Anyways I need to find more for him so he isnt so lonly I wish cory's could handle brackish water, I am thinking of doing a brackish or salt tank for my sons room, but then again, I could do a tank that was cory's and some of the more timid cichlids and mabee killifish. I never know what I am going to do, I do think that the living room needs a tank next to the tv and still keep the one in the dinning room (its one big room so...)

But great job at the store you did very well!

So many choices so little glass...

That's an awesome find Kitten. If you ever get a fish you don't necessarily have the room for, I will babysit for you in my tank

also - Leslie - - very nice!

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where do u live kitten so ill get one of those offers that u is it only male guppie or can u get a femalewhat LFS are u talking about and if its colse to V.A then ill get me a free guppie

So how are all the new additions doing? Haven't heard aotu them in a while so I thought I would check.


Christina