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fishsage Hobbyist Tank You Daddy. Posts: 103 Kudos: 53 Votes: 16 Registered: 08-Dec-2007	After waiting for a very long time, we finally purchased 3 emerald corys!! Very exciting. The little guys are shoaling nicely, and hopefully they settle in with little or no trouble! Dan 55G -5x Bosemani, 3x Emerald Cory,3x Red Rainbow, 3x Turquoise Rainbow. 20G-Empty. 10G -4x Danio 3x Cory Fry 1 Gold Mystery Snail. 10G- 1x CAE, 2x Tetra 1x ADF
Posted 13-Jan-2008 05:56
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Well, you've got 3 Brochis splendens.... Do you have any pictures?. These are a species that are on my want list & hopefully in the near future, i'll get some. Hope you'll enjoy them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 13-Jan-2008 23:06
fishsage Hobbyist Tank You Daddy. Posts: 103 Kudos: 53 Votes: 16 Registered: 08-Dec-2007	The tag on the tank said corydoras aenus, so possibly they are green corys.... I have done my research, and I think they are emeralds. They are a happy bunch for sure. The are loving the Hikari sinking wafers as well. Dan 55G -5x Bosemani, 3x Emerald Cory,3x Red Rainbow, 3x Turquoise Rainbow. 20G-Empty. 10G -4x Danio 3x Cory Fry 1 Gold Mystery Snail. 10G- 1x CAE, 2x Tetra 1x ADF
Posted 14-Jan-2008 19:43
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Edited by Shinigami The way to make sure is the dorsal fin; Brochis have a longer dorsal fin base because of more dorsal fin rays. Good job on spotting contaminants, that's a fun thing to do with Cories. For some reason I always get a kick out of buying a fish that the LFS has no idea what it is. Come to think of it, one of my current fish was unlabeled, one was mislabeled, and I'm considering picking up some arcuatus mislabeled as agassizii, lol. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 14-Jan-2008 20:02
Twilight Hobbyist Posts: 102 Kudos: 76 Votes: 92 Registered: 15-Oct-2007	I've done that with julii and trilineatus at one of our local lfs that seems to have trouble keeping them straight. Of course, they charge more of julii. Aeneus would be bronzes, which are lovely too, but how wonderful if you've got B. splendens! I've never seen them available here, and if you got them for the price of bronzes then you've done doubly well! I vote! Do you?
Posted 14-Jan-2008 23:20
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Yes, you can count the rays on the Dorsal Fin & that way you can be 100% sure. If you have Brochis instead of C.aeneus, you've done a great job, especially if you paid for C.aeneus. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 15-Jan-2008 13:04


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