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Corys

Some corys I grabbed today for the SA biotope tank. I've got several fish in the 120 now and I just got the filtration running yesterday. Seasoned media + seasoned rock + plenty of Bio-spira = no need to cycle a tank for a month. Woot! I am keeping a close eye on levels though. From what I have read/heard, Bio-spira is supposed to be the real deal.

posted by: Shawn Williams	(report) Feb 18th, 2008
Views: 155	Rated: (6 votes)

Visitor Comments

karrie edwards	» posted 2008/02/18 - 05:33
nice, and the chocolate looks great!

Shawn Williams	» posted 2008/02/18 - 05:34
Yeah, he seems to be in a good mood at the moment.

harvick fan	» posted 2008/02/18 - 06:08
nice false juli corys shawn!!

karrie edwards	» posted 2008/02/18 - 06:11
False?

harvick fan	» posted 2008/02/18 - 06:16
yes most so called juliis arent really juliis they are Corydoras trilineatus . true juliis are hard to find . mine are false as well , but still beautiful

Shawn Williams	» posted 2008/02/18 - 06:18
Are you saying my fish are lying to me? LoL! I don't know a lot about the corys, but these were labeled as Julii Corydoras. After looking into them online it is true that these are false juliis. The true juliis are spotted whereas these have connected spots. The true Juliis are more expensive and much more difficult to obtain.

karrie edwards	» posted 2008/02/18 - 06:19
Hey shawn, i used to have 2 of the true cory's, and let me tell you i paid a good price, i might have a pic, but that will have to wait. lol.

harvick fan	» posted 2008/02/18 - 06:21
lfs i go to an hour from where i live has a big assortment of corys , he has 3 true juliis , but not for sale :( his own personal collection . they are my favorites

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» posted 2008/02/18 - 07:24

Juan Damelines	» posted 2008/02/19 - 01:56
GET MOSS so nitrate levels dont go up by the way Plants and Heros are not a good mixture!

Shawn Williams	» posted 2008/02/19 - 02:05
I'm probably going to put peat media in my filters to leach into the water. I am wanting something floating to cut down on the light. I know about the plants and the Heros. The one I have in the tank now is just temporary as its not SA native. I'm researching to try to come up with some native plants that the Heros won't mess with.

Juan Damelines	» posted 2008/02/19 - 02:11
Jave Fern, And other Java i can't think of name as long as for light try lilis or duck weed does are good and plus if u end up getting tired of them just dont feed ur severums for a day and they should be gone =] lol as far as the brown tint for the water i would like to see what comes out u go ahead and try it 1st then i follow lol.

Shawn Williams	» posted 2008/02/19 - 02:19
I found out that they make a pete pellet that can go into a bag or media tray in the filter that will leech tannins into the water. I thing I'm going to give that a shot. I was definitely looking into duckweed as that's a native plant. I'll check into the lilies.

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