New Corys

Well yesterday, I did my 3 lfs's run. Looking for c. sterbai to add to the two I have in my main tank. First shop baby ones £4.50 each and they had only just had the shipment, so I thought no I'll leave them. It will stress them out too much. Second shop, about the same size as mine £7.95 each . Not today thank you very much, muttering under my breath robbing b's, but some others caught my eye. I'll be back Third shop zero.

So I go back to the second shop. " I'll have 5 off those please " Tank label reads c.julii. £10.25 for the lot. Feeling pleased with myself I return home. Not only where they misslabeled I had 6 in the bag .

Well today thought I'd get some pics of them. Yeah right ok see the blur below .They are to bussy playing with there step brothers and sisters I got a couple of weeks ago.

Edit: The only cory that looks like mine is c.gomezi

I read somewhere to get a good, or better pic of fish was to feed them, and take pics after they have eaten. Wrong not with these little beggers . The only good ones I got was when I added frozen blood worms, and after that they went off playing again

Third pic they have slowed down. It's the little corys i'm trying to ID

Last pic I think is the best

Yep they are Julii (leopards) Very nice cories and your tank and other fish are beautiful!

Wow i love the Corys what size of tank you got? They look so nice and i bet they love the sand substrate

Hi StrontiumDog

I think you have C. trilineatus there, but here is a link that shows both them and C. julli, the cory it is frequently confused with.

http/www.scotcat.com/factsheets/c_trilineatus.htm

From what I understand there are very few real C. jullis available in the retail trade, but for some reason the lfs persist in calling the three lined corys by that name.

They are both equally lovely and whichever one you have, it will make an excellent addition to your tank.


Edit: Oops! I can spell, but evidently my new spell check can't! )

Yep they are Julii (leopards) Very nice cories and your tank and other fish are beautiful!

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Siamese Fighter05,
Thank you very much on the coments ) but I have just change it to sand and the plants for now........have been just thrown in

Wow i love the Corys what size of tank you got? They look so nice and i bet they love the sand substrate

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CluelessScot,
Thank you also. They are housed in a 24"x 12"x 15" and, yes they love the sand. I'm still patting myself on the back for changing it from very small rounded gravel

Hi StrontiumDog

I think you have C. trilineatus there, but here is a link that shows both them and C. julli, the cory it is frequently confused with.

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Hi Inchworm, Thanks for the reply.

You are the TFF Cory Guru after all . It seems Inchworm that planetcat has a couple of pics of C. trilineatus as C. gomezi. That was my mistake in not looking at all the pics.

Thanks again all for your help