9 baby sterbai.

[rixy]

got 9 baby sterbai cory's today yippee.

 

[Aqua Andy]

I got three yesterday and they're settling in fine (fingers crossed).

 

[SnowyzMom]

Awwwwwww Congrats to both of you and well done!

(yeah I know the fish did the "doing" but you provided the Kasbah )

 

[rixy]

£30 for 9.i was well chuffed.seem to have settled in fine.had some crunched up tetra prima and some bloodworm.will keep you all updated.

 

[Aqua Andy]

Thats an excellent deal. I paid £22.00 for three and that was after bartering for a discount for buying three. I went to two lfs with the intention of buying 5-6 Dwarf/Pygmy Cory's because I only have a small tank, but I thought that the Sterbai were by far the best looking Cory's that I saw although allot more expensive. As they will grow bigger than the dwarf/pygmy Cory's I went for three.

I'm currently feeding mine Nutrafin Sinking Complete Food Tablets which they are gradually chewing away at. This is what my lfs from where I bought them advised me to feed them. I break them up into three pieces to make them more manageable. Is this OK or should I feed them something else more suitable?

I want to do all I can for them as they are beautiful in both appearance and character.


Andy

 

[bunjiweb]

excellent bargain. I have got 1 which is fully grown, paid £8 i seem to remember. My favourite cory deffinately!!

And to think, in the 80s, people were paying £30 each for them!

Ben

 

[rixy]

seem to be a popular cory.got rid of my royal plec and a syno as they were destroying my plants.best decision i've made was to get the cory's.

 

[bunjiweb]

Yup They are very popular because they are...

- small
- scavangers
- quite cute
- come in lots of natural patterns


They aren't my favourite catfish but they sure have character and work great in small community tanks (10G+). Personally I would prefer the royal plec and the syno any day, but thats cus i like plecs and big catfish.... pitty you already got rid of them i would have had that royal...

Ben

 

[rixy]

i had a shovel nose cat as well.he was a beauty.had to let him go as one night,i fed him 5 cubes of bloodworm and then,he ate one of my red torpedo's.trying to keep one tank is hard.i love my oddballs but my tank is in the hallway and plecs,shovelnose etc just hide away.need 2 tanks really.one for the fish i have now and one for oddballs.my lfs got a freshwater moray in yesterday.if only lol.

 

[bunjiweb]

is it a real freshwater one or a brackish one?

Seems you have found out the shovelnose's behaviour already, they are really nice fish, but shouldnt be mixed with anything that isnt fairly chunky, boisterous, and fast (other catfish, cichlids etc).

Ben

 

[rixy]

yeah,the moray is freshwater.they have just got some red snakeheads and a tiger shovelnose in.

 

[Jo and Gra]

I got three yesterday and they're settling in fine (fingers crossed).

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where you getting your fish dude?

 

[Aqua Andy]

Swallow Aquatics Colchester. It's a mile south of the Colchester Tollgate A12 junction on London Road.

I bought all my fish from there last Thursday (see my signature) and I've only lost one Tetra.

http/www.swallowaquatics.co.uk/

The tanks and water have always been very clean when I've visited with a fair selection of fish.

What about you?

 

[Jo and Gra]

same place mate.

got all our fish from there, and their branch in Rayleigh.

Shame the colchester one is closing.

 

[Aqua Andy]

same place mate.

got all our fish from there, and their branch in Rayleigh.

Shame the colchester one is closing.

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I didn't know that. Damn.