I Am Soooo Bad !

[jollysue]

I just had to go back and look at the "green cories" in the window. I wish I had had my camera handy. Maybe I would have just shot some piccies. If you believe that....!

Instead I bought a twenty gallon setup (less filter and heater--I have them) for a new small cory tank. The lfs was skeptical of 10 2"+ of cories in a new 20 usg long. (It's 30"--perfect!) So they shamed me into only getting 6 of them. The lfs has had them for a while. That's good.

They are almost turqoise it seems to me. They aren't marked like the aeneus. They are turqoise green on most of the body (almost irridescent) with some dark gold around the head. They are pink in spots, like around the gills and white on the underside.

They are large! Minimum of two inches long (w/o tail) and an inch tall.

They are striking and handsome.. They had lots of trouble with the net--very sticky spines.

There were no small ones. I just hope they aren't getting dumped because somebody's breeders were getting too old I don't think so.

I am almost certain to get those melanotaenia at AB now.

Oh! I used BioSpira--with which I've had good success and will put in an aged bio wheel tomorrrow.

I set them up in the new apartment. The first residents of my new life.

Now I am off to check AB! hehe

 

[Inchworm]

Hi jollysue,

It sounds like you got yourself some emerald green brochis. These fish look like corys, act like corys, but are one that the scientists who decide these things call something else.

They are bigger than most corys, but other than that, are very similar. Just feed them and treat them the same way. I wouldn't recommend keeping them in a tank with very small corys, like pandas though. Some of the ones I've seen for sale are very attractive fish. I hope you can post some pictures soon.

A 20 gallon long is a great tank for corys, and if you decide you need a bigger tank, a 29 gallon tank has the same footprint and will fit on the same stand that one does.

How much did the lfs charge for Bio-Spira? I'd be very interested about hearing about it from someone who has used it. I wish I had bought some when I moved. It would have made things so much easier.

Didn't you mention earlier that you had some corys spawning? Did you keep any of the eggs?

 

[Barracuda518]

I would also like to see some pictures of these fish

 

[jollysue]

Well they are certainly being treated like cories! haha

They look very like cories. I am gratified that they are still considered catfish. Here is JJ's pict:

Brochis splendens

Mine looks like the one on the right. They are adults. It does concern me that there are no juvies in the lot.

I will take my camera with me today, when I feed them.

That's good info and good idea, Inchworm. I had thought I would put these in a 36"x15" 50 gallon Sea Clear with the aeneus and melanotaenias, which should be here with the stand by next week. It has the same foot print as my Sunken City cory tank 36"x15" 40 usg. I ordered a double metal stand from drsfosterandsmith for them.

Will I be able to put the aeneus and melanotaenia with the emerald brochis? I did bid on the one offered.

The brochis do behave differently. No mass flights across the tank when someone comes. One came up to the side right in front of me while I was talking to them. I have discovered that my fish behave just like any pet when I talk to them. They key to my tone.

I have used BioSpira repeatedly this fall. I used it to set up the corner miniture/dwarf species tank. I have lost pygmies, I believe. But it is densly arifitially planted and I can't see what all is going on down under.. I haven't lost any of the larger so-called water sensitive fish.

I used it for the first cories from Bryan. Later I lost one aeneus to popeye and wasting. He got bad, and I put him down. I think it was the culimnarus in with the three mystery spotted cories coupled to a filter failure. But he is the only one of twenty-one cories, a cockatoo and a VT.

A work mate has a small 20 usg coral tank. A power strip fell in the tank--curious cat.

It nuked the tank. The coral and live rock were immediately knocked out. The damsels survived. He took everything dead out. But it started smelling BAD.

He got BioSpira. What was still alive at that time survived and the tank recovered. He just kept adding it until it stopped smelling.

They come in 30 and 90 usg packets. They are 30 usg for $10 and $30 for the 90 usg packet. In a new tank use the recommended bios and immediately stock. I put a guesstimate for 20 usg and 6x2" of brochis fish. I poored it over the bio wheel. Today I will install a second filter with an aged and established filter.

I got 120 gallons worth to help with the move. I should get them set up within 24 hrs. I plan to have fish, substrate, decor, filters--everything I can think of kept wet.

The BioSpira is just a little added security.

Well, got some business to take care of.