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[Essjay]

It's possible the shop had mislabelled the fish; or the fish you looked at had been moved into the tank where zebra plecs used to be and they hadn't changed the label yet.

Is the plec in any of the photos in post #458?

 

[777james777]

It's possible the shop had mislabelled the fish; or the fish you looked at had been moved into the tank where zebra plecs used to be and they hadn't changed the label yet.

Is the plec in any of the photos in post #458?

I have miss read

You can see at the bottom of this picture on the right hand side there is a zebra plec hiding, you can also see it’s £90 on the price tag it’s just labels underneath Precox rainbow (are these possible?? Probs not )

 

[777james777]

So is there anyone who can think of any reason why I can’t have the below fish?

3 Honey Gouarmi (1 male 2 females)
15 corydorus (ANY 3 types/breeds of 5 each)

@Essjay
@CaptainBarnicles
@AlexT
@Lcc86
@Byron

 

[Essjay]

Those would all suit your tank and water.

Honey gouramis - the wild colour is easiest to tell the sex. Males are tan and females are silver-beige. Yellow is the next easiest - males tend to be more orange towards the tail, and females tend to have a broken dark stripe from nose to tail. Reds are very difficult, and they are really either thick lipped gouramis or some sort of honey-thick lipped hybrid (if that's even possible). Behaviour is also an indicator. Males are up front, swimming round the tank; females are more interested in scouring the tank floor for bits of food which might have been overlooked.

 

[Lcc86]

So is there anyone who can think of any reason why I can’t have the below fish?

3 Honey Gouarmi (1 male 2 females)
15 corydorus (ANY 3 types/breeds of 5 each)

@Essjay
@CaptainBarnicles
@AlexT
@Lcc86
@Byron

The only reason I might decide against the cories is just in case any of your shoaling fish decide to breed, you could be overrun pretty rapidly.

That said, if you do get cories, they're great! I see from your earlier post that the store has leopard cories, they're really cool little guys. Some cories get slightly bigger than others so bear that in mind if you do look at other species but the common ones are mainly similar sizes. Other breeds I personally like are bronze, gold, venezualan orange, pandas, venezuelan black (they're slightly different and bigger), sterbais, gold lasers.... the options are endless with cories!

 

[777james777]

The only reason I might decide against the cories is just in case any of your shoaling fish decide to breed, you could be overrun pretty rapidly.

That said, if you do get cories, they're great! I see from your earlier post that the store has leopard cories, they're really cool little guys. Some cories get slightly bigger than others so bear that in mind if you do look at other species but the common ones are mainly similar sizes. Other breeds I personally like are bronze, gold, venezualan orange, pandas, venezuelan black (they're slightly different and bigger), sterbais, gold lasers.... the options are endless with cories!

Please don’t tell me there will be an issue with these

 

[777james777]

So is the only male the top left

 

[Lcc86]

Please don’t tell me there will be an issue with these

Not an issue as such! Just something to bear in mind!

 

[Byron]

The only reason I might decide against the cories is just in case any of your shoaling fish decide to breed, you could be overrun pretty rapidly.

I don't follow this. All fish mentioned are egg layers. In any aquarium with such fish, the eggs will be gobbled up almost as fast as any fish can lay them. Rarely do any survive predation to hatch. Cories will readily eat their eggs, and so will the upper fish. Over the years I have had very few fry from cories and upper fish, and these appeared because of the good cover provided by very thick planting and lots of chunks of wood for refuge in my tanks.

 

[Essjay]

So is the only male the top left

Yes. The other three are females. Does Pier stock the wild variety? Not many places do as the females are not "pretty" like the yellow or those labelled as red honeys (which aren't honeys)


In case you get yellow honeys - these are not very good photos of yellow honeys I once had. Look at the orangey back end of the male and the broken stripe of the female.

 

[Essjay]

Actually, this blurry photo shows the male colouration better

 

[777james777]

I don’t remember seeing them to be honest, Iv been on their Facebook and scrolled down a long way. There is a lot of mention of the blue bolt ones but not the honey. I have sent them a message to see.

Iv looked around on google and I can’t seem to find them anywhere. If pier don’t have them I will be lucky to find them.

I am correct in thinking I can’t have the blue or red ones can I… I just can’t remember why.

Also with the corys can I have ANY kind.

I can’t go picking the wrong ones, pier weren’t to happy about exchanging and they were clear it was a one off

 

[777james777]

Yes. The other three are females. Does Pier stock the wild variety? Not many places do as the females are not "pretty" like the yellow or those labelled as red honeys (which aren't honeys)


In case you get yellow honeys - these are not very good photos of yellow honeys I once had. Look at the orangey back end of the male and the broken stripe of the female.

Yes I can see the difference so the male kind of blurs from yellow to orange and the female has the stripe - so females can be white/grey or yellow ?

 

[Essjay]

The wild colour female is silvery-beige which can look almost brown or white/grey depending on the lighting when the photo was taken. In dark tanks they look almost brown and with flash they look almost white.
The yellow variety has yellow males and yellow females.


I have never seen a blue honey gourami, they may exist but I don't know where.

There's Maidenhead Aquatics branches at "Bold Heath, Mill Lane, Widnes WA8 3UU" and "High Legh Garden Centre, Woodlands Crescent, Knutsford WA16 0QW"
Maidenhead usually stocks one or other variety of honey gourami.

 

[Byron]

Also with the corys can I have ANY kind.
I can’t go picking the wrong ones, pier weren’t to happy about exchanging and they were clear it was a one off

Cories are pretty much the most peaceful and placid of fishes. But there are exceptions, and things to be aware of. Most Corydoras species are roughly the same size, somewhere in the 1.5 to 2.5 inch/3 to 6 cm length. Then there are the three or four "dwarf" species, 1 inch (2.5 cm) or less. Then there are some much larger species and males of these can sometimes be a bit boisterous.

There are currently some 170 described species, with another 60+ that have CW numbers but have not yet been described (which involves assigning a species name) and some of these appear in fish stores. So don't ask for a list! See what the store(s) have and ask us before acquiring them.

I would not combine one of the dwarf species with most of the larger species, for no particular reason other than it just seems better not to. Some of the much larger species might well take a dislike to the dwarf species, they can be territorial. If you se a cory you like, ask us. We need the name, or CW number, and a photo would help.