#albino corydoras

[jagalart]

corydoras aeneus

I adore these corys, I have a group of them in my main tank <3 This is another sticker I've prepared as this month's patreon prints!

[waterskies]

Lil Miss Greedyguts over here.

[cories-in-the-house]

majestic Sesame resting upon a Pennywort

[sistersavelorn]

Fish List

I love fish so much. I have only been thinking about fish. Here is a list of my favorite fish in no particular order, with facts and random commentary sprinkled in between.

Copper Rockfish

If someone asks me what my favorite fish is, I'll say Copper Rockfish. It was the first fish I ever caught (and had to put back, since Rockfish are endangered), but genuinely I just think they look really neat. They're my favorite out of all of the Rockfish species.

2. Quillback Rockfish

Though Copper Rockfish are my favorite Rockfish, I'll also shoutout Quillback. I really like how their spines are blue, and standout really well against the yellow and black. All Rockfish are venomous (to my understanding), but I've always found these ones to be the most intimidating if only because the spines are so much bigger than the other subspecies.

3. Sockeye Salmon (spawning)

For those who don't know, salmon spawning is when salmon return to their birthplace (freshwater) to lay eggs and die, and they also change appearance. Pre-spawning, while they are in saltwater, all the different subspecies pretty much look the same: silver and lumpy, with only minor differences between them. When spawning, they all turn more green and red and become more distinct from one another. I've always liked Sockeye the most, with their green heads and bright red bodies, and the shape of their heads/mouths. I think it's really an iconic look.

4. Flounder

I love flounder just because they look stupid. Fun fact: they don't actually start flat. They're born looking like "normal" fish, with one eye on each side of the head, but as they grow the face shifts onto the top and they flatten to better blend in with the sea floor. Imagine hitting puberty and you turn into Flat Stanley lmao.

5. Cabezon

Cabezon, like Rockfish, have venomous spines. Also their meat is blue until you cook it, where it turns white, which I think is neat. Usually, they reside really deep in the ocean, but in fall and winter they come more into the shallows to make nests and lay eggs. The males are left behind to guard them, so this is the best time to catch one if you don't want to go out on a boat, and also don't want to worry about catching a female. I've never eaten one, but my dad says that they have a texture more similar to chicken.

6. Betta

Pretty basic species of domestic fish, but I still really like them. I had a red and blue male as a kid named Spike. Bettas are usually surface/top fish, but Spike liked to go to the bottom to feed with the Emerald Corydoras I had, and sleep on the moss ball (like it was a little bed). He had a surprising amount of personality for a fish.

7. Emerald Corydora

Corydoras are basically just little freshwater catfish. They like to be in groups, so you have to have at least five if you want to have them at all. I had Emerald Corydoras growing up, and I loved watching them spend all day picking at the sand with their little whiskers for food. They remind me of cows.

8. Panda Corydora

Panda Corydoras are also really neat. I like how shiny they can be, I think it makes them look like little Pokémon.

9. Albino Corydora

Albino Corydoras are cool, especially in comparison to the other species. I think they all look like little old men.

10. Koi

Another kind of basic fish, but they're still cool and I want to point them out. They can get really big if they're not kept in a small enclosure (Domestic Koi can get between 12 and 15 inches, Japanese Koi between 22 and 26, and Jumbo Koi between 34 and 36).

11. Pufferfish

Like flounders, they also look stupid and it amuses me endlessly. They have these two front teeth for breaking into snail shells and slurping them out. I remember there was this really big one at the fish store I used to go to (nearly identical to the one pictured on the left) that would follow your finger if you dragged it across the glass, all the while with that big-ass stupid smile on it's face. They're just so full of whimsy.

12. Telescope Goldfish

Never owned them but I think they're really neat. "Awooga!!" ahh fish. What are they goggling at smh.

[sans-guy]

What kind of fish do you see yourself as?

so scale less... smooth... *bottom feeds*

[savageboar]

me seeing ppl complain that breeding corydoras is hard, meanwhile mine fuck once a week or every two weeks bc my water changes i guess mimic the changing of the seasons in the amazon to the rainy season with harder water lol

[vorbisx]

what if we were catfish and we hung out together 😳👉👈

[erythristicbones]

THE BREADSTICK BOY IS HOME (+ our new tank setup and the panda corys i got to go with my other 3 corys :3)

[cryptidkoi]

Cory gang

[bestanimal]

I voted neutral on Ichthyostraca but let me tell you it was NOT easy 😅 I have a personal grievance with Ich, I lost all 10 of corydora to it. It was my first indoor aquarium and first run in with ich as well: I had 3 albino bronze Corys, 2 regular bronze and a glo bronze, and 2 melanistic pandas and 2 regular from the same batch. Cutely my male Melanistic panda corydora Romeo was infatuated with my biggest corydora Ghost a female bronze albino. After they died I ended up bleaching the entire 40 gallon tub and throughly rinsing and soaking it before I got it started back up again. Thankfully I haven’t had a run in with ich since and I switched to guppies, which ended up being a good thing even though I have an all female tank one ended up being pregnant and I ended up with my five baby guppies who I love even more? Than all of my other fish not that I pick favorites but I was with them from day one and they are the only ones who never run from me for anything a net or otherwise 😂

That type of Ich (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) is actually a parasite called a ciliate, and is not an animal at all! It’s easy to confuse them with fish lice though: they both start with Icthyo (coming from the Greek “ichthys” as they’re both parasites of fish). Ichthyostracans can usually be seen with the naked eye running around on the scales of fish and don’t have to stay latched on.

I feel your pain though. I had an outbreak of Ich in my large tank once, and lost some cherry barbs and a tetra. I managed to kill off the parasites without any chemicals by gradually increasing the temperature of the tank, up to 80-85 Fahrenheit. Somehow most of my fish survived the ordeal, even though a lot of them were absolutely coated in spots. 😬

Including my immortal South American Bumblebee Catfish. Maybe I’ll make a seperate post about my immortal South American Bumblebee Catfish when we get to Actinopterygii…

[sysmedsaresexist]

QUESTION!!! what’s your favorite fish :3

Oh, wow, that's so hard to answer

Let's start with the fish I have, I'm not sure I have a favorite, so much as there are fish that I would absolutely recommend and/or buy myself again

Goldfish - super intelligent, unpredictable murder machines 7/10, what am I even supposed to do with this creature

Gold Dust Mollies - stressed like me, hide a lot, we didn't run their bubbler for two weeks because we were waiting for a hookup to run the starter baby tank and the bubbler at the same time, it came, I turned on the bubbler, and traumatized them for over a month, not sure how my partner puts up with me. Also, live births. 3/10, master level fish, harder than they seem at first glance, worth it if you put in the time

Zebra Danios (short fin) - so speedy fast, racing all the time, so many wiggles, Java moss is a must, watch them wiggle wiggle wiggle so fast, interactive, not as pretty as some other fish, but their little front fins make me happy, lays eggs, 9/10, highly recommend

Cardinal Tetras - calm little puppies, very colorful, low maintenance, their little mouths, and when they look at you from the front, such silly little eyes, kind of boring though, lays eggs, 8/10, highly recommend

Corydora - give me a tank with just 100 of these, love them, adorable, so fast, they breathe air so they go racing to the top, and they're so fast they make a bloop, and then go racing back down. They flirt by vibrating at each other. Lays eggs. 10/10 for constant amusement, 6/10 for difficulty, they poison themselves when stressed, good luck getting them home in one piece, my recommendation: buy at least 3 at once (MUST have at least 6 for a healthy group, when I say 3, I mean your replacements after you fuck up the first time, buy only 1 or 2 and you're almost guaranteed to lose them as well, just hold off and wait until you need 3, even if your group size is 4 or 5), either have the fish store wrap their bag in dark paper towel, or bring one yourself.

Also, they blink, and it's creepy, this knocks another two points off, 4/10, advanced fish

Fun story, they sit very cutely on anything, and i pulled out my phone to take a video, and after several minutes, it stopped being cute and started being worrying, and then...

PLECO! We have 2, a female albino bushy nose, named Happy Andy, and a miserable male clown named Angry Gary. Don't look online to see what they're going to be like. No pleco is like another, and you literally have no idea what you're going to get until it's in your tank and settled. There's a 90% chance you'll never see your pleco. You will always worry about whether it's alive. If it's a tank of just small fish, he is, I promise, leave it alone. When you do see them, it'll make your heart very happy. They poop. A lot. I can't state that enough. 7/10, would still recommend.

Betta - hardy, a classic, gorgeous, save them from the cups. You can only have 1 in a tank. No, don't get the little 3 tanks together separated by glass, they can smell and see each other and it's stressful for them. Please don't give them less than a 10 gallon ): you most likely can't keep anything with them, but you can increase your chances of a peaceful community tank by putting in your peaceful fish first, and then adding the betta. Remember to only keep very FAST fish with your betta, like tetras. Super easy to care for, but will give you a lot of stress for no reason. 8/10, they lose a point for such limited tank mates. Highly recommend.

Mystery guppy - magically appeared in my male betta tank, will update when I figure out what it is. 7/10 mystery baby experience. I'm enjoying myself.

Now, the fish I WANT

I can really only go by other lists, so I think, right now, the fish I'm obsessed with is the boeseman's rainbowfish.

They get about 10cm, and you need at least 6 of them, so you need a big boy tank for sure. They're apparently quite hardy, peaceful, and longlived (8 years, if you're lucky!!). Their mouth is small, so they can be kept with a variety of tank mates. They're apparently really interesting to watch swim, because they school.

I think that'll be my next goal.

Share your favorite fish with me!!

[smulnsander]

Albino Corydora lives for a long time I want u to know that

[waterskies]

Bloodworms for all!! Corys be snorfin away~

[cories-in-the-house]

need a breather? watch the Cory gang eat! they’re very cute and funny to watch

[spitepenny]

I started adding fish to my new 40 gallon breeder a few weeks ago.

Current stock list...

16 ember tetras

10 chili rasboras

6 kuhli loaches

2 bronze corydoras (1 normal, 1 albino)

1 mystery snail

A whole lotta ramshorn snails

Unfortunately I think the kuhlis have ich. 😬 they are active and eating so hopefully they will be okay.

I have ich-x ordered and it will arrive on Monday.

I need to expand the school of cories but I'm going to try to let this all settle first.

I am an incredibly anxious person so probably should have a more low-key hobby, especially since I also have an insanely stressful job. Tee hee.

[normal-with-adhd-is-a-joke]

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