Operation Dorito

[Sammy I]

Loving this Sammy, you maintenance, water changes and care are clear to see in how well it has got started, well done. It also looks very Filipe too so if that was intended, good job.
If the moss you're talking about is on the wood then no, thats a stem, maybe Hemianthus glomeratus? If you need an replacement let me know and i can fish out some mini christmas moss if you like.
Nice fish choice 😎 Im a big fan of a pentazona (and rhomboocellatus) great characters and stunning once settled.

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Thanks, it has been a great start I put it down to maintenance, getting my co2 sorted within a few days and not changing my lighting for 3 weeks.

Ahh man not cool, I bought it from Aquarium gardens. I was highly suspicious of it because it didn't look like moss, but it didn't look like a stem plant. I thought it make change under high light, but now looking at it makes sense will have to rip it off and try again with that, what a fail 😂

This scape wasn't intended to be 'Filipe-y", but once the dorito was finished, it did cross my mind that his last home scape was the same shape. once planted, I also realised I have some decent space and possible territories for a group of rams, so I guess this scape is turning out more 'Filipe-y' than anticipated or intended.

Hi all,

Very nice, I think the six might be Hoplisoma (Corydoras duplicareus) duplicareum <"https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=379">.
The seventh (and well done for taking him / her) is possibly a different species, it looks more snub nosed.

<"Hoplisoma adolfoi and H. duplicareus (formerly: Corydoras) - Aquarium Glaser GmbH">.

Probably keep on going the way you are at present. Because they are from the Rio Negro some tannins <"Ripe for Picking: a Guide to Collecting your own Bountiful Botanicals"> in the water might help, I really like <"Alder "cones" (Alnus ssp.)"> - <"Medicinal trees: The Common Alder - Aqualog.de">.

cheers Darrel

Ooo great insight, I did notice the snub snout and more stubby thicker body, but put it down to being deformed or a runt rather than a different species. That's interesting, they all hang about together, sure 'Morty' might be a bit more of a loner due to his condition, but it doesn't stop the others from finding him and hanging out with him specifically. Looking at the link provided, I might have a mix of both species, but they are probably the same, I'll try take photos of the different individuals.

Maidenhead aquatics said they will have more in a couple of weeks, how many more can I get? I am thinking about their adult size and possibility of breeding so i was thinking to make up the numbers to 11ish.

 

[Iain Sutherland]

, I bought it from Aquarium gardens. I was highly suspicious of it because it didn't look like moss, but it didn't look like a stem plant.

Maybe some miss labelling, they are normally spot on. Worth emailing Dave and the gang, sure it will get sorted.👍

 

[Sammy I]

Maybe some miss labelling, they are normally spot on. Worth emailing Dave and the gang, sure it will get sorted.👍

Yeah no doubt a simple mixup, they are great. I'll message them soon as I need to send them some photos and thought I might as well wait 30 days for thing to get going.

 

[Conort2]

did notice the snub snout and more stubby thicker body, but put it down to being deformed or a runt rather than a different species.

I think that’s the case, they’re tank bred and it looks like a deformed fish. They’re all probably siblings from the same batch although I could be wrong. As @dw1305 mentioned, they look like duplicareus rather than adolfoi as they have the thicker black band. Lovely fish and probably my favourite corydoras or hoplisoma or whatever they’re called these days!

 

[Sammy I]

I think that’s the case, they’re tank bred and it looks like a deformed fish. They’re all probably siblings from the same batch although I could be wrong. As @dw1305 mentioned, they look like duplicareus rather than adolfoi as they have the thicker black band. Lovely fish and probably my favourite corydoras or hoplisoma or whatever they’re called these days!

That's good to know really intresting I will read up on them more and hopefully can find a couple more to add to the crew. I will keep an eye on things and see how 'morty' gets on, I'm hoping for a full recovery soon! They are amazing and have really coloured up in 2 days (apart from 'morty'), one of them has a much deeper orange than the rest.