Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Here’s Halffin, the second of the three Leopards in the small tank. Like the other two of his brethen, the Leopards are distinguished by their colouration on their dorsal fin. This little fellow is so-named because his mark is, well,
The three leopard cories seem to have adjusted nicely into the small tank, although a week after their introduction they still seem pretty nervous about any sort of noise or movement near the tank. Many a time they would quickly
One of the most fasinacting aspects of keeping these critters is how they take to different types of food. Not surprisingly, most of the fishes we have in our two tanks have different preferences for what they eat, and in
The posts several days ago identified the three Peppered Corys we’ve got. Here’s a picture that should help one tell Squint apart from Big Eye: The critter in the foreground – with the slightly larger eyes – is Big Eye,
We were thrilled with how well the three Peppered Corys adapted to the large tank, so we decided to get a similar family of fish as the final additions for our second tank. We wanted to try a different species
In order to counter mild outbreak of white spot among the Lionheads that started 2 weeks ago, the aquarium fan was turned off and the water temperature allowed to adjust to the daily ambient temperatures of 29 to 31 degrees.
With two of the three Corys named, it was possible to tell the last fellow apart. Between the two Spot-ty Corys, one had bigger eyes than the other. That made naming the last critter easy – Ling called him Squint
Tradition may say who should be the party to choose the wedding bands, but we figured since I’ve already chosen the engagement ring, Ling would get the say on the other one. So, for the month of March, we hunted
After figuring out Spot’s distinctive characteristic, the second of the three Corys Ling named was Big Eye. Between the two Corys, Big Eye has… well, bigger eyes. It’s hard to tell from the picture – but trust me, put next
It can be quite hard to tell the three Corys apart. For starters, they’re all about the same size, each measuring 5 cm from head to tail fin. There are no discernable differences in the markings on their bodies either.
We came home this early evening to discover poor Patches had an accident and also been the victim of a vicious attack from one of his tankmates. Patches had gotten stuck in the branches of the Water wisteria, and when
The three Peppered corys seem to like their new home just fine, and have readily displayed all the lovable characteristics of their species: always scrounging the gravel for tasty morsels, occasionally socializing together in a little catfish convention, and making
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