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Or so Ling complained the other evening. We\u2019ve been incrementally adding inhabitants to the aquarium over the last week or so now. As these things go, additions of new critters need to be done slowly; adding too many at a go could easily overwhelm the nitrogen and ammonia waste cycle that\u2019s still getting established in the aquarium.<\/p>\n
The both of us prefer different critters too. The four Lionheads that Ling bought me on Valentine\u2019s Day ten months ago are still hale and hearty. They\u2019ve been moved to a different tank given their destructive habits on plants and that they\u2019re also pretty messy critters. That said, they\u2019ve also been the most interactive of all the critters we\u2019ve had so far. After the Lionheads, Ling loves Cardinal tetras, and she\u2019s been badgering me to buy a small school of them for our tank.<\/p>\n
Me, on the other hand, prefer armoured catfishes, or Corydoras critters. These are bottom dwellers who spend much of their time swimming in the lower strats of a tank, although they occasionally will make a mad dash to the surface for a gulp of air. They\u2019re lovely fellows: peaceful, and never greedy for food. They\u2019re also some of the most gregarious fishes around: they\u2019ll happily school with other Corydoras species. And while they tend to scavenge for food on their own, when they\u2019re at rest, they\u2019ll invariably seek out their own, and gather in a little circle like a catfish convention. And if one stares hard enough, these fellows may just blink at you even.:)<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve got quite a number of different Cory species now, and the ones pictured here are the most recent additions: two of the three Leopard Corys that were added yesterday afternoon. They\u2019ve acclimatized to the existing inhabitants quite well, and within an hour were happily exploring the tank and swimming with their brethen. ![\":)\"](\"https:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\"){kind=icon}
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Or so Ling complained the other evening. We\u2019ve been incrementally adding inhabitants to the aquarium over the last week or so now. As these things go, additions of new critters need to be done slowly; adding too many at a<\/p>\n