Hi,

I just got back from my lfs and I got some new tropical fishes. I got 2 of these corys and the shop were calling them Black Stripe Catfish. I think it may be Corydoras schwartzi but I am not sure.

What do ya reckon?

They kinda look like plecos.

What??!!

They are corys, which are very different to plecs! I know they are corydoras, I'm just not sure which one.

I hope you don't have any corys, thinking they are plecs!!

i think i do lol......
well used to.

Ill try to find this great link i found yesterday on corys.

looks like schwartzi to me as well, as far as i can tell from that pic

enjoy them they are great little fish

Cheers Luke,

I am 95% sure now, which is about as sure as you can be!! The one in the background of the pic could be several different ones!!

LOL

looks like a blackfin cory to me, (corydoras leucomelas).

they are all the same family though, just the black in different places.... has he gone for *the big conversation* at the back of the tank yet ? he he

Kev

ok does he look like this fish

if he does go to www.nettaigyo.com/corydoras/encyc/ corydoras/schwartzi.html

Er,

Cheers. That link just takes you to Schwartz's cory, which I already said that he is.

looks nearly the same as my siamese catfish sucker, only not as many spots. same body form and fins though, they are very cool and dont hasle the GF

His well pretty

LOL, they are in a tropical tank and are schwartzi corydoras. Thanks for the suggestion though.

I only have one left as the one not pictured above died quickly after I got them. He had never looked right.

What's a "siamese catfish sucker"? I have just ordered 4 siamese flying foxes, but they are nothing like corys. They are longer and thin with a stripped body. They suck onto the glass and eat algae. Is yours like this - http://www.fishaholics.org/gallery/crossoc...siamensis.shtml ?

yeah thats it, but have dots also along its body, over here in Aus they call the siamese catfish suckers, they suck the glass and clean the gravel BIG time. i have one that is 3" and plays with my GF, every tank should have one,

goodluck with yours