Fishy Planning!

EmilyC

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I have a 65l tank that is nearly (fingers crossed!) done cycling :good: and I'm trying to plan what to put in it. I've already got a 30l biorb, so I'm going to be re-homing all my current fishy to their new home.... Unfortuntely my LFS isn't great at naming all the fish and sold me a few Corys as "mystery fish!" :rolleyes: So I could do with some help in identifying exactly what it is that I have before I start planning to get new ones!!

Please excuse the not so great pictures, biorbs are stupidly tricky to photograph well.

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Mystery fish number 1

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Slightly better view of mystery fish number 1

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Cory... just not sure what, mystery fish number 2

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Again another cory and not sure what type... mystery fish number 3

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Little trickery here, I know that my tetras are Cardinal Tetras, I think the fish in the middle is a chain loach (?), it's the same one who is in the first picture. It's the two suckerfish I'm trying to identify so I'll call them mystery fish number 4!

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Slighly different view of mystery fish 4
 
1 = Corydoras paleatus (peppered cory)
2 = Corydoras trilineatus (not Julli - they have spots rather than squiggles)
3 = Corydoras sterbai
4 - sorry I don't know
 
4th look like otto cats

I'd agree with that. Do they spend most of the time "stuck" to the glass or plants?

Search for "Otocinclus" on an image search engine like google.

YES!!! that's them :flowers:

Awesome... thanks everyone. It's nice to know what I have :blush:

I went to my LFS shop today and have fallen in love with a pair of beautiful gold ballon rams :wub: They're soooooooooo pretty... does anyone have any? I spoke to a lovely guy there and he said they should be suitable for my tank, so hoping to get them once my tank is done cycling. As of this morning it is processing nitrites to 0 in 17 hours... so close!!!

I'm also looking at some new tetras to go with my cardinals, any suggestions?
 

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