questions of confusion + new fish

[Sgooosh]

question: how do i care for julii cories? will they get along with anaeus cories/

basically something wierd happened
i wanted anaeus cories, but the guy there didnt really know so he gave me "sterbai cories" i did not pay attention. then turns out the sterbai cories were actually julii cories lol
anyway he still marked it as 3 usd
i also got a 24k dumbo gold platinum guppy for 3 usd, and a big ear dumbo guppy

more confusion because everything was supposed to be 4 usd, but then he marked everything down to 3.33

also got a very timid male pearl gourami

 

[Colin_T]

So the guy was either giving you nice discounts, or he didn't realise. Be grateful

All Corydoras are cared for in the same way. Sand substrate where possible. Lots of clean water and good food.

Yes the different species of Corydoras will hang out together, but they need to be in groups of their own kind so get at least 4 of each species, and preferably more of each.

 

[Sgooosh]

So the guy was either giving you nice discounts, or he didn't realise. Be grateful

All Corydoras are cared for in the same way. Sand substrate where possible. Lots of clean water and good food.

Yes the different species of Corydoras will hang out together, but they need to be in groups of their own kind so get at least 4 of each species, and preferably more of each.

yes, i am very grateful
next time i will try to get 3 more cories
but they might be rare since they werent selling juliis, i think the juliis got mixed in

 

[Colin_T]

don't tell them

 

[DoubleDutch]

And to make the list longer : They will actually be C.trilineatis. C.julii isn't in the trade.

 

[GaryE]

I had a book when I was a kid, an old 1940s aquarium book I found in my grandfather's back shed. It claimed there were only 4 Corydoras in the world - aeneus, paleatus, melanistius and julii. I think that's the period when the myth of the aquarium julii got started, even though the real julii species is a rare fish never seen in the hobby. If it's got the patterning, they sell it as julii, and as @DoubleDutch said, it's most likely trilineatus. I have seen so many cool Corys sold as 'julii' or 'false julii' that looking at them and trying to identify them could almost be a hobby in itself. Corydoras identification without knowledge of their place of origin is a bewildering pastime.

 

[DoubleDutch]

I had a book when I was a kid, an old 1940s aquarium book I found in my grandfather's back shed. It claimed there were only 4 Corydoras in the world - aeneus, paleatus, melanistius and julii. I think that's the period when the myth of the aquarium julii got started, even though the real julii species is a rare fish never seen in the hobby. If it's got the patterning, they sell it as julii, and as @DoubleDutch said, it's most likely trilineatus. I have seen so many cool Corys sold as 'julii' or 'false julii' that looking at them and trying to identify them could almost be a hobby in itself. Corydoras identification without knowledge of their place of origin is a bewildering pastime.

Definitely especially the spotted ones (with several appearances in the same species) are a "hobby" itself hahahaha.

That isn't the case with C.julii and C.trilineatus. In the common trade and shops there are 0,0 julii available.
This is quite a ridiculous misnaming of which I the cause really don't know.

 

[emeraldking]

That isn't the case with C.julii and C.trilineatus. In the common trade and shops there are 0,0 julii available.
This is quite a ridiculous misnaming of which I the cause really don't know.

Oh, but there are way more fish mislabeled in the commercial trade... But are you also aware that a lot of wholesalers make up different names for fish? And then they call themselves specialists of ornamental tropical fish. It's quite ironic, tbh...

 

[DoubleDutch]

Oh, but there are way more fish mislabeled in the commercial trade... But are you also aware that a lot of wholesalers make up different names for fish? And then they call themselves specialists of ornamental tropical fish. It's quite ironic, tbh...

I know but the mix up between these two is a world wide thing. Very weird to me when 100% in the trade are C.trilineatus but 90% of those are called C.julii.

Several Corys are sold as C.punctatus ("spotted") or C.blochi (cause it sounds like blodged) .

 

[Sgooosh]

And to make the list longer : They will actually be C.trilineatis. C.julii isn't in the trade.

Yes i know
Why is julii no longer/ not in the trade?

 

[Sgooosh]

Oh yeah another time i wanted to get green but at petsmart they got green mixed up with emerald

 

[DoubleDutch]

Yes i know
Why is julii no longer/ not in the trade?

They seem to originate from an aerea where only a few fish are commercially caught.

Same as C.punctatus, which live in a protected aerea (nature reserve) in Surinam.

Plus C.trilineatus are bred by the thousands nowadays.

 

[itiwhetu]

Just let them all be called C. Julii, and then everyone will think they have a rare fish and will be able to tell stories to their friends about them over a bottle of wine. It really doesn't matter whether it is C. Julii or C. trilineatis does it, who really cares. If you want to call your fish a Julii catfish, go for it.

 

[Sgooosh]

Just let them all be called C. Julii, and then everyone will think they have a rare fish and will be able to tell stories to their friends about them over a bottle of wine. It really doesn't matter whether it is C. Julii or C. trilineatis does it, who really cares. If you want to call your fish a Julii catfish, go for it.

they are still lovely funny little fish