fish_r_friend

today i got 2 spoted cory cats il post pics soon

atmmachine816

congratulations you do know they like to be in groups right

EmpPleco

It might be wise to add one more (but no more than one) because they do prefer groups of 3 or more. But with that pleco in there, it kind of takes up a lot of space

fish_r_friend

yep i plan to get another as soon as i can find a home for my pleco after doing more research the Cory's scientific name is corydoras trilineatusor common name tri-lined Cory's

EmpPleco

Well Good Luck! If you have a good LFS, You could probably sell him there or even trade him in for a couple more cories and maybe some food/plants, etc. I'm sure he's worth at least 60 dollars

fish_r_friend

lol hes not even 4 inches and its a common pleco

EmpPleco

wow thats weird, I have a mini emp pleco and he's five inches long! Maybe since he is not that big, they will offer you less for him, but just because he's small doesn't mean it changes the value of what he's worth -- he will still get that big

fish_r_friend

and i paid a doller for him

EmpPleco

a dollar at the lfs?? i paid 20 for my mini at 2 inches!

fish_r_friend

your pleco is a emperor pleco

EmpPleco

yea...

Jon

common plecos are like 2 bucks at most places ive seen

fish_r_friend

yeah the small ones but the bigger one cost 5+

EmpPleco

common plecos cost 75 buckaroonis at my LFS

fish_r_friend

well that weird?and yes i got mine at my lfs on sale from 1.99

EmpPleco

wow -- im surprised!! well anywho -- forget my advice then!! i don't know what to say lol

fish_r_friend

theres a pic in the gallary

newbie101

$75!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy **** what the--WOW!
They are like $2 at petsmart, petco, and my LFS...
Yikes! Is that in some foreign currency?

EmpPleco

I recently went back to LFS, and they have the smaller ones like 5" long (the common plec babies) for 25 dollars. But the ones that are already like 13" long are $75.00

LOL ... no USA MOOLAH !

newbie101

hoooly wombats that is crazy! I hope you didn't get one there!

vin

Geez!! $2.50 is the most I've seen them for.....They practically give them away.......

Jon

Actually not to be picky but the cories you have are called- Corydoras trilineatus, not corydoras trilineatusor

just if you look them up you might get better results with Corydoras trilineatus.... I have the same cories ... 2 of em as well... now that i no longer have a gourami i might get another one next time im at my lfs... They are very cool looking... the only wierd thing is there is almost no variety within the species... i mean with gouramis and guppies and lots and lots of fish you get little differences like different colors or patterns but like every single one of these buggers ive seen has been exactly the same lol

Gl with yours there cool fish

fish_r_friend

thanks for finding my error

newbie101

He just forgot to put the space. It was "...Corydoras trilineatus or the common name..."
See?
:P