I was about to try to go to bed after one last feeding for the fish, but now it’s a delay for lights out time so I can watch the new fish for a while longer.
The newest ones in this case aren’t the last batch of corys I brought home, but some new Endler babies I didn’t see a few hours ago š
I could tell there should be some before long, but this is sooner than I really expected with no fatter than the females are. These do have a slimmer body type than most of their female guppy cousins, though, apparently even when they’re ready to drop fry. Haven’t kept the Enders before, to compare.
Stills really were not working that well, especially with a phone camera and the Endlers zipping around like they do.
But, hereās a short video of the new fish trying to get settled into quarantine, after the lights went on earlier. It didnāt want to upload straight over here again, explaining the delay.
(Complete with ugly old substrate I probably should have replaced when I redid the tank recently, but that was more hassle than I wanted right then. It looked better to me when I set the tank up in 2005, thatās for sure. Plus loads of drip marks on the glass, because London liquid chalk.)
What I came home with today:
ā¢ 3 more bronze corys, which look miniscule compared to the Grumpy Old Bronze Lady fish theyāre eventually intended to keep company.
ā¢ 3 tiny āVenezuela Blackā corys, because they were so cute and seemed in great shape. (Spoiler: Theyāre no connection to the actual Corydoras venezuelanus, but a color variation of C. schultzei bred in Germany. Gotta love common trade names š Cuties regardless.)
ā¢ Two pairs of the impulse Endlerās livebearers, because I really like livebearers and havenāt kept those yet. (More like Approximately Endlers, but hey.) I considered trying to get all males instead of an endless supply with obviously already gravid females too, but they only had pricing for pairs listed. That was more an excuse than anything else, and worst case some LFS would probably be happy for any overflow later.
For scale: the colorful male Endlers are maybe an inch long. Those are definitely still little baby corys with a lot of growing to do.
The LFS didnāt have any C. trilineatus like I was hoping to get more of, but so far I really like the black ones. Hoping the remaining C. trilineatus here will be happy enough to shoal with them anyway. *fingers crossed* But, they seemed fine trying to hang out with the bronze ones, itās just Grumpy Old Bronze Lady who wanted very little to do with them.
I didnāt want to put too many fish into that 60L/15G tank repurposed for quarantine starting out. Plus the corys were priced in trios, and 6 of each seemed like a bit much right now. If we need more corys to get a happy shoal going, I can go back after more later. That would be a terrible shame š
Letting them all get settled in without me staring at them while I try to get supper together, and then they can have a feeding too. May try to get some more video then.
āThat weirdo keeps staring at us!ā
Before and after they went into the quarantine tank, with the lights still off.
I accidentally let the bags tip over to stress them more just before they got to come out š¦ But, they all seem to be settling in fine so far *fingers crossed*
Those were the best still shots I could get, especially with the lights off. So I gave up on that.
I think Iāve crashed from the adrenaline bullshit enough to get some sleep soon.
In slightly better news, Iām hoping to finally get out later to one local fish store, and try to bring home some more cory cats to keep the existing ones company. After they get out of quarantine, at least.
The bedroom tank should be good to go for that, after a water change and adding a heater earlier. Just need to put some more biomedia in the filter, to handle the fish load. Itās plants and snails only right now, so I donāt trust the filter to keep up without that. Better not to do that much in advance, though.
I did consider earlier that maybe I should hold off on getting more corys (or fish at all), after that bit of news. But, these really do need the company, and theyāve already had to wait too long. Whatever may end up happening there, it wonāt be soon. And I can deal with it then.
Update: I didnāt make it out yesterday, but just got home from one LFS with some (tiny) corys and impulse-bought Endlers š
Which are probably guppy hybrids, but most Endlers in captivity are by now. Very cute regardless, and Iād been thinking about trying some for a while. Should also make good, low maintenance dither fish for the nervous corys. Hoping getting the existing ones more to shoal with again will help, though.
Itās a bank holiday, so Mr. C tagged along. Not his idea of a thrilling trip out, but I asked anyway. Glad for the company, and he volunteered to help carry them home since I had a cane.
I think Iāve crashed from the adrenaline bullshit enough to get some sleep soon.
In slightly better news, Iām hoping to finally get out later to one local fish store, and try to bring home some more cory cats to keep the existing ones company. After they get out of quarantine, at least.
The bedroom tank should be good to go for that, after a water change and adding a heater earlier. Just need to put some more biomedia in the filter, to handle the fish load. Itās plants and snails only right now, so I donāt trust the filter to keep up without that. Better not to do that much in advance, though.
I did consider earlier that maybe I should hold off on getting more corys (or fish at all), after that bit of news. But, these really do need the company, and theyāve already had to wait too long. Whatever may end up happening there, it wonāt be soon. And I can deal with it then.
19th century sketches of fishes from the seas surroundingĀ China and Japan.Ā
The fish in the top image (the drawing clearly has taken some inspiration from the Chinese dragons) belongs to the stargazer family. Stargazers have their eyes and mouths on top of their heads. As the stargazers bury in the bottom of the sea, the top facing mouth and eyes allows them to ambush the prey quickly and unnoticed. This particular stargazer drawn here belongs toĀ Uranoscopus genera, which is also capable of producing electric shocks.Ā
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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