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Wandered over to Suthin Joisey (did I say it right?) today (didn't realize Children of the Corn were real) and made out like a big dog. Four Corydoas 'super' arcuatus (WOOF!), five juvenile KK platinum blue angels (WOOF-WOOF!), a couple strains of fancy guppies (MEOW - groaning aside these are pretty amazing), and the creme de la creme, a pair of Scleromystax macropterus (AARROOOOOOOOOOOUU!). For the unenlightened, this is merely and probably the rarest and most unobtainable known Corydoras-type species on the planet given that Brazil banned export of this species many years ago.
Hail!Hail! to my benefactor, one Frank Falcone (a.k.a. "Coryologist" and soon to be 'Guppyman") who in condensing his fish room of 20+ years allowed me to abscond with some of his by my way of thinking most exalted acquisitions. In deciding to focus on devoting himself to just doing what he loves, Frank pared down the number of species he keeps and has poured the extra time and energy thus available into overhauling his fishroom. It was always amazing but now it's sort of 'singing in that during the four hours I was there I think five different species of uncommon to rare Corydoras laid eggs - just another day at the office, eh?
Anyway, I'm stoked, more so as it was 20 years ago that I got it in my head that I really wanted a shot at spawning macropterus (granted I did take about a 15 year hiatus from the hobby/lifestyle/obsession in there) and almost that long for the super arcuatus. Already had/have 4 of the latter but a school of 8 is about 10 times cooler (and hopefully fecund) than just four.
Alright, so maybe you don't have this strain of the/our common malady/disease/affliction, but you probably know what it's like to have a long-term 'Jones' satisfied. Times two (almost three with the angels).
Well that was today. Now if you'll pardon me, I have to go scheme about fomenting some historic-if-it-occurs piscine copulation, or a reasonable facsimile thereof (Corydoras owners will understand).
"May all your dreams be wet". — Frontispiece quotation, Volumes I-XX, Encyclopedia Aquatica
(Maybe we could do CCA/ACA t-shirts that say this?)
Hail!Hail! to my benefactor, one Frank Falcone (a.k.a. "Coryologist" and soon to be 'Guppyman") who in condensing his fish room of 20+ years allowed me to abscond with some of his by my way of thinking most exalted acquisitions. In deciding to focus on devoting himself to just doing what he loves, Frank pared down the number of species he keeps and has poured the extra time and energy thus available into overhauling his fishroom. It was always amazing but now it's sort of 'singing in that during the four hours I was there I think five different species of uncommon to rare Corydoras laid eggs - just another day at the office, eh?
Anyway, I'm stoked, more so as it was 20 years ago that I got it in my head that I really wanted a shot at spawning macropterus (granted I did take about a 15 year hiatus from the hobby/lifestyle/obsession in there) and almost that long for the super arcuatus. Already had/have 4 of the latter but a school of 8 is about 10 times cooler (and hopefully fecund) than just four.
Alright, so maybe you don't have this strain of the/our common malady/disease/affliction, but you probably know what it's like to have a long-term 'Jones' satisfied. Times two (almost three with the angels).
Well that was today. Now if you'll pardon me, I have to go scheme about fomenting some historic-if-it-occurs piscine copulation, or a reasonable facsimile thereof (Corydoras owners will understand).
"May all your dreams be wet". — Frontispiece quotation, Volumes I-XX, Encyclopedia Aquatica
(Maybe we could do CCA/ACA t-shirts that say this?)
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