My First Fish

Looking good 

I'd never come across Corydoras loxozonus before so I had to go to planet catfish to look them up.



The lady at the shop is among the vast majority of shop workers who have never heard of or don't believe in fishless cycling. At least it wasn't Pets@Home or they wouldn't have let you buy more than 6 fish in total.

New fish day is always a good day!  I've had no problem buying fish in stores but I tell them it's an old tank established for six months.  Make sure you feed the tank rather than the fish in the meantime.  What I mean by that is put the amount of food in for what will be your total fish stock.  That way you'll avoid potential ammonia/nitrite spikes down the road from the bacteria reducing to your current fish load.  Those neon rainbows will look even better once they've grown a bit more.