Finally found some Pygmy Corydoras :)

When I first planned my 20 gal stock I wanted 10 Pygmy cories. But none of the lfs could get ahold of them. Finally someone on the other side of the island just got them in .

Originally I was gonna buy corydoras sterbaI for the 55 gallon but was told they hardly get them in the lfs. So when I heard the found pygmys I was stoked. Since the 9 corydoras trilineatus will be moving in to the 55 gallon and I was planning on putting the 10 pygmys in the 20 gallon will sharing tanks with 3 guppies. When the momma guppies get pregnant I'll move them to a separate tank to drop fry and move them back when they finish. So at one point there will only be 1 male guppy in the Pygmy tank.

My question is could I fit more Pygmy cories in my 20g? Or is ten good enough? Wanted to try my hand at breeding them.

 

If the only other fish are going to be the guppies you could double the number of pygmies, the more you have the more active they'll be.
Although pygmies don't tend to eat their eggs the guppies will if they find them, & any fry.

 

If the only other fish are going to be the guppies you could double the number of pygmies, the more you have the more active they'll be.
Although pygmies don't tend to eat their eggs the guppies will if they find them, & any fry.

Thanks! So another question would be. How many should I buy at a time?
It's a two hour drive and hardly go to that side of the island.

 

Have you got a quarantine tank or a fish safe tub that would serve as one?
If so I'd get them all at once as the Lfs is so far away & split them into two groups putting one group in the 20 & the other in the tub or Qt for a week or so, they don't have a large bioload so it wouldn't take your bacteria very long to adjust.

 

I got a qt tank 10g. Sweet I'll just grab them all. Thanks for all the help. I'm pretty stoked to grab these cories. They sell them for 1.99 each

 

That's a good price though you could try & do a deal as you're buying quite a few, it's always worth asking, don't forget the pics when they've settled in

 

I know I just looked online and saw them for $3. As for the pics I'll upload them when they're settled




And I think my trilineatus cories will be stoked on moving into the 55 gallon with my harlequin Rasboras (23 of them) and soon to be tank mates Bolivian Rams

 

He only had 15 and he squished one so I bought 14.

 

Decided to set up a 10 gallon for these little guys. Switched over my aquaclear 20 to the new 10 gallon and used sand sub.

 

 

How cute!

 

I love pygmy corys. They're little stinkers.

 

Aw, what adorable little guys!

 

Lost one last night his tail was pale compared to his body and wasn't moving to much.

 

Aw, I'm so sorry dear. :console:

 

I'm sorry for your loss hopefully all the others will do well for you.

 

Sorry for your loss.

 

I think he got hurt when the guy was catching them. Poor guy. On a lighter note I built a double stand for my 10 & 20.

 

This set up totally changed lol. Got rid of the ten gallon and grabbed a 20 long.

20 long has 12 Pygmy corydoras. I plan and getting more when my lfs gets them in. Ultimately I wanted to try my hand at breeding. Since on this side of the island kinda lacking variety of corydoras. So this 20 will only have 1 species and a couple of ghost shrimps.

20 tall has two female guppies with about 6 fry and a little colony of ghost shrimps. Gonna use this tank for guppy fry grow out.

Planning on getting another 20 long to put in my trilineatus corydoras in. They are ready to breed .

So when I finish the build I'll update with pics.