CorydorasEthan

I am unable to get Maracyn are there any other products that work the same?

Yeah he's been eating. Picture taken as he was foraging for food in the plants. Thanks! Should I treat the whole tank? The only other tank that I have available for quarantine is a 5 gallon bucket. Also, if I do move him, will it stress him out?

I do not know if they are wild caught. They've been in the tank for almost a year now, with no problems.

No not that I have noticed.

I noticed a red spot on one of my pygmy cory's underside. It is acting normally, but I am concerned it might be a disease of some sort. I read somewhere that it's an infection, but don't know what to do about it. Any ideas? Thanks. Parameters seem to be as follows: - 75 GH - 75 Nitrate - 0 Nitrite - 0 Cl - 0 Carbonate - 6.4 ph

I noticed a red spot on one of my pygmy cory's underside. It is acting normally, but I am concerned it might be a disease of some sort. I read somewhere that it's an infection, but don't know what to do about it. Any ideas? Thanks.

Just got three more otocinclus from one of my pet stores.

Hey there! I'm a cory nerm too. Looking forward to watching your projects progress!

Hey there again, time for another update: The gourami is still doing great! I have noticed him chase some of the very small guppies (though he is too slow to catch them), so I will keep an eye out on his behavior. Otherwise, no updates for the 29 gallon except for an abundance of assassin snails. I also think I found the reason why my cories aren't breeding. I think it is because (at least in the case of the paleatus cories) that they are all from the same family (the dad and then his children, as the mom passed already) and don't/can't interbreed. Do you think adding another member to their group might help? Another reason might be because there are too many fish in the tank and they feel like it is too crowded/risky to lay eggs (same goes for the aeneus cories, who did once lay eggs but it was right before I came home so they were all eaten up by guppies and assassin snails when I got there, I'm still pretty mad about that!). The only solution to this problem would be to get rid of more guppies, whose population keeps coming back after I sell a bunch. For my 10 gallon, it is doing fine, though the original mother-of-all-guppies just passed yesterday. I am still going to try to get rid of the flying fox, but I am still debating on how to go about doing this, which I'll explain in a separate post. I plan on sticking to guppies in here, but might try some cories, I'm thinking maybe juliis or pandas (unfortunately not to breed, because of the abundance of assassin snails in this tank). Finally, we have a spare 5 gallon aquarium with only a nerite snail in it. We plan on getting a few white cloud mountain minnows to start breeding in here. Is this a good idea? Would this tank be too small? Thanks for reading!

So you're saying Pepper the cat is actually a peppered cory cat?

Haha same here!

Sorry for the late response. Although I haven't bred pygmy cories, nor similar species, I have read on how to go about doing so. I found that if you keep them in a species-only tank, and use the traditional "cooler-water change" method, they will breed by themselves. They also won't eat eggs or fry I heard, provided that there is some plants or moss for the babies to hide in.

Thanks! I really like the way it looks too! I am going for the effect of every bit of wood covered in the Java fern to give it a bushy and heavily planted effect. In fact, I just added a Java fern plantlet to the little hole in the top, with the roots going through the hole to keep in it. It doesn't show up very well in the video, but it is there! I'm excited to see how it turns out.

Yep!

No pygmy cories don't leap out, they only dart to the surface. But if you wanted lowering the water level would certainly not hurt.

Are you doing a planted Amazon rainforest kind of tank? That would certainly fit the theme of the fish you are choosing! Anyways, I would recommend 12 cories (as @James Black said), as they will probably be the most active this way without overcrowding the "forest floor". For the cardinals, I would get like 15 since they are pretty small - you can fit a lot of tiny fish into a 29 gallon, provided that there is plenty of filtration and live plants. I personally would forgo the angelfish since they are so big, and instead opt for a Bolivian ram or some other small South American cichlid. Apistogramma species might also work fine, as well as keyhole cichlids or festivum cichlids. Of course, if you planned on upgrading tank size later, it would probably be okay to house the juvenile angelfish there for now. If you weren't going for a South American theme, some other centerpiece options include dwarf, honey, and pearl gourami, all of which look amazing in any planted tank, and they're pretty peaceful as well. Both @James Black and @Odd Duck make some great points, but I've had only limited experience with plecos, so I cannot say for sure which of the two I would pick. Instead, I personally would recommend the Otocinclus catfish, since they are like tiny, non-aggressive plecos that will clean the tank even more efficiently. I would recommend a school of around 5 or 6 since they are social fish (like cories). I hope this helps! I look forward to seeing how this one turns out!

UPDATE: I made a cool little hut out of a coconut shell to put in the tank. The peppered cories seem to like it.

In my opinion, a hillstream loach would be too big for a 5 gallon aquarium. I would say 3 or 4 more pygmy cories would be the better option.

I'm sorry for your loss. It's always hard losing a pet. (Sorry for the late response as well)

Gourami gleaming in the natural sunlight hitting the tank at the time of the picture.

Yep female cories grow way bigger than the males!

Sounds great! I've always wanted upside down catfish, but there is simply not enough space in my community aquarium. It is already pretty crowded with cories and guppies! Anyways, yeah I think this is a great idea. If you wanted to, you could probably do smaller species along with the upside down Synodontis or the wood cats. I would recommend maybe pandas, metaes, adolfois, or habrosus maybe. Pygmaeus and hastatus might work as well, just moniter them closely if you do pick them. I've sought after Corydoras elegans for the longest of time, but still haven't found any! They are my favorite Corydoras in terms of patterning. The reason yours are smaller is because Corydoras elegans are actually smaller than most cories. I think 2 inches max? Maybe smaller. I hope this helps!

Just moved my pearl gourami into the 29 gallon. Look at those colors and fins! I love the way he shines in the natural sunlight.

Sorry to sound like a broken record, but more Corydoras catfish! They work with pretty much any peaceful community fish, even the smallest ones! They are really cute and there are so many different species to choose from, so you will have a much different experience with one species than you have with another. Also have plenty of personality! Bronze and peppered cories: More peppered cories: Pygmy cories, they hover midwater, and are super tiny. A great new one to try for a new experience: Watch them school! (older video, sorry) Of course, Otocinclus catfish are not bad options too: As other members mentioned above, Synodontis catfish (like @H.K.Luterman's Pooka) and fancy plecos are great ideas for that tank too. I hope this helps! I'm looking forward to seeing how the tank turns out!

I've had this experience with my SAE's too. They always nip and chase my cories away. I've found that just time, patience, and feeding plenty of food at once helps. I would recommend feeding when the lights are out if you had cories, but I don't think this will work for otos, since they are also daytime feeders.