Pygmy Cory's on the rocks

[TeeJay]

I was thinking of adding a group of pygmy Cory's to my 29gal guppy tank. My substrate is gravel. I have heard it's better to keep them on sand. Will they be ok on rocks or will it it hurt there barbels?

Edited May 24, 2022 by Uttjrt3

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

They will be fine- most gravel is not jagged. The only concern sometimes is if they try and dig around they could potentially hurt themselves- theoretically this could happen in any tank. If you want to do a little remodel- a friend of mine has a tank where they put a sand area then an incline into a gravel/rock area the Albino Cory she has are the biggest and happiest I've ever seen. But no, I wouldn't say sand is required. Maybe they just like sandboxes (natural urge to dig). Who wouldn't? 🙃

Edited May 23, 2022 by xXInkedPhoenixX

[CorydorasEthan]

On 5/23/2022 at 3:09 PM, Uttjrt3 said:

I was thinking of adding a group of pygmy Cory's to my 29gal guppy tank. My substrate is gravel. I have heard it's better to keep them on sand. Will they be ok on rocks or will it it hurt there barbels?

They should be fine on gravel. I've kept my cories on gravel with no trouble at all.

[BuzzDaddy21]

On 5/23/2022 at 5:10 PM, CorydorasEthan said:

I've kept my cories on gravel

I also use gravel with no problems, in fact have 12 more that should be here by Wed? going in another 40B with some Amano's. Neat little fish.  

[Flumpweesel]

My pygmy corys rarely touch the bottom they prefer the plants and other hardscape. Anyway I've had them with gravel for at least 5 years no issues

[Guppysnail]

My Pygmy do fine in standard big box gravel. They spawn and their barbels are fine. They do live plants though. 

[TeeJay]

On 5/23/2022 at 6:43 PM, Guppysnail said:

My Pygmy do fine in standard big box gravel. They spawn and their barbels are fine. They do live plants though. 

Oh yes I have about 10 live plants right now. Going to order at least another 5 this week.