Corydoras pigmaeus
Sept 16, 2018 16:16:18 GMT -5
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Post by gabor129 on Sept 16, 2018 16:16:18 GMT -5
About a year ago I purchased 20 Pygmy Corys from Pet Paradise in London. At the time I just stuck them in with some cherry shrimp and a dozen green neon tetras in a 10 gallon tank.
To my surprise I did not see any of these little guys perish over the next while! I was expecting at least 30% loss as I had no clue how to take care of them! As I learned more about keeping cories, I realized that unknowingly I actually put them in a tank that they should thrive in. This tank had used pool filler sand as a substrate, which was perfect, as well as they had very docile tank mates. One thing I noticed is that every time I tried to feed flake food, most of it got eaten by the neons, and the sinking food was gobbled up by the shrimp! So I either had to over feed the tank for everyone to eat, or feed several times smaller amounts back to back with different foods!
Well over the next year or so, the neons grew substantially, and the shrimp colony quadrupled. I noticed the Pygmy Corys did not come out from hiding even at feeding time. Except when the neons would be spawning, then all the corys feasted!
Also I noticed that there is no spawning behaviour from the corys! Than one day I see a single Cory fry swimming in the middle of the tank!
At that time I decided to try to spawn these cute little fish. And today I set up a tank to do just that!
Pulled out 12 corydoras pygmaeus from the 10 gallon tank, and set up a 20 gallon long tank for them to breed in! 1/4” pool filter sand covers half of the bottom. The other half bare bottom. A piece of spider wood to hold some subwassertang, a couple of river rocks with anubias nana, and needle leaf java fern for spawning sites! And a piece of iron wood to add tannin to the water.
Water at the moment is about 3/4 tap, and 1/4 rain water. For the next week or so I will do one gallon daily water changes with rain water. The filtration is a matten filter, and the water level is lowered in the tank so the return water drops in creating rain effect, along with more oxygenation of the water! The temperature of the water is 78 at the moment!
Also for the next week or so I’m planning to feed micro worms, small white worms, vinegar eels, frozen daphnia, and frozen baby brine shrimp. Hopefully this will condition the fish for breeding!
This is my first attempt to actually make an effort to breed a certain fish! Hopefully it is the first of many, specially if I’m successful with the corys!
Please add your comments bellow if you think I should change, or add something more to the setup!
To my surprise I did not see any of these little guys perish over the next while! I was expecting at least 30% loss as I had no clue how to take care of them! As I learned more about keeping cories, I realized that unknowingly I actually put them in a tank that they should thrive in. This tank had used pool filler sand as a substrate, which was perfect, as well as they had very docile tank mates. One thing I noticed is that every time I tried to feed flake food, most of it got eaten by the neons, and the sinking food was gobbled up by the shrimp! So I either had to over feed the tank for everyone to eat, or feed several times smaller amounts back to back with different foods!
Well over the next year or so, the neons grew substantially, and the shrimp colony quadrupled. I noticed the Pygmy Corys did not come out from hiding even at feeding time. Except when the neons would be spawning, then all the corys feasted!
Also I noticed that there is no spawning behaviour from the corys! Than one day I see a single Cory fry swimming in the middle of the tank!
At that time I decided to try to spawn these cute little fish. And today I set up a tank to do just that!
Pulled out 12 corydoras pygmaeus from the 10 gallon tank, and set up a 20 gallon long tank for them to breed in! 1/4” pool filter sand covers half of the bottom. The other half bare bottom. A piece of spider wood to hold some subwassertang, a couple of river rocks with anubias nana, and needle leaf java fern for spawning sites! And a piece of iron wood to add tannin to the water.
Water at the moment is about 3/4 tap, and 1/4 rain water. For the next week or so I will do one gallon daily water changes with rain water. The filtration is a matten filter, and the water level is lowered in the tank so the return water drops in creating rain effect, along with more oxygenation of the water! The temperature of the water is 78 at the moment!
Also for the next week or so I’m planning to feed micro worms, small white worms, vinegar eels, frozen daphnia, and frozen baby brine shrimp. Hopefully this will condition the fish for breeding!
This is my first attempt to actually make an effort to breed a certain fish! Hopefully it is the first of many, specially if I’m successful with the corys!
Please add your comments bellow if you think I should change, or add something more to the setup!