Pygmy Cory
Scientific Name: Corydoras pygmaeus
Family: Callichthyidae, Sub-Family Corydoradinae
About the Pygmy Cory
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Catfish ...
The pygmy corydoras or pygmy catfish, Corydoras pygmaeus, is a tropical and freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family.
Pygmy Cory (corydoras pygmaeus)
This is one of the smallest cory species and is a mid-water swimmer. They like to rest on large leaved plants instead of on the substrate like most other corys.
Temp: 22-26C
pH: 6.5-7.5 ...
Pygmy Corydoras
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Corydoras pygmaeus
SYN: None
PD: The body is more elongated than C. hastatus . The body color is dirty white to beige and matches the color of the belly.
com> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 00:54:32 -0700 (PDT) > My thread-fin rainbows eat them, I'm sure my dwarf and pygmy corys >eat them as well, since the worms sink to the bottom and can stay alive >for a couple of days. Adult guppies eat them.
My Corydoras habrosus were sold to me as a pygmy corydoras, but when I actually researched them further I found that they were in fact Corydoras habrosus.
The tank is heavily planted and has a little school of pygmy corydoras, a school of rednose tetras, 2 flying foxes, 4 otocinclus and 4 apistogramma trifasciata.
All lively fish that stick to the upper half of the tank are also a good mix. Avoid, or at least limit, the number of active fish that feed from the bottom. A good catfish to keep with the smaller or pygmy Corydoras species.
At the smaller end of the tank scale, a 10 or 15 with a school of pygmy Corys is interesting, but for me these are a bit more delicate than the others mentioned, or perhaps they are unable to adapt to my less than ideal (for them) water parameters.
 See also: Aquarium, Fish, Corydoras, Pygmy Corydoras, Water
  
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