I have one pygmy cory in a 36 gallon bowfront with 8 rasboras and 2 Bolivian rams.
The pygmy cory is very tiny. He also seems to be swimming constantly, zooming around in the fairly rapid current.
I am looking for other pygmy corydoras to keep him company as I know that he's a schooling fish. He was the last pygmy cory at Aquariums West when I bought him.
I'm worried about two things. The first is, can pygmy corydoras handle a current? I can't tell whether he's fighting the current or playing in it. He never sits. Maybe he thinks he'll be blown away?
The second is, the rasboras in the tank act like they are ravenous. They eat everything the instant that I put it into the tank and even the Bolivian rams, which are much bigger, have to pay attention in order to get anything.
I don't know whether the pygmy cory is getting enough food. I do put some bottom feeder pellets or wafers into the tank but he's not really the kind of fish that hangs around the bottom much. He also seems unable to catch micropellets that are rushing past him in a stream of water.
If you have experience with pygmy corydoras, I'd love to have your thoughts about how I can look after mine. I do have smaller, quieter tanks that I could move him to. But they are quite a bit smaller and, as I said, he's not a guy to sit around. He does like swimming room.
The pygmy cory is very tiny. He also seems to be swimming constantly, zooming around in the fairly rapid current.
I am looking for other pygmy corydoras to keep him company as I know that he's a schooling fish. He was the last pygmy cory at Aquariums West when I bought him.
I'm worried about two things. The first is, can pygmy corydoras handle a current? I can't tell whether he's fighting the current or playing in it. He never sits. Maybe he thinks he'll be blown away?
The second is, the rasboras in the tank act like they are ravenous. They eat everything the instant that I put it into the tank and even the Bolivian rams, which are much bigger, have to pay attention in order to get anything.
I don't know whether the pygmy cory is getting enough food. I do put some bottom feeder pellets or wafers into the tank but he's not really the kind of fish that hangs around the bottom much. He also seems unable to catch micropellets that are rushing past him in a stream of water.
If you have experience with pygmy corydoras, I'd love to have your thoughts about how I can look after mine. I do have smaller, quieter tanks that I could move him to. But they are quite a bit smaller and, as I said, he's not a guy to sit around. He does like swimming room.