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Pygmy cories are insanely hardy fish. Survived a bacterial bloom, ph shift, low oxygen, etc. Never knew they were so resilient especially being a corydoras species.

I hear people keep saying "get at least 6" but in my experience their natural behaviour starts from a group of about 10. When they are in a bigger group they really thrive and come to the front of the tank, swimming in a school together. Magical to watch! My cory's don't hunt the baby shrimp, but to be fair, I spoil them with all kinds of live and frozen foods so they don't really need to ;).

I bought 8 for my 10G tank and fell in love with them! Their tiny wiggling bodies are so cut and they looks always happy! Thanks for this video, there is a lot on youtube about pandas and other Corys, but not a lot of the pygmy, and they are amazing!

There's no going wrong with Corys. They're such wonderful fish!

Aqua Huna has pygmy corys....I have a school of 20 I bought from them and they are doing super well. Probably my favorite freshwater fish. I cal them " Lilliputian professors "

Over the past year-and-a-half of the aquarium hobby and watching KZfaq. I haven't got to see a lot of fish firsthand, only in video... Last week I received a wonderful box from my friends at Foxie's Fishes and Peplin Creek Aquatics... They sent me Pygmy Cory's. Talk about a little fish that was love at first sight!! Not only are they adorable I love the way they swim almost like a regular "middle of the water column" fish ❤️😁😎 They also sent me cpd's, Daisy rice fish, Guppies and some mystery snails for some tank mates and everyone is doing so well and has made a beautiful community tank in a heavily planted Aquarium ❤️ Thank you so much for this video at the perfect time for me!! Super cool 😎 I hope you all are having an amazing weekend!! Thanks for sharing 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚

Actually the Pygmy Corys are my favorite Cory cat. Super cute, super lively Edit I have a female Betta in a 30l with some Pygmy Corys and a few ! Rasboras super peaceful gang

I purchased ten of these a month ago and absolutely love them. They are so cute how they wiggle. They really do camouflage well, and they remain motionless, then they meet up with one another and play. I have them in a tank with 5 espei rasbora and a sparkling gourami. A very fun little tank. Thanks for the spotlight.

Nice video. Jason, your voice is so calming when delivering wonderful detailed information:) I love the aquascape in the 55 G tank!! Thank you

Perfect timing for this one. I just got 9 of these guys last weekend.

I love mine. They are in our 55 as well. They are so fun to watch.

I’ve learned so much from you guys-thank you for your hard work. Your content is very informative and is presented in an interesting and engaging way that I appreciate very much.

My favorite bearded guy. Always happy to see you mate

Excellent species profile, loved watching the 55g there’s so much activity 🤩

Very informative, than you so much!

I love my pygmy cories. They’re adorable and fun to watch when the school around together. Then they surprise me by snoozing on a leaf!

Some cute fish! The smallest I could find in my area were panda corys I got 6 and they are a blast to watch! “First time Cory owner”

love pygmys have them with cardinal tetras and otos in a 15 gallon quite often see them swimming along side the tetras .Great little fish for a small tank .

The 55 gallon is beautiful. The aqua scape is nice and the fish are gorgeous.

Love your videos!

Love these guys, I have 4 in one of my shrimp tanks.

Pygmy corys are awesome. One of My favourite fish. I even managed to have a baby survive and they are tiny and so cute.

Great timing! I'm trying to pick some up at Aquashella. Super excited, and hopefully I see you guys there!

Thanks Jason. Lovely tanks

Adorable!

I initially bought 7 pygmys as tank mates for my honey guramis (they get along very well) by now, maybe 2 years later, I have a group of about 20 of them. I love them very much even though they are more on the shy side

I have 10 in my 40 gallon and 6 more in QT tank to join them. I absolutely love them. Mt panda corydoras had babies and the baby's hang out with the pygmy corydoras because they are the same size...so stinking cute 😍

Great video

They are just the cutest little things. Like. So freaking cute. I have 11 of them in a shrimp tank.

We have 5 of their cousins (Corydora Habrosus) in a heavily planted 10 gal. and we love them. Originally had 6 but one decided he wanted to see the outside world. Needless to say not a good outcome. Their tankmates are 3 Platy's, a Kuhli Loach (Mr. Whiskers), a Bumblebee Goby (Bee), A Mystery Snail (Sno) and a Japanese Trapdoor Snail (Skye). We feed them (in addition to foods mentioned) Repashy Bottom feeders and cut up Tubifex worms. Watching them play follow the leader across the tank is especially fun. All in all one of our favorite fish.

Pygmy Cory Cats aka Distinguished little gentleman. I have these in almost every tank because I love their personality so much!

Great video and information 🙂👍 I got some huge feather fin catfish gotta make a video on them lol

Awwww, so cute! I already have a group of otocinclus in my 10 gallon. It’s heavily planted, so I love trying to find them all. They don’t move around much, the hubby thinks they’re boring. Some of my oldest female cherry shrimp are as big as the otos LOL

I have 12 with 6 white cloud minnow and they shoal together. They hardly ever on the bottom of the tank. They also love to play in the bubbles of the air pump. Super cute.

My experience with my pygmy cories...They are a pretty hardy fish. I purchase wild caught. Some are a little rough looking but are troopers. I even had one with one eye. (One eyed Jack) It takes a while for them to settle in. Almost a year for them to be completely comfortable. They would scatter when I would approach the tank. Eventually, my F0s did have F1s but none survived. Another season came & went. They had more babies. Only one survived. I've noticed it's when the seasons change from summer to fall & she does not lay large batches of eggs. I never have seen the eggs but it's only a handful of fry. They are very difficult to see, about the size of grain of rice & blend very well with substrate. (pool sand) As for Bettas, I've had one male in with them that started out 'very sweet' and then turned into a monster, food aggressive. I did not keep him with them. I was afraid he was stressing them. I tried another Betta & he shows very little aggression. He'll even swim with them at times. As for shrimp, I do not recommend it if one is trying to build a colony. I just purchased RCS, waited 'patiently' for a month for the babies & only 3 were smart enough or lucky enough to survive. Pulled all the shrimps out. I have a twenty long pretty much dedicated to the little ones. I enjoy them & will be purchasing more. Due to them being wild caught the lifespan is shorter. It's difficult finding them at LFS so, I do unfortunately have to have them shipped. Aquabid is my main source but have purchased them on Ebay.

Fantastic that you're doing a video on these fellas! I just got half a dozen for my 14 gallon cube aquarium with my betta the other day and they seem to LOVE it! There haven't been any issues so far, Cosmo hasn't even noticed them, but there was an issue with the LFS itself... they didn't have enough in stock, I got the last six! And they were all different sizes and ages (though all still pygmies, just, some were adults) so there's like two adults, two half-grown ones and two juveniles... doesn't seem to be an issue so far and they're schooling fine, didn't seem to upset them in quarantine either... but do you forsee any issues down the road?

Corydoras are my favorite aquarium fish, I have 35 total but spread out over 9 different species types. My 55 gallon community tank has 5 orange venezuelan and 8 black venezuelan Corydoras with some kuhli loaches.. this tank I'm learning that Corydoras love to lay eggs in the current, the in tank filter I set up to run the length of the tank to try and simulate a river type of flow through the tank. It was a style I watched my dad use on his tanks growing up, instead of the hang on back, try hanging it on the side if you have long tank, it creates a more natural circular flow pattern in the tank in my opinion and experience doing it... my 40 gallon Cory tank is my experiment tank, where I have a bunch mixed together, sterbai, false Julie, skunk, panda, similus, leucomelas ( black fin/ false spotted) all in small groups of 4 to 5, the skunks and panda's had a rough start and are down to 3 each. But overall it's been interesting watching them interacting with each other. I'd compare it to cousins at a picnic.. they all do their own individual things, but every so often they get in mixed groups and act like Corydoras do, dancing and doing their schooling behavior.. they are like little sweepers on sand substrate keeping everything nice and clean looking with all the junk swept into a pile or corner.. I'd highly recommend Corydoras for anyone with a community tank, there's so many different species of them in so many different sizes and colors I guarantee you'll find one of them you will absolutely love to look at...

❤I love them they are so cute

These fishes are super cute i started out with four in my 10 gallon tank with a female betta and guppies and i will be having more since they bred and i have about 15 fry , 3 weeks old. Im excited.

I just saw these in a LFS, and I did not realize they were soooo tiny!! 😍 Too flipping adorable, I might die of cuteness overload 😍

I keep them with a male betta, 5 kinds of snails and shrimp. They are so friendly and sweet.

I need that fish tube shirt 💚

I have them in my planted 10-gallon shrimp tank. They are skittish when you approach the tank then swim up to you. They swim all over the tank. A great little fish. I use a terra cotta platter as feeding tray.

I put some pygmy cory cats in my 15 gallon tank with my b. spledens. He went after them the first day, I think he thought it was food at first or maybe he was curious. He really didn't pick at them. After that first day, he now just ignores them. They're really cute as they flit around like little birds.

Either I have to stop watching your videos or I'm going to have to move! Each time I watch, I want another tank! I'm out of room here. Now I'm gonna need a fish room! Thanks for the great information. I so enjoy your channel. 🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃

I have these guys with 6 ember tetra and 1 honey gourami. They're the cutest thing ever.

Great species profile! I always love seeing the 55, beautiful scape and stock.

I'm more interested in your Platies now I've seen them, love that black & yellow, never seen them in my shops before

That 55g is so colorful! Any chance of a short video breakdown of the stocking? I know they're fast movers but so many interesting looking fish i can't identify, would love the learn more.

they're like a little herd of humming birds. they just hover, sometimes mine rest on leaves, but they stick together. I tried with a full grown betta, it thought they were food, I put a baby betta in with them and no problems since

i got 9 ember tetra in with 7 pygmy corys and its my fav tank, i always find a few of the corys swimming in with the embers and compared to the bright red of the embers they stand out a lot

Nice fish,if I don’t get Killi fish at the swap these might be an alternative.

Great looking tank! What are the fish that have the shimmering blue towards the tail with white tips on the back tail?

I have 3 Cory cats with my betta. 10 G tank. Doing pretty good.

another great video :) I just got 10g tank, Im thinking to get pygmy corys and ember tetras.. I want them to live comfortably in tank so I don't know how many fish I should get.. every expert says different .. make me confuse... lol

Great info, and timely too since I somehow bought another aquarium, and am trying to decide what to put in it. What is happening. Now I have four. Wait, what?

How fortuitous, l am planning buy a group this weekend.

Good Morning.

I know the focus is supposed to be the cories, but I kept my eyes on the blue tetras. I love that fish. Have yours spawned? Mine have but none have survived the community tank. Strongly considering a species only tank for them after we get moved. Spectacular, underrated fish.

I'd love a group of Cory's for when I get my 30 gallon set up!

I have a group of 15 in a 29 gallon, and I'm adding 6 platies after they are done quarantining. Anyway - I never see them eat. I do put some frozen shrimp food in there once in a while. I used to see them on pellets (sucking it off the snails mainly) but that doesn't happen anymore even when offered. Do they eat snail eggs? Would I have enough natural infusoria in my heavily planted tank? They seem very happy lazing around on top of leaves. I have sharper substrate, but they have a ton of smooth, large rocks, driftwood, and plants they can browse on and I never see them even really trying to get down into the substrate itself. I may eventually cap some areas off with black sand later. I'm not worried, since I can see they're happy, just more curious. Thanks!

I have a group of 7 pygmy corydoras in a 10 gallon with a Betta with no issues. They often swim in very close proximity to the Betta with no aggression. With that being said I believe the results will very depending on the Betta. So knowing this I strongly suggest you have an extra cycled or quarantine tank in case you see aggression and need to separate them. Example my other Betta Bugsy cannot be with anything not even a snail.

Great video. I have question how would you go about catching pygmy Cory's in a planted tank? Thanks for any help.

One of my favourite cories I just lost one of mine to red blotch disease have you ever had cases of it in your fish room and if so could you do a video on it

I have 2 in 55 gallon, I had 4 but the other 2 died from parasites within a few days of getting them. They are so cute, they almost always hang out together and surf along my driftwood. When they lose each other in the 55 they just stay in one of the bottom corners until they see each other again

Have been seeing these locally a lot, lately. Once I get my gudgeon fry moved, thinking of putting these in with a bit of something else.

I have a group of three in my 14 gallon cube with a betta, a clown pleco and a group of Khuli loaches. No problems with this particular betta but I imagine that could be an issue if you have an angry one. In my 75, I learned the hard way that they can not be kept with South American Bumblebee catfish. The little guy I had in there with a mix of different cories was eaten, and then the Bumblebee died as well (I assume due to the spines). *edit Oh, and I have a Siamese Algea Eater in there too after his two brothers/sisters were consumed over night by the remaining group of Bumblebees. Those little guys may not come out often, but they are far more Predatory than I had guessed.

I LOVE pygmy corys, I'm bummed I can never find them in my area

Mine starting schooling with my guppies right away.

I've got 6 in a 10gal for a month and I have seen 4-5 about once a day but the 6th one keeps hiding oh well 👍 thanks

I had 2 corys. They both just died at the same time after I started dosing small doses of flourish excel for my plants. All my other fish, shrimp, and snails seem to be doing fine but for some reason the catfish didn't make it.

I have 7 in my 70l tank with a betta and 13 cherry shrimp they like to school in the middle of the tank lol

I love them. I just can't keep them alive. I started with 5 habrosus and slowly lost 2, replaced them, then lost 4 more after a few months. I only have 1 left I put in another tank with my sterbai and he's doing great.

Nice setup you got there. I have one question to ask since I have collect Native fish. Ozark minnows Shiner minnows Darters Western mosquitoes 2 crawdad (claws removal/ less aggression) All came from the creek. My question is will all my native fish get along with Cory catfish?

i havent tried pygmy corries yet as i have not moved on with my panda corries haha...

Hi! I have a heavily planted 10 gallon with a betta 11 green neon tetras and 6 Pygmy Cories. Water quality is pristine due to the plants. I think they’d be more comfortable in a larger group. I’m not sure if I should increase the school to 8 or 10. Any advice?

What are those fluffy root floaters

Are other plecos like the mini snowball pleco safe to keep with pygmy corys and pea puffers?

Ordering some fish from flip Aquatics debating between the pigmy corydoras and chili raboras or otos for the 5 gallon planted tank

I put 5 of them in with my betta and he went after them for a half hour then gave up. Wasn’t able to catch them. I got a 20 long. Lots of plants rocks and driftwood.

Thanks! I was wondering about nano cats. How much are they? Where can I get bigger grain sand or crushed coral. I know aquarium Co op sells crushed coral, but it is to pricey for a small bag???

I'm hoping to put them in my heavily planted shrimp tank but most of the plants are rooted onto dragonstone. Do you think that would be too abrasive?

What is the fish with the purplish tail at 1:34?

Would 3 Molly 3 plattys 3 Cory’s and and 3 dwarf gourami be find for a 40 gallon if not what should I adjust?

Ive got 9 cory species right now, and today as soon as ups comes ill have 10...6 pygmies for my 15g white cloud/male betta tank. So super crushed flake for feeding? I have powder repashy community and soilent green. Can i just sprinkle some powder in there or should i give some prepared to a gel?

Would these be OK with my powder blue dwarf gourami and congo tetras?

Do you think a group of Pygmy shrimp would be ok in a 53gallon, 1 metre long tank with a group of Ruby Barbs or are Ruby Barbs too big for them? Ruby barbs grow to about 2.5 inches.' Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

I never see my pygmy cories. I have 8 of them in a moderately planted 10 gallon, they never swim mid water. I do have a few endlers in there with them hoping to bring out their personality, but the corys huddle up under the sponge filter pretty much all the time.

Guess what I learned about a guy who has had about 20 multi,s in a tote for over a year feeding, he said about once a week. I pick up this rescue tomorrow morning Sunday . Today I found a lowboy so I will build a rack and see if these guy's will be ok. I hope ? He said I can have it all, the fish shell's what sand he has everything . I have a 10gl diy sump That just came became available off one of me 75s I'm moving so let's see if I can save this group of fish

I have a 15-gallon and a male white opal betta. I'm hoping to get pygmy cories, but I keep getting mixed messages. How can I tell if my fish will get along?

We tried those with neons but didn't quite work out because the neons ended up dying

What temp for a tank with Pygmy coryadoras, gold mountain minnows with lots of plants?

I need help from. The aquarium community. My glass 180 measures 72x24x24. The plastic frame/bracing on the top and bottom cracked. I've googled so many site and sent countless emails from aquariumframes to chewy. Nobody makes the replacement this big. What can I do? Any recommendations? Does anyone have a mom and pop LFS that supplies them?

What type is the silver grey and blue fish schooling together

If I have a gravel substrate from petsmart will they be good in it?

Is sparkling gourami good

Are danios fine to keep with the Pygmys like leopard danios ?

Hello my name is Albert and I live in Crown Point Indiana just about 45 minutes south of Chicago. I want to start breeding guppies again so I’m getting 7 ten gallon, 2 twenty gallon, a 55 gallon, and a 75 gallon. The 75 is more for display but I could use it to breed fish. I have bred guppies before and was successful but I failed because I was a young teen at the time. I’m getting back into breeding guppies and I already bought some purple grass guppies. What strains sell well around Chicagoland and what should I breed in the 55 and the 75? Also what strains of guppies and shrimp are wanted around here? I wanna use all the smaller tanks for guppies, shrimp and guppy grass. Also what’s the best place to sell the fish? Thank you and have a great day.

What are these blue larger fish in the bigger tank ?