1. new rack. Less vibrations,
2. minimum trimming and aquascaping
3. A female betta. She eats the food I hold in my fingers.
4. A new place in the house. No ppl walk by the aquarium now.

Now I know my fish are healthy and have no stress.

Its months since flashing has stopped. Esha exit and 2000 medication didnt stop the problem. I decided to improve conditions. I removed the aquarium to a better place (less movement of people and a more stable rack), I use api stress coat once a month and I completely stopped messing with ...

Thank you so much. I really hope everything goes well!

Esha treatment is accepted really well here. Fish show no signs of stress. I wish I have good results too. In case thing dont work for me, its nice to hear that theres an effective and safe alternative.

An update and a few questions. Little black critters seem to been the harmless springtail. Once the flashing issue is dealt properly, I will try adding a upper zone fish. I have removed salt after a few small water changes. Fish felt better. I tried a 3 day esha exit medication. Fish look more ...

Thank you for your answer tetranerd I was doing small water changes because I read that c. pygmeaus is very sensitive to pop eye disease. Right now I think the presence of salt scares me to do anything extreme. What % would advise me to do keep for long term maintenance? These are the latest ...

Does anybody know a wide range ectoparasite medication that is safe for corydoras?

Thanks

Thanks for the reply Darrel. You made 4 comments so my answers will be numbered according to them. 1. Lets say its contamination of water or a sudden drop of pH. Is there something I can do? How can I heal the irritation caused by it?. 2. It cant be seed shrimp. S shrimps are quite active. These new ...

Sorry. Too much tension. I hope now its easier to read 1. Water parameters a) Temperature range 23 celsius b) pH 6.5 c) GH 3 d) KH 2.5 e) Conductivity or TDS (if GH and KH aren't provided) f) Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite levels NH4=0, NO2=0 ans NO3=7.5 g) Water change frequency weekly 15% h) "Routine ...

hello I have a 50 tank aquarium and I have been keeping a school of 10 pygmaeus for over a year. Its been a few days since I have noticed my fish scratching against leaves and flash. They dont seem to have any other signs of sickness. I also noticed some black round critters probably looking very ...

today I saw all 6 together. They look much happier today. Their behavior looks typical pygmaeus (or dwarf cory) as you described. Thanks to your informations and advises I feel much more confident. Thank you.

I tried grindals but they showed not interest. MaybeI will just try to contact my LFS. I quess he could info me about what type of food their breeder uses. Its crazy they rather forage leaves than eat frozen bloodworms... uffff swimming slowly or fast can be good or bad. Only an experience eye can ...

Hi all, The fewer the plants the more fish were joining the school. I left them stay in the bare tank and they were 90% swimming 10% laying. They dint seem to b afraid of me when they were all 6 together. That is a stress response. When the fish are happy, and in a non-stressful situation, they ...

Today I changed the substrate. I started by removing gradually all the plants. The fewer the plants the more fish were joining the school. I left them stay in the bare tank and they were 90% swimming 10% laying. They dint seem to b afraid of me when they were all 6 together.

Right now ending up with an inmature is what concerns the most. I trying to find as much info as possible.

2nd biggest concern is that if corys are truly stressed and afraid of me, they are really going have to have a lot of pressure...

Thanks again. I wish your project goes well. I ve changed the decoration and things look a bit better. I ve opened up so room for the feeding area so it would be less crowded. I changed position a piece sponge I keep to stock biology for the substrate change im planning. It keeps moving and propably ...

Thanks for all info. Q: is this what you mean when you say dither fish? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dither_fish . It says something about tetras too. So far shrimp and shrimp babies are completely fine. Actually its the shrimps that harass the cory. During feeding time corys used to lay on the ...

An update and 2 questions. My aquarium now has 6 beautiful pygmy corys. I removed quickly the guppies after some attacks and went for iriatherina. My male was very aggressive I charged myself with courage and become a catfish owner and give the rainbot couple away. I kept gravel and covered 1 remain ...

Thank you for your answers. Pygmys not going after seed shrimp is a big drawback. At the moment Im trying to soften the water and I temporarily added a dozen of baby guppies to keep the population controled. I think their polulation is not eliminated because they all vanished within 20 mins after ...

Thank you for all the informations.
I read in the fish profiles section (e-catalog) that corydoras pygmaeus can also be housed in a gravel substrate tank. I could have removed the rock or cover it with moss if needed but im too rookie to think of changing the substrate anyhow.

Hello, I am not a catfish owner. Atm I have a cherry shrimp / Ramhorns snail tank. My tank is now full of seed shrimp and cyclops. I thinking of getting a fish as safe as possible for mh shrimps who loves to eat these critter. LFS choices is celectial danio, cory pygmy and oto arnoldi. My heart ...