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Pymgy tankmates

Posted: 08 Jul 2005, 15:49
by catfishgrrl
Hello.
Would a group of pencilfish be suitable tankmates for my pygmies? Sorry if it seems like a silly question.

Posted: 08 Jul 2005, 15:51
by bronzefry
Not a silly question at all! Can you find any Pencilfish? :?:

Posted: 08 Jul 2005, 16:04
by catfishgrrl

Yes. I have a group in my QT that arrived today.
They look great, and shipped very well (for pencilfish).

Some N. Beckfordi and N. bifasciatus.

Posted: 08 Jul 2005, 18:26
by kev
i would'nt see any problem with that.

Kev

Posted: 09 Jul 2005, 14:05
by Coryman
The pencils would be ideal tank mates, in fact you may even find that the Corys will shoal with them.

Ian

Posted: 09 Jul 2005, 14:38
by bronzefry
When you get the tank together, do you think you could post a picture? It sounds like a smashing 10 gallon set up. :D

Posted: 11 Jul 2005, 10:45
by catfishgrrl
The pencilfish look Awesome. They have settled quite well and already their colors have became brighter.
They get a banded pattern in low light settings.
I can't wait to release them with the corys, but I'm keeping them quarantined and not jumping the gun.

I definitely need to take pics of the corys anyway.
I've also received some new plecs that I've love to share, but I'm still trying to master the art of Aquarium Photography.

Pics soon (crossing fingers).

PyGMy tankmates

Posted: 04 Oct 2005, 08:17
by catfishgrrl
Did a search for this thread and realized the typo in my original post. Oops :oops:

The pencilfish are AWESOME tankmates for pygmy corys.
I have 3 different types in with my C. habrosus and C. pygmaeus. They all shoal together.

In the morning when I turn on the lights and feed them they all go crazy...it's so nice to see. :D

It's been hard to get a pic of them. They end up usually being little blurs, cause they're non-stop.
I'll try and get some more shoaling pics.

Here's some recent pics, mostly of the Habrosus:


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Posted: 04 Oct 2005, 09:31
by MatsP
Very nice Catfishgrrl...

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Mats

Posted: 04 Oct 2005, 20:23
by bronzefry
Very nice combo!
Amanda