jac wrote:That is the typical male/female pattern. Males are darker and much more striking to see, the females look a bit blunt.

cheers, wasn't to sure if that would be the case or not. I have only kept bronze an peppered before these.

Going to revise the size, got a tape measure out while one of the males was up against the glass, they are more like 38mm with the females larger 43mm ish.

I think your ID was correct Ian, though I do wonder if I have 2 different species of Corydoras. They are about 45 to 50mm long now. They have spawned and I now have some fry in the tank, though I didn't really try to get them to spawn it just happened and I only noticed because of the fry swimming r...

Otocinclus are not a fish for a beginner to the hobby. Reading your post I get the impression that you have yet to understand some of the basics of fish keeping. If you only take one thing away from your experience so far please let it be never to take home a fish with out understanding its requirem...

The coin in the first photo is a UK 20p (21.4mm diameter), I would say the body of the largest is around 20-25mm. Took some better photos today. I have also seen them hovering mid water, am I right in thinking Pygmaeus do this also? Also there eyes seem to reflect what is around them. My walls are p...

Do you get the orange/red fins in the corydoras pygmaeus?

picked up some Corys from my LFS, they ordered pygmy corys and got these. I am hoping some one here can ID them.
Thanks in advance.