Looking for info on Corydoras pygmaeus....

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Looking for info on Corydoras pygmaeus....

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I just recently aquired 7 of these little guys and was wanting to find more info on them. I've been feeding them frozen baby brineshrimp (so small I can't tell if they're eating them) and crumbled shrimp pellets. What else is a good food for them?

I was also looking for information on breeding them. I've heard that they need sand for spawning. Is this true?

Thanks :)
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Check out Ian's site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ the Moderator of this Forum. Here's the spawning log for C. pygmaeus from his site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... log_01.htm
Sorry :oops: I don't know how to remove the other posts.
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Check out Ian's site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ the Moderator of this Forum. Here's the spawning log for C. pygmaeus from his site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... log_01.htm
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Check out Ian's site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ the Moderator of this Forum. Here's the spawning log for C. pygmaeus from his site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... log_01.htm
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Check out Ian's site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ the Moderator of this Forum. Here's the spawning log for C. pygmaeus from his site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... log_01.htm
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Check out Ian's site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ the Moderator of this Forum. Here's the spawning log for C. pygmaeus from his site http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... log_01.htm
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Thanks x5 :D

I see you're a fellow Austinite!
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lol!! What you say Dave? I missed the 5th one! lol :D


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Corydoras pygmaeus are a mid water swimming species. The will eat all Corydoras fare as long as it is small enough to swallow. I feed live black worms but I chop them up first. C pygmaeus lay their eggs all over the tank and are not difficult to spawn. I've never heard anything about them needing sand to spawn.
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corybreed wrote:Corydoras pygmaeus are a mid water swimming species. The will eat all Corydoras fare as long as it is small enough to swallow. I feed live black worms but I chop them up first. C pygmaeus lay their eggs all over the tank and are not difficult to spawn. I've never heard anything about them needing sand to spawn.
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Thanks :)

Glad to hear they're not difficult to spawn ;)
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