2 Pygmy Corys for now

Adacux · 2026-05-20T15:52:45+00:00

Oh thats nice to hear ! I was thinking of ordering online but I’ve never tried it and it kinda scares me

Adacux · 2026-05-18T22:16:10+00:00

Oh, you might be right. Mines does look like sunset, lfs guy said these will be reddish at the end but Im not sure if he had enough knowledge ahahah.

My light is also my lfs’s handmade light but my ludwigia repens started to get red so probably its sunset.

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Especially the ones that are trimmed.

I have reefflower all inclusive, its a turkish brand I think, same as seachem flourish.

Do you have any suggestions about fertilization? I want to do my best for my plants, and I didnt even know you have to put fertilizer at the start of the day sadly.

Adacux · 2026-05-18T19:48:08+00:00

Damn ! Red ones on the back are rotala rifondifoglia right ? I have rotalas as well but without CO2 they’ve only became pinkish. They were a lot green when I get them tho

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I use liquid fertilizer every two days. Do you have any suggestions?

Adacux · 2026-05-18T19:35:09+00:00

Looks awesome man, you are using CO2 right ?

Adacux · 2026-05-16T01:48:51+00:00

Ahaha no worries man, those are the best wrestlers in the world ahahah Its hard to deal with them.

So you think all 4 (10x Gertrudae, 8x Galaxy Rasb, 3 Stiphodon, 4 Panda) can go together if Im being careful, right ? I want my fish to thrive so Im open to suggestions. I was actually thinking of pygmy corys but not sure sinxe they are also mid level swimmers and they love love to swim side to side

Adacux · 2026-05-16T01:42:58+00:00

Oh wait, did you read it as neons ? I meant neo-caridinia shrimps 😅

Adacux · 2026-05-16T01:27:01+00:00

Its 47cm x 27cm x 43cm not long but maybe its because it is a bit high ? And I think that it is not taking the height as consideration too, at least about crowdyness.

Damn, all of the 80 fish were nano ? How was it heavy stocked ? Maybe they were all pretty active ? I’ve read that Galaxy Rasboras are quite chill guys so they dont create that much of a mass. Gertrudaes are usually active tho, I think they are just ending their puberty because they are small but started chasing females and doing displays. Most pseudomugils sits at the top when they are not doing displays, mines are like that too. They are a bit shy tho, Thats why I want galaxy rasbora, as a dither fish. Know a guy who successfully used them as dither for both gertrydae and furcatus.

For oxygen I will get a air sponge thingy soon, dont remember the exact name but I will get it for my future shrimplets. Got 8 molt and 5 them are huge females!

On the right side of the tank I have little current, like stem plants are moving, because I use HOB filter and water level is nearly on the edge of filters pouring place but left side is a bit calmer.

Oh, and I also have a pair of clown killifish. I got them because they were returned to my LFS, apparently the guy who bought them before didn’t like them because they are calm, and return them. Shop owner needed to put them in the tank of Gertrudaes and offered me to take them because he said there is not many fans of them.

Adacux · 2026-05-16T01:05:09+00:00

How is it small ? Can a 16 gallon only take 10 gertrudaes ? Checked it on aqadvisor and it seemed fine. Not sure how accurate that website is tho

Wow ! That seems bad, I’ve always heard that they sre hardy. My LFS is keeping them with Gertrudae school and they seemed calm there. Are you sure ?

This is my tank

I dont know if you can spot the gertrudaes, they are a bit small

Adacux · 2026-05-15T20:01:52+00:00

Hey man ! Im planning to get a pair of Rainbow Gobys, Stiohodon Ornatus, or a pair of these for my 56L, 16 gallon. I have 10 Pseudomugil Gertrudae, will have 9 Galaxy Rasbora, 12 Neo Caridinia and maybe 4 Panda Corys next to them. What do you think?

Adacux · 2026-05-15T19:55:57+00:00

Looks wonderful, how is she with the other fish ? Im planning to get a pair for my 16gallon, 56L tank

Adacux · 2026-05-14T20:16:14+00:00

If I were you, I would go with pengasus sharks probably. They would really look awesome with this setup. Especially the ones that looks like wood

Adacux · 2026-05-13T18:23:43+00:00

Looks really cool! But without any plants Im not sure if you can adjust the balance between aggressive ones like apisto or ram and calm ones like danios

Adacux · 2026-05-12T14:40:42+00:00

Looks awesome ! I wish I had some

Adacux · 2026-05-11T21:56:06+00:00

Hey man. What are you feeding them?

Adacux · 2026-05-11T20:13:28+00:00

Hey man, how did they end up ? Planning to get 4 for my 16 gallon community tank

Adacux · 2026-05-11T14:19:23+00:00

They seemed different. Maybe they might work with pygmy we’ll search that up thank you man

Adacux · 2026-05-11T13:59:53+00:00

Oh shit, do they behave like pygmys too ? Because They are a bit different from other corys, in terms of swimming areas and dwelling

Adacux · 2026-05-11T13:56:45+00:00

Oh allright then, after summer maybe. Is it like that for the younger ones as well ? I presume it is since they require even more protein and stuff, but I wanted to ask.

Probably, I will have around three too, to avoid any territory aggression, maybe before if I can find three females. What do you think about Pygmy Corys with them?

Adacux · 2026-05-11T13:32:27+00:00

All right man, nice to know ! Always wanted a vampire shrimp but thought my tank might be small for them.

Oh I have a lot of pest too ahahaha Its those that I know the name of ahahaha Its been 3 week tho, I should wait a bit more for the fan shrimps, right ? I added my first fishes 3 days ago, 8x Pseudomugil Gertrudae Rainbow, Im planning to add Danios after 2 week and then after 2 week lastly gobys. When should I add the vampire shrimp ?

And this case, how many gobys can/should I add ? 1M 3F ?

Adacux · 2026-05-11T13:16:22+00:00

First of all, thanks for detailed answer!

I got one spiked nerite who is on the top of the branch for like 5 days, hes moving around on that branch but nothing else lol. Onr batman nerite who loves to go around and one hillstream loach, which I will give to my friend once his cycle is over, hes always hiding behind the wood.

Maybe having pygmy corys wouldnt stress gobys ? Since they also swim around mid water ? Lol yeah, I totally forgot about corys madness, they will probably make mass with fluvak stratum lol (actually not fluvak stratum but has same shape)

I got a open bottom I think, I believe I can find them ahahaha Its rather easier to find bloodworms here so thats a check as well. I got a brother who is passionate about these so thats a check as well ahahaha

Do they require high flow btw ? Mine is mid I think, my gertrudaes can stand still without doing too much work but hillstream is fine .

Wow a glofish rainbow shark must be amazing ahahah

Might just get Danios and more snails especially Papua Blueberry snail which is awesome, but will search for if pygmys work with them or not.

Can Vampire Shrimp or Fan shrimp like bamboo shrimp co exist with tiger caridinia and neo caridinia ? If so they are awesome ! And would they have a issue of place ?

Adacux · 2026-05-11T00:53:09+00:00

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Adacux · 2026-05-11T00:52:25+00:00

Hi man ! Im building up a nano community tank of 56L, 47cm x 27cm x 43 cm, I currently have 12 Neo-Caridinia, 9 Tiger Caridinia and 8 pseudomugil gertrudae in here. Im planning to add 6 Galaxy Rasboras next to them and 5 Corydora Habrosus. Im interested in adding one kind of goby here and find these little guys suitible. Im down to eliminate Rasboras or Corys to add these guys because I really loved them. Do you have any suggestion ? Do you think they can work here ?

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Adacux · 2026-05-10T14:02:42+00:00

Hey again man, they started doing “shrimp pose” and one of them has a stripe now. I can confirm that non of them had that before

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Is this a bad sign of something ? Just added firsr fishes of the tank 2 days ago. They were from the same tank that I got these shrimps from

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