Small Cories

[oliesminis]

Im looking for some new cories for my tank and i want to get the smallest type available which stay at the bottom

i have heard corydora pygmaeus and corydora hastatus are actually mid tank dwellers which isnt what i am looking for

EDIT: i am also not looking for expensive strains

 

[bitteraspects]

maybe julii or nanus

 

[tom_os]

panda cories dont grow as big as others

 

[pippoodle]

my pygmaeus are bottom swimmers but as with all corys they do occasionally swim around the mid lvels of the tank - all corys do this - well all of the corys i keep do
i also have habrosus which are a pygmy varietyand these also stay on the bottom but occasionally swim in the middle and top levels of the tank

maybe julii or nanus are not pygmy varieties

 

[bitteraspects]

maybe julii or nanus are not pygmy varieties

the OP didnt ask for pygmy varieties. also, all corys dont get very big. i believe julii max out around 2"

 

[oliesminis]

I had read that pygmaeus and hastatus prefer mid water

 

[LauraFrog]

I have some habrosus and they stay on the bottom the majority of the time, and max out at around 1 inch. All corys will make the odd dash up the glass or midwater swim, but the habrosus I have stay on the bottom more than the paleatus do. They are very active fish and they will poke around the gravel a lot. They're also the most attractive of the true pygmies IMO.

 

[pippoodle]

I had read that pygmaeus and hastatus prefer mid water

no they will all have a swim around the tank especially if there aren't any real predators of territorial fish but they will be on the bottom the majority of the time

 

[Inchworm]

Here are some C. pandas and C. pygmaeus. From what I've seen, this is typical of them.