What I have to say for the forum and future plans.

[Sgooosh]

Hm, maybe technically. Far be it from me to say I know more than seriouslyfish, but personally I wouldn't. Pandas like to be in fairly large groups, and they're pretty active little guys. I'd want them in a bigger tank.

i think all cories need at least 6 or more, and i dont think you could fit that many in a 10 gallon
but bottom dwellers is a good idea, are there any other small bottom fish that you like?

Hey, I was looking at Seriously Fish this morning, is it ok to keep Panda cories with a Betta in the 10g?
A tank measuring 18″ x 12″ x 12″ (45cm x 30cm x 30cm) – 42.5 litres is adequate for a small group of these. -Quoted from Seriously Fish

 

[anewbie]

You could keep 6 to 10 pygmy cory in a 10 gallon; a very small bottom feeder that you could also keep would be shelfordii pangio or the smaller pangio cuneovirgata ; of which you could keep 10 to 20.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

The trouble with pygmy cories is that, in my experience, they aren't really a bottom feeder. I do keep a school of p. cuneovirgata in my Sumatra tank, and they are wonderful little fish. Give them lots of hiding places; they like the mysterious life.

 

[Animallover😍]

You could keep 6 to 10 pygmy cory in a 10 gallon; a very small bottom feeder that you could also keep would be shelfordii pangio or the smaller pangio cuneovirgata ; of which you could keep 10 to 20.

With a Betta?

 

[anewbie]

With a Betta?

Well... no fish is safe near a betta; better go with snails. While the betta will attack them at least they have a hard head.

 

[anewbie]

The trouble with pygmy cories is that, in my experience, they aren't really a bottom feeder. I do keep a school of p. cuneovirgata in my Sumatra tank, and they are wonderful little fish. Give them lots of hiding places; they like the mysterious life.

Where do your pygmy eat? Mine swim mid level but eat from the bottom.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

The trouble with pygmy cories is that, in my experience, they aren't really a bottom feeder. I do keep a school of p. cuneovirgata in my Sumatra tank, and they are wonderful little fish. Give them lots of hiding places; they like the mysterious life.

My pygmies eat everywhere. They're now congregating in a group on the gravel and that's where they usually rest up, otherwise they can be found occasionally resting on a leaf or two.

 

[Animallover😍]

Where do your pygmy eat? Mine swim mid level but eat from the bottom.

I don't have pygmies. I'll look at the ones at the pet store when I go.

 

[Animallover😍]

I'm not getting pygmy cories. For one, the pet store doesn't have, for 2, I don't think they're safe around a Betta.
Yesterday when I got back from holiday, I went to the pet store and got 3 rummies and 3 black neons, put them in my betta tank coz the QT wasn't set up.
I put the HOB in the Betta tank with them. I will move them to my QT which I set up this morning, and put the sponge filter from the betta tank to cycle it. I might get my Betta this evening.
They are all ok except 2 black neons look like they have mouth fungus. Here's a pic.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

I get the impression that no previous lessons were learned.

 

[Animallover😍]

I get the impression that no previous lessons were learned.

Yep I am a bit impatient. I'm not getting the Betta yet, I'm only getting him when I have sorted out these fish.

 

[Animallover😍]

I get the impression that no previous lessons were learned.

Um but do you think they have mouth fungus?

 

[Animallover😍]

Hi, I bought 3 Black Neons and 3 Rummies, the rummynoses are fine but 2 black Neons look like they have
mouth fungus. The parameters when testing today were:
0-0.25ppm ammonia
0 nitrite
10 ppm nitrate
pH: 7.4
dKH: 1
dGH: 5
did a 50% water change to get rid of ammonia.
Here's a pic of one of the black neons.

I would like to know if this is mouth fungus, what else it could be,
treatment, etc.. basically info. Help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Colin_T]

It's a bit hard to see anything on the mouth due to the colour. A video or more pictures might provide more information.

From the picture it does not look like mouth fungus (Columnaris), which causes the lips to go white and within 24-48 hours the white has chewed up the face and the fish is dead.

How long have you had the fish?
Have you added anything to the tank in the last 2 weeks?
How long has it looked like that?

 

[Essjay]

They were purchased yesterday.