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I went yesterday (25/2/05) to by my 3 tiny 2cm Panda corys that I had reserved. (the tank was not ready for them) then I saw Schwartzi corys, and I fell in love with them. They were also on special and there was 5. So I decided to get 3 and they are now happy in my 126 litre (the pandas are in my Q.T. I have Sera tablets for bottom feeders, Sera premium plankton tablets, frozen blood worm and frozen brine shrimp and freeze-dried tubifex. The water in the shop was Ph:7 and GH:10 and mine was Ph:6.8 and GH:9. I floated them for 30 minutes adding a cup of water every 5 minutes. For the rest of the day they barely ever swam anywhere mainly must hiding behind bogwood.(Tons of bogwood in there.) I put a Sera tablet in there and it was gone in about half an hour and I think the lace gourami ate most of it so I put in another one and it was eaten too in a few hours. This morning I saw them all together swimming in the middle of the tank. They have not gone to the surface for air even once. They have only once been near the surface (not taking air just looking for food) to get some food. I fed them frozen bloodworms which they relished! They seem more active now swimming together and nibbling around the tiny gravel. They are housed with:
2 lace gouramis
4 pristella tetras
And soon:
3 panda corys
8 rummy nose tetras
1 peppermint catfish (It is not parancistrus speceis it is a ancistrus speceis.)
And 3-4 more corys of some type, maybe true Julii or more of the same speceis.
I have lots of plants and a Eheim classic 2213 canister filter.
anyone who has kept these please give me any tips!!!!

I really need help!!!!! Please post about experience with any corydoras or once that are like Schwartzi.

Swimming in the middle of the tank is normal for Corydoras schwartzi. It's just one of those strange species quirks.

The corys did not move around much when you first got them because they were still stressed from being moved to a new tank. That is also normal.

It sounds like things are going well so far with your corys.







Last edited by Cory Addict at 25-Feb-2005 22:58

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Thankyou so much for replying!!!!!!! They are always hiding behind bogwood. They are all together!

Don't worry, they should become more adventurous in the next week or so. Corydoras schwartzi is, in my experience, a pretty extroverted species.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Thanks for replying so quickly! I thought they would but I like to have the reasurance!!!!!