are dwarf corydoras tight schoolers?

[krap101]

okay i have around 3-4 corydoras pygmaeus. i was wondering if they'd school more if i got more or if they'd just stay the same

 

[Jchillin]

From what I understand...about 5-6 are needed for schooling.

 

[krap101]

hmm because at the store there was like 10 and they werent really schooling so i was wondering

 

[Jchillin]

Those stock tanks at LFS aren't representative of what happens in a normal aquarium.

 

[malkore]

I have like 8 corys in my 75. They hang out with each other, but they don't school. However, I do have a mixture of albino, bronze, schwartz and julii

 

[Hooie]

Same here Malkore. I have 6 in my 75 and they may occasionally sit on the gravel next to each other but that's it. It could be b/c they are not all the same species, I'm not sure. I thought that they'd school more.

 

[severum mama]

A while back I kept 10 pygmy cories in one of my tanks, and I would have to agree that they hang out together but don't really school.

 

[RoK]

My 3 cories seem to stay and swim with each other a lot. Maybe it's because they're in only a 10 gal right now, I don't know though.

 

[Jaxom_Ruatha]

Cories don't tend to school with different species although they will definetely shoal. Schooling is best seen with 6+ cories of the same species. I have also that if fish are in an environment with a recognized predator (Even if they aren't the predators prey) or aggressive fish, they will be more prone to school.

 

[megladonsharky]

I had ficve pygmy cories two schooled and the three schooled sometimes joining