cory eggs! but not hatching?

[Lou Slack]

Hi, many peppered catfish seam are producing eggs, but there are sterile?
in the mornings there are 6 or 7 eggs, so i carefully remove them and place them in a hatchery cage, but after a few days they seam to go cloudy and mouldy, there are 4 peppered cats in my tank. thanks for your time people

[rich311k]

I would guess you either do not have a male or he is not doing his job.

[REDKAHUNA]

How old are they? They may just be practicing. Check make sure you have a female and male combination at least 1 of each. My peppers are young and lay about 30-40 each time. I expect when they are older to get near a 100. How do you remove them finger or razor blade. I hate the razor blade. I roll them with my finger and put them on a slate and put them in a hatching tank. They are hard pretty fast after laying. Hope this helps.

[Lou Slack]

brilliant advice, have four corys, two are 'bigger' built then the other, i believe these to be the females?, not sure on their age, but their not fully grown, there about 1.5 inchs. i try the razor and this ok, but the eggs are still sterile. thanks for your time, brill.

[inkyjenn]

sounds like immaturity. my peppered females are over 2" and when they spawn there are huge numbers of eggs (granted if i dont take them out right away, they get eaten). them turning cloudy and moldy most likely means that they are infertile