Advice for breeding bronze cory cats

[Freezekougra]

I know they're supposed to be really easy to breed...but I've had these guys(5) for a few months and, although they're healthy and active, have not ever laid eggs. Maybe they have and it got eaten by angelfish in the tank(55g), but I doubt it as I've never seen a single egg. I plan on setting up a 10g just to breed these guys. Going to add a few more just incase I happened to get 5 males or 5 females. I have albino bronze corys and it wouldn't hurt to get some regular bronze corys in there :P

So, any general advice on what I should do to condition them? I've heard stimulating rainfall when there's a storm coming(change in barometic pressure), but it's getting warmer and rain might be rare. What kind of food should I feed? I was thinking gut load with freeze-dried bloodworms(do they sink?) with flake from kensfish for nutrition. Temperature/random tips?

Thanks :D

[petluvr]

Feed them a high protein diet, frozen bloodworms work great for a few days. Then do a large 75% or so water change using pure cold water and within a few days you should see some eggs. They tend to lay best in the early morning hours has been my experience.

[msjinkzd]

are you sure htey have reached maturity? They can seem full size. The sexual dimorphism from male to female is super obvious when they are at sexual maturity.
As pet said, feeding a high protein diet (I like live worms) for several days then a large volume water change with cooler water usually does the trick. Its nice if you can coordinate that with a thunder storm but surely not at all necessary.

[Freezekougra]

Hmm not sure about sexual maturity. Never thought about that...

[stephcps]

Mine have laid eggs 3 times. The first was after I started feeding Live California Blackworms. The second was after an almost 90% water change. The third I have no idea what the trigger was...but I now have about 50 fry I have no idea what I'm going to do with!! LOL
But it has sure been fun watching them grow!!

[Freezekougra]

you could ship some to me ;)

[stephcps]

I've never shipped before. Where are you located?

[inkyjenn]

frozen bloodworms seem to satisfy the protein need for my trilineatus and paleatus cories. the water change is just about a must though. even if its just a top off.

[MChambers]

The other posts here raise good points.

Frozen bloodworms realliy help with my pandas, but otherwise I'm not sure that water changes, temperature changes, or storm fronts really have any correlation, at least for my fish, even though that's what all the conventional wisdom is. There are some websites with more of a focus on corydoras, especially www.planetcatfish.com (http://www.planetcatfish.com) and www.scotcat.com (http://www.scotcat.com) that might give you more ideas.

[laudy000]

I would also love to have some baby cories. I am in eastern PA. PM if you think you can ship

[Dustinsfishtank]

I can't say that I have breed them on purpose but I will say that I only do 60% water changes on my cory cats in my 125. It's loaded with moss as well which i think is not only a possible food, but also protection (I too have angels in there.)

Mine love shrimp pellets. but blood worms are probably better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joI8-BtfMPA just a quick video of the tiny simulus cory cat i found.