Cory eggs!

[kingken]

so as I looked into my tank this morning, I noticed eggs on one of my plants leaves! The only thing in the tank that lays eggs are the green corydoras I have, so it's got to be them! Anyone have tips on how to succesfully hatch and raise the fry? Will corys try to eat their fry? Any help will be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

-Ken

[Ratlova30]

I had to take my corys eggs out of the tank because the other fish had already munched most of them down. I put some tank water in a container, floated the container in the aquarium, put an air stone in the container and a couple days later I had 7 baby corys. Their still alive today. I'd recommend getting a live plant that has some algae on it for them to eat off of. That's what I did and then after about a week I got Hikari first bites. After about a month I started giving them a shrimp pellet. Good luck. Oh and I used a my visa to scrape off the eggs.

[kingken]

I went out to mini golf with my girlfriend today, and when I got back it was too late =( I didn;t realize other fish would eat the eggs, and either my tetras or other cories got em =( Maybe the pair will lay more soon, and I will be prepared this time!

[Ratlova30]

That sucks, primarily my betta and the snails were munching on my eggs but really any fish is capable of eating the eggs.

[Somervell]

Don't worry. Like Doritos-- Keep crunching- they'll make more. I have at least two spawnings a month of my corys. I just have difficulty raising the fry once they hatch. Better luck next time! :)

[Ratlova30]

I can't get my corys to spawn again and I've tried. The one time they did spawn it was right after I had to take down my 55gal to move in and they sat in unheated water for a couple hours and when I got the tank set back up I put them in it and the next day their were eggs. Only thing I've changed to that tank what I increased the filtration. What did you try and feed your cory fry somervell?

[Somervell]

I used a fry product from Ken's fish-- golden pearls. Mimics baby brine shrimp-- it's a really gross, orangy powder. I started this on day three, but they were in with some moss, so they should have been fine. Not sure what the problems have been. The parents must be happy. I used a floating breeder box near an airstone both times.

[Ratlova30]

Yeah I'm not sure Somervell. Maybe they were just too weak. When they hatched I stuck a piece of sprite in the container that had algae all over it. My 7 fry are getting so big now. I let them into a large fry tank I have except one fry that I kept in a nursery net, still needs some growing.

[Ratlova30]

I had taken some photos of my fry before I released them into the fry tank the other day, their so cute!

[inkyjenn]

im having great luck raising cory fry in a ten gallon with a thin layer of sand. i cant be home all day to do the numerous feedings and water changes necessary to keep them in a bare bottom tank. the sand lets them sift all day long. however, it has to be mature sand; can't just dump it in from a bag. the sand i use is from the parents' tank. there are also some plants and a piece of driftwood. i leave most of the glass a little dirty. they eat crushed flake, algae wafer, shrimp pellet and my home made loach food. i figure once they hit the 90 day mark, they can move into my 55.