Albino Cories Spawned - What to feed?

CrownMan

CrownMan

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I accidently forgot to plug in the heater Sunday after my weekly 60% water change and Tuesday evening I noticed that I had over 100 cory eggs on the back wall of my 38 gallon planted tank. I got my trusty Citibank credit card out of my wallet, scraped as many eggs as I could and put them in a hang on the tank small net covered breeder with an airstone and java moss in my 30 gallon shrimp tank. I didn't think that the eggs would hatch but tonight I noticed 3 babies in the net breeder.

Some of the eggs have fungus and won't hatch but I predict I will end up with about 30 or so babies. What should I feed them? I don't have any live food or access to live food. I do have some freeze dried brine shrimp and some Hikari first bites. When should I start feeding them and how long should I keep them in the net breeder? The tank they are hanging in has some guppy babies, snails, RCS and Amano shrimp but is heavily planted with lots of java moss and ground cover.

Thanks,

Mike
 
CrownMan said:
I accidently forgot to plug in the heater Sunday after my weekly 60% water change and Tuesday evening I noticed that I had over 100 cory eggs on the back wall of my 38 gallon planted tank. I got my trusty Citibank credit card out of my wallet, scraped as many eggs as I could and put them in a hang on the tank small net covered breeder with an airstone and java moss in my 30 gallon shrimp tank. I didn't think that the eggs would hatch but tonight I noticed 3 babies in the net breeder.

Some of the eggs have fungus and won't hatch but I predict I will end up with about 30 or so babies. What should I feed them? I don't have any live food or access to live food. I do have some freeze dried brine shrimp and some Hikari first bites. When should I start feeding them and how long should I keep them in the net breeder? The tank they are hanging in has some guppy babies, snails, RCS and Amano shrimp but is heavily planted with lots of java moss and ground cover.

Thanks,

Mike
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Congrats! feed the fry baby brine shrimp. I had about 40 fry from my bronze corys, and that is what they ate until they were big enough to handle pellets.
Good Luck :)
 
Well I ended up with over 60 albino cory babies in the breeder net. The problem I have is that if I feed them First Bites and Egg Yolk, I see a lot of microscopic food go through the net.

I do have tetramin, Omega One Color enhancing flakes and freeze dried blood works. I could chop this up into a fine power, add water and feed. I imagine some would seep through the net but some would probably stay in the net.

I also have Wardleys freeze dried brine shrimp. I could crush that as well and add it to the tank.

I need to know now much to feed and how often. I do have an airstone in their net breeder trap. I could remove trash and uneaten food with a turkey baster.

Mike Herod
 
I fed mine small amounts several times daily. Be careful with the turkey baster, dont suck up any of the little critters.:)

BTW, Congrats again!
 
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