Anyone have any experience with breeding pepper corys? Any suggestions on the min. number that should be kept or could be kept in a 27G? I currently have 2 though i hear that they love their numbers. If anyone knows where I can pick up some pygmy corys in Canada, in particular Nova Scotia, please let me know ASAP.
Pepper Corys
- Thread starter JazzyB
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Well I actually bought my peppered cory at Wal-Mart up in Sydney. They carry the peppered, albino and bronze one. Of course there are quite a few spotted cories that look pretty similar so I can't be 100% sure that they are the ones you are looking for.
Pets Unlimited in Bayers Lake Industrial Park generally has a good selection of cories as well.
Pets Unlimited in Bayers Lake Industrial Park generally has a good selection of cories as well.
There is PU in Sackville and Burnside as well. Or else maybe that Pet Store on Quinpool. Haven't been in there yet but I hear good things about it.
Mine breed like mad. You'll have much better luck with more than two though, I've found having a ratio of two to three males per gal works well. Just toss them in a nicely planted tank with lotsa little hidey spots and fatten them up with a varied diet and stand back! One trick that works well with them is to let the tank evaporate down a ways, then top it off with slightly cooler water, simulating a rainfall.
They easy to breed, but yes you need 2-3 males per female. I feed them lots of worms (red, white, tubuflex, ect). After about a month on this diet I unplug the heater and let tank drop to room temp. They stick eggs on glass, plants, ect.
