How do you breed cories?

Piranha86

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A SLFS (Somewhat Local Fish Store) has a bunch of full or almost full grown cories of the following species:
Skunk cory
Panda cory
Aeneus(sp?) cory
Peppered cory
Pygmy cory (Not sure if they're full grown)
Which am I best off breeding and are there any breeding suggestions. I could do a 30g breeding tank.
 
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im not sure you can.
 
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sorry dude, I don't have much experience. I would say pygmy's just because they are hard to find and would have more trade value. If your looking for something to breed, look into killifish. They are attractive fish but aren't that popular. I would love to get my hands on some..... ps. I heard that most are easy to breed (not quite livebearers but almost)
 
Pepper and Bronze (C. Aenues) are probably the easiest ones to breed. Never looked into breeding them btu from seeing other people, those two would be your best bet.
 
Well, I have had some luck with breeding cories, although it was entirely incidental.. but here's my tips..

Give them lots of plants/hiding spaces...
Keep the water relatively shallow (I would say no more than 12")...
Feed the 'parents' reeally well on meaty foods, like frozen bloodworms or brineshrimp..
Then try dropping some icecubes in their tank to 'simulate rain', which helps them feel like it is their natural habitat.

When they do breed, they will lay eggs either on the tank walls ro on plants. As cories and other fish will find the eggss as nice snacks, you will need to be prepared to either collect the egss or move the parents after the eggs are laid. IMHO, it would be easier to move the parents, as the eggs are hard to collect without damaging.

You will need some good airflow througout your tank to avoid the eggs growing fungus... and some good tiny fry food, like psyloplankton.

If I was to choose between the given species for breeding, I would go with peppered, but that is just because it is the one I am most familiar with. Any of them would be fine..

Here's a few decent sites for more tips:
http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/breeding/54354-breeding-cories.html
http://www.fishchannel.com/freshwater-aquariums/fish-breeding/bronze-cory.aspx


Good luck!
 
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