breeding emerald corys

[emptywallet]

about three weeks ago i bought 3 cories from my lfs and some flourite and gravel to make my tank heavily planted...and my cories were in my tank and i am adding my flourite right?(i was careful). later that night the water cleared and i saw 30 eggs right on the glass. unfourtanatly the eggs were not fertal so i bought 3 more cories and i cannot seem to stimulate them to lay eggs. any advise? :help:

 

[chesterthehero]

let them get use to the tank.. overfeed them a lil bit the day before then do a water change with "cool" water.. it simulates rain and makes them... umm.. well.. you know....

now make sure you read that right "cool".. not "cold"

good luck

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I would suggest you get some frozen blood worms- Hikari is a good breand. Feed them a couple times a day and skip a weekly water change while doing so. If you can time a water change to the arrival of a storm, that is when you should do a 50% change. If you have the storm, the water temp will not be an issue. However it cant hurt to do the cooler water. In that case, disconnect the heater on the tank and do a 50% water change to result in 5-10 degree drop in the tank temp when done. In about 2 hours reconnect the heater.

You will know they are acting spawnerish when you see a ball of them rolling and tumbling together around the tank. Females usually need to spawn with multiple males for the maximum fertilation rates. You can usually sex them from above, females will be clearly wider.

 

[Carp37]

Mine bred in quarantine last year, but subsequent attempts failed so I can't really help... sorry! TTA's advice seems spot on in theory though.

 

[emptywallet]

okay so this weekend i will do a 50 percent water change and put in cool not cold water...how do i prevent fungus from killing the eggs? also would it be alright if they where raised in a 5 gal until they got to catfish looks then throw into the main tank? The only fish in the main tank are 5 lf danios and 20sih gups and ofcourse 6 cories