I would think adding the snails are a bad idea since they'll probably eat the eggs whether they are fungus or not. At least that's what I suspected when I added my fertilized eggs into a dedicated 10g which had a few snails. The eggs became snail food.
Cory Eggs - Secret to Success?
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i found that keeping them in my sump in a breeder box works really well. its dark, which inhibits fungus and the water flow is quite high in my sump as well.
now if i could just get them to quit dying after they hatch :/
now if i could just get them to quit dying after they hatch :/
Hi. The snails will not make any distinction between bad and good eggs. Get the snails out before they eat the eggs.
Jenn - you have to overfeed the cory fry tank to really keep them alive in the beginning. The fry need to eat 24/7.
Cool! If you don't have some Hikari First Bites, I'd recommend getting some. It is excellent small fry food.
And I agree, get rid of those snails! I just reread your thread and looks like you'll have hatching fry by the weekend since you just collected yesterday. You'll have to get them out of the breeder net and into a tank within a day or two.
And I agree, get rid of those snails! I just reread your thread and looks like you'll have hatching fry by the weekend since you just collected yesterday. You'll have to get them out of the breeder net and into a tank within a day or two.
Curious...why wouldn't they be able to stay in the net in the tank they are currently in....until bigger that is....that is of course also dependant on a successful hatching.?
I've never kept fry in a net breeder, but I'm asssuming that tiny food will fall thru the netting giving them limited access to food. They are "ground" feeders, not water column feeders, they need to suck food up off of surfaces. Guppies for instance would be fine, cories will not.
i cant stay home 24/7 to take care of the fry. will adding java moss help? last batch i was feeding 3 times a day in a breeder net in my tank. no moss (the tank with moss was contaminated with ich). i thought it might have been the water quality in the net? the fry kept getting air filled bellies and then theyd burst
Jenn you don't have to be home 24/7 for them to survive. It's just that most cory fry do die from not enough food. It just means sprinkling food heavier, which is the opposite of feeding adult fish. So it means lots of tank cleaning to clear up leftovers, that's where having some snails in the fry tank comes in handy. I keep my cory fry tank right on the kitchen counter so it was easier and faster to do water changes and gravel cleaning. Although I've never kept fry in a net breeder to grow, I think it would be very limiting for them for both food and water movement.
The addition of java moss in the net breeder really won't matter. Even just using a very small tank with a filter would be better than the net breeder.
The addition of java moss in the net breeder really won't matter. Even just using a very small tank with a filter would be better than the net breeder.
