My cory cats never breed, but.....

[lovemybarbs]

I have a pair that never separate. I only have three left in the pack that I initially bought.

This morning they were swimming side-by-side and they looked almost like their pectoral fins were stuck together. Interesting.

Is there any hope? :huh:

 

[msjinkzd]

I would feed them a diet of something like bloodworms to condition them and do large volume water changes to try and induce spawning. Keep in mind, even if they do spawn they often turn around and eat all their eggs, so have something ready to move the eggs to if you want to try and raise them.

 

[pinkertd]

I was wondering if you noticed any size difference between those two. I've only seen this behavior in my young males. If you've got a male and female, you'll see a considerable adult size difference between the sexes, the females are always noticibly larger and really, really round.

 

[lovemybarbs]

well there's my problem, they're both very healthy with guts.

 

[OldMan47]

well there's my problem, they're both very healthy with guts.

If they both look like they have a big gut on them, they are probably females. The males tend to taper and do not look nearly as round. Viewed from the side if it looks like there belly is holding their chin way off the substrate, it's likely they are females. Males can almost lay flat on the bottom.

 

[lovemybarbs]

These couldn't lay flat on the gravel if they tried. I was thinking about getting two more the next time I see them. Maybe I'll try and get a male this time.

Decent fish, not from a chain, is about 25 miles away from me.

 

[zzyzx85]

hmmm...I think all mine are males. But then again, they're still kinda small, a little less than 2" in total length.