Need some help from the cory experts (breeders).

[naliel]

Since a month or so my cory's have been laying eggs like there is no tomorrow. Every week or 5 days, I find a few eggs everywhere (glass, thermometer, inlet or filter, etc). I collected the eggs in a breeder net hanging in the tank and at the moment I have around 7 little ones that look like they still have their yolk-sack. My question is. When I start feeding them? When their sack is totally gone? Or before? I have different batches of eggs in the net.
If I feed the ones that are already free-swimming. Does that affect the ones that still have their yolk-sack? Should I keep the batches of eggs (babies) in different containers?
Any help/advice you guys can give me would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Narwhal72]

I feed mine when they start to become motile. I start with Microworms for the first couple of days and then switch to freshly hatched brine. My nursery tanks are 2.5 gallons with a thin sand bottom, sponge filter, and java moss and small anubias plants for shelter. The Cory fry will also feed off microorganisms on the plants too.

Andy

 

[dbosman]

Micro anything. I use a mix of commercial foods. Finely ground tropical flake, Hikari First Bites, Golden Pearls, Ken's Fish #00 Growth meal.

 

[naliel]

Ok thanks. What about keeping different batches of eggs (fry) together? Or should I separate them (each batch in a different tank)? Thanks for the input guys.

 

[Narwhal72]

If they are within a week or two of each other that's fine. Any more than that I would separate them as the bigger fry will need different foods and can outcompete the smaller fry.

Andy