My peppered corys have been breeding almost constantly since moving them to my 30gal planted tank. I have never had a large number off eggs laid at once and except for a few times I have tried to save them. When I had tried to save them I had problems with fungus and hadn't had any luck getting them to hatch - most likely because I was using either Melafix or Pimafix whichever is the antifungal and to be honest I've never had great luck with either of these meds.
The other day I noticed some eggs on the glass and had no intention of "saving" them, but I did watch them over a few days. Rarely do the eggs last more than a day in my aquarium without being eaten however this time they lasted 3 days in there, to the point where I could see the developing fry in the eggs. Having recently purchased some Mardel I figured I might as well save 'em. After two days in a sour cream tub with a drop of mardel and an air stone they began to hatch.
In this picture you can see the 3 eggs I collected with one of them just starting to hatch. Taken yesterday.
Closeup of the same:
Here are the two fry I managed to get from the 3 original eggs. The egg in this picture is 1 of 7 I collected from my moss ball this morning. The egg to the right in the first picture turned white and collapsed (fungus?).
The two fry in the last picture are miracle fry - that third egg I collected on day one was was rotting and stuck to the eggs these two fry came from. Using a pair of scissors I tried to gently separate it from the healthy and at this point hatching eggs (they both had tails sticking out). It was quite stuck and after getting a bit frustrated with the whole situation I gave it a bit of a shake and it and the two other eggs came free with the scissors and the two little fry swam away.
The other day I noticed some eggs on the glass and had no intention of "saving" them, but I did watch them over a few days. Rarely do the eggs last more than a day in my aquarium without being eaten however this time they lasted 3 days in there, to the point where I could see the developing fry in the eggs. Having recently purchased some Mardel I figured I might as well save 'em. After two days in a sour cream tub with a drop of mardel and an air stone they began to hatch.
In this picture you can see the 3 eggs I collected with one of them just starting to hatch. Taken yesterday.
Closeup of the same:
Here are the two fry I managed to get from the 3 original eggs. The egg in this picture is 1 of 7 I collected from my moss ball this morning. The egg to the right in the first picture turned white and collapsed (fungus?).
The two fry in the last picture are miracle fry - that third egg I collected on day one was was rotting and stuck to the eggs these two fry came from. Using a pair of scissors I tried to gently separate it from the healthy and at this point hatching eggs (they both had tails sticking out). It was quite stuck and after getting a bit frustrated with the whole situation I gave it a bit of a shake and it and the two other eggs came free with the scissors and the two little fry swam away.
