Quick opinion needed on cory cat breeding.

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Well I moved my Cory cats into a separate 10gallon to try and breed them. Well over the coarse of the day I see about 50 or so eggs on the wall. Now I need an opinion on what I should do next.
There are 11 corys in the tank, 4 females, There is a storm front around where I live right now and I have been doing cool water changes for a couple days and feeding bloodworms every day for about a week.

Should I not do anything till tomarrow and hope for them to spawn more, adding some more cooler water and some more bloodworms?

Separate the eggs that I see now into a fry container to prevent them from eating them? Is only 3-6hrs too soon and they have not had time to harden?

Or Move all the Corys back to the origional tank and just stick with the 50 or so eggs?

Thanks for the quick replys
 
Well I'd be worried that they may eat the eggs though I'm not sure they will, I would just move the parents back and if you see any eggs in the main tank then move them over.
 
If you can tell whose carrying and laying the eggs I'd start by moving as many of the uninvolved as possible out of the tank. Sometimes the temptation is too great. The eggs themselves will harden up a little after a day or so and you can actually scrape them off of the glass and move them once they get a little tougher. 1st day though I wouldn't touch them...still to delicate. If you use a single edge razor blade you can gently kind of slip them off of the glass and catch them on a slate to make it easier to move the eggs and aerate, etc. for 3-4 days till they start wigglin'. Figure out what you're gonna feed'em 'cuz they are ravenous little buggers and will grow like you won't believe if you keep'em well fed and their water clean. I've had great success lately with BBS, Golden Pearls (from Ken's) and a 50-100 micron starter from fishguy_1955 on Aquabid. He's also got a great fry food that I now fatten all of my corys and angels on.

Ultimately I usually end up moving all of the adults / parents 'cuz my corys don't choose to lay eggs anywhere except where they're impossible to get to. Good luck.
 
thanks for the replies, here is where I am at.

Did not keep any from the first spawn, but kept some from last Friday, they hatched Sunday night. They just started to become more active today. My microworm colonies should be ready tomorrow or the next day, until then i got a decent amount of filter mulm from my other tank on the bottom which they seem to swim through and pick at.

got about 20 or so, at least that I can guess. Been doing 15% water changes daily since they hatched.
 
Congrats! I cannot stress enough....feed, feed, feed those babies! And when you think they've had enough....feed them again! They are hungry 24/7 and will eat and eat and eat. At least 4 times a day. But they will grow beautifully for you and not die. And yes, it means lots of water changes to get leftovers for a few weeks.
 
Sweet! Good luck! Keep up with the water changes, and lotsa food. I got my baby cories to a month old, but none of them made it past that. :( Probably because they were unexpected so now in the easiest setup to keep clean.
 
Well not a single dead one yet and they appear to be growing rather rapidly. While I rarely see them eat I am keeping a constant supply of food available and keeping up with water changes.
 
currently feeding powered dry food(mix of flakes and pellets) + lots of mulm from filters + microworms.

Should I be concerned that I don't really see them eating?

What else + when should I "upgrade" to larger food?
 
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