C. Brevirostris

awww what cute little wrigglers, congrats

Wow they're fab

Congrats

Here's a picture of the tank they are in. I did see three of them scooting around the corner of the tank where there is no filter mulm. It's amazing how fast such little things can swim.

Nice set up

I love seeing them wiggle around

I see you use clothes pegs as well

Love the setup Inchworm what are teh plants in the right hand tank???

Harlequins said:

I see you use clothes pegs as well

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I'd be lost without them.

lilacamy931 said:

Love the setup Inchworm what are teh plants in the right hand tank???

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Just some java moss.

Thanks Inchworm! I thought to have some floating lose but was recommended against it (have a little tied down) do you find it fairs well?

Hope they are growing like mad for you xx

lilacamy931 said:

Thanks Inchworm! I thought to have some floating lose but was recommended against it (have a little tied down) do you find it fairs well?

Hope they are growing like mad for you xx

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Errrm java moss sinks doesn't it, did in my last 5 tanks, supose it depends on the flow though.

Edit: Didn't notice that big clump on the left tank lol, when that big it does what it wants

lilacamy931 said:

Thanks Inchworm! I thought to have some floating lose but was recommended against it (have a little tied down) do you find it fairs well?

Hope they are growing like mad for you xx

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Java moss is fine to leave alone and floating, or you can attach it to wood or stones with cotton or fishing line until it gets an anchor. One of the best plants for you're fry to get micro food from.

The java moss has its good points and its bad ones. On one hand there's the microorganisms for the fry, but on the other it collects dirt and gets in the way at water change time. In the adult tanks I usually throw a small stone on it to hold it down, but it still breaks off and collects around the filter and in the case of the fry tanks, the airstone.

This is not the most successful spawn I've tried to raise, but there are still a handful of them left. I thought you might like to see them.

At Thanksgiving, just a week after they hatched, I had to be out of town for a week. This left them untended at what I consider to be an important time in their development. When I returned I found that I had lost at least half of the batch. The remaining fry were sluggish and are still not as active as most others I've raised.

Here they are at 10 days of age:



After that I added some newly hatched C. panda and C. schultzei (gold shoulders) fry to their tank in the hopes that these more active fry would stimulate them to become more active as well.

Here they are at 33 days along with the other fry. The remaining C. brevirostris are the larger of the batch.



On Jan. 1 I moved them all over to a 10 gallon tank. Here they are at 44 days while they are being moved.



I was finally able to get a few (not very good) pictures of the individual fry:





While most of them didn't make it this far, I'm still hoping I can raise a few to adulthood. There has been no sign of any additional eggs from the spawning group that gave me these.

nice they are stunning corys.

Those are some stunning pictures! How on earth did you catch them all when moving?! Really sorry you lost half of that batch, these things always happen at inappropriate moments They all look cute xx

wow look at all them wee fry,fab pics,

There are only two remaining of this batch and I think they are small for their age. They are healthy, however, and have been removed from the fry tanks and placed in a 10 gallon with five of my older fish.

I've recently had another spawn (just the second) and only six of the eggs hatched.

Here are my remaining two babies.