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I voted indifferent.... :) People old & new need to realise we were all newbies at some stage and had all the usual problems with cycling,fish problems etc etc... I love reading peoples different opinions & constructive critism,makes you think about what your doing,whilst learning all the time...

Update on these babes,now over 6 months old and still doing well :good: And pretty certain i will keep them for the time being has i can't bear to let the lfs have them,only for them possibly going into an uncycled tank and not surviving... :unsure:

Salt in a no-no where cories are concerned,they don't tolerate it at all well.

Good luck with your fry,always a possibility they turn out to be bronze fry :rolleyes: :lol: my albinos gave me loads of both albino & bronze,the latter lot were all bronze :rolleyes: I hope they are the delphax though :)

Try this one Breeding corydoras :good:

Yep the only way to improve their chances is to save the eggs and rear them separately.

Sounds pretty normal,especially for panda's :lol:

Thanks Inchworm :) Yep daily doses of bloodworm etc ,seems to be spurring them into breeding,i know when i bought them a while ago they were quite small,and have grown nicely and filled out since. I haven't seen them anywhere else local,but i'll see how they go,the store has sold out atm,so...

Thanks baccus :) The tank temp is around 23 degrees has this hopefully is ideal for the metae's has i read they prefer lower temperature... They are at it again :rolleyes: pity about eggs ...perhaps they're still experimenting :lol:

Well for the past 3-4 weeks i've got my bandit(metae) corys to spawn, i have been saving the eggs,but none of the eggs want to hatch... I'm not doing things any different to my usual egg saving...so either my males are infertile or the corys are still to young to breed properly... Heres hoping...

Albino fry are very pale and do have a peach/pink tinge to them. Look on this albino fry , shows my newly hatched albino fry :)

Even with a cycled filter the readings can spike with the extra feeds the growing fry have...also keep the bottom clean from uneaten food :good: I use the water from the parent tank whilst they are tiny,then use fresh dechlorinated when they're a few weeks old.

Keeps the water quality good(surprising how readings can spike) also doing small w/c's encourages growth in the fry has they release hormones into the water,which may stunt their growth :)

Well done & congrats on your new fry :good: Keep up the daily w/c on the fry tank and they'll soon grow :nod:

Panda eggs are not yellow,they're white/creamy colour and quite large compared to other cory eggs... and go dark beige colour to near black by the 5th day when they're due to hatch. Also corys don't lay eggs on the floor.. Can you get a pic up of the eggs? - makes me wonder if its shrimp eggs?

Mine leave craters :lol: looks just like a dog in a hole burying a bone :rolleyes: :lol:

They would love their own space :good: go for it :lol:

Mine pretty much hang out together, they do have their little groups of the same species which stick together,but personally in a tank,unless you have a huge shoal of one species,you probably wont find they shoal that much has a unit. The only time i've seen it recently is when i had 20 bronze...

All corys are the easiest to keep it given the right environment,i have many different species and all seem to thrive for me... :)

Where there's a will,there's a way... :lol: i'm sure you could squeeze it in somewhere ;) :whistle: :lol:

Pandas are probably smaller compared to Tri's (false julii)more than likely to tri's has opposed to true julii's. Both cories are excellent,although i would say the pandas are more active & out in the open compared to the tri's... Has regards your pygmys,i have 15 and not very often see...

Wild caught pandas i think are more sensitive to tank set ups,whereas tank bred are more hardy in my opinion. Has with most corys,they prefer cooler temps 22-24 degrees being ideal for them.

Thanks :)

They're lush Tizer :drool: My yearnings are the green lasers atm :lol:

Thanks :lol: - i love watching the gold lasers going in over the top has in pic 2 :lol:

Thanks :)

Thanks :)

Here's a few pics of my corys going nuts over hikari sinking wafers.... :lol:

Has a driver who pays road tax,why do cyclists have their own boxes at the front of traffic lights and their own cycle lanes etc etc and pay nowt for their use...also why can a horse deposit faeces by the cart load whether on path or road & leaves it,yet if your dog does it the owner gets...

Well they certainly shy :rolleyes: the metae's were like this until they settled... Heres some pics of them feasting on mini bw in between the metae's & panda youngsters. :rolleyes:

Well the bandits have been leaving random eggs around,but seem to be infertile,anyway i finally found an egg that may be good,its alot darker than the other 5 i've found :rolleyes: Here's a pic of the eggs i found today after their weekly clean :) Could possibly be 2 good eggs,has the one...

Try feeding a little less,i use one cube of mini bw for all my tank,so a cube for 9 may have bloated them a bit,i know mine bloat out if they eat too much bw. Having a big tank with lots of room,food can easily go amiss if the cories are busy elsewhere,my cories,especially the pandas like...

Make sure you have good air flow around the eggs to stop any fungas on them :good: air stone is good for this. Have a read here,very useful info :) http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/165155-the-breeding-of-corydoras-catfish/

No not that rare,can be seen around different lfs' ,just hard to breed :rolleyes: Mine were bought from a Cadburys garden centre,who has signs up saying it uses uk breeders only not imports... :unsure:

Ebay did have some on there a few days ago...

On my adolfi thread , £30 for 3 http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/374977-new-adolfi-corys/

:bday: Have a good day :band: :cake:

Thanks all :) Well when they come out of hiding,i'll snap a pic :rolleyes:

Very nice jayne :good: Tad expensive though,i got mine for £5 each,still nice cories.:)

I bought some new additions today,i wanted these adolfi corys a few months ago,but was put off by their stumpy barbels,anyway they had a few more in since,so i've bought 3 so far,quite expensive 3 for £32. But used some of me birthday money :) I'll upload some pics when they've settled :nod: