Ah! Cory Eggs?!

[CBBP]

I went down stairs today to my 29 to feed my cories and they are white balls all over the glass! They are eggs right? Not some fresh water barnical? haha. Anyway, I am assuming they are cory eggs since the are the only thing in the tank, besides a snail but it is a livebearewr snail, so it must be cory babies right? what should I do with them?

 

[Sp00ky]

I went down stairs today to my 29 to feed my cories and they are white balls all over the glass! They are eggs right? Not some fresh water barnical? haha. Anyway, I am assuming they are cory eggs since the are the only thing in the tank, besides a snail but it is a livebearewr snail, so it must be cory babies right? what should I do with them?

do you want to keep them??

if so, remove them from the glass carefully and place them in either another tank to hatch in, or a tub floated in the top of the tank.

Alternatively, you can remove the parents if you have another tank.

If you are planning on keeping them, get yourself some liquifry for egg layers, as i would assume you dont have any microwrom culture on the go as this is unexpected spawn. ( get some MW culture as well and get it on the go LOL) !

Keep us posted mate

 

[CBBP]

how do I remove them?

 

[Sp00ky]

how do I remove them?

with a stanley knife blade. I work from the bottom of a group of eggs and scrape the glass carefully upwards. I would leave them in there for a few hours first to allow them to harden up a little... but they are quite stong when they have been there for a little while. Dont be scared of getting them off, but dont be over rough with em

 

[CBBP]

it is only corie sin the tank.,. do they eat their own young?

 

[raeburter]

Man ur lucky to hav cory eggs and wad breed are them?

 

[Sp00ky]

they will yes. they will eat the eggs if you dont remove them or the parents..... although, if they are well fed they may ignore them, but theres no gurantees

 

[Inchworm]

Hi CardBoardBoxProcessor

What kind of corys do you have? Some species are big time egg eaters but others ignore them or even seem to tend them by removing damaged or infertile eggs.

While the chances of raising fry in a breeding net are slim, I've known of one member who has been successful. Since your corys have spawned once, they will probably soon do it again. If you are serious about raising cory fry, your best bet would be to set up a breeding tank for them. This way you can just remove the parent fish when they are finished and eliminate the risk of damaging the eggs when you move them. The fry can then be safely raised in that tank.

And, by all means, get a microworm culture started to feed them.

 

[Captain Retardo]

Just wondering because I will start to breed my cories soon, instead of getting a microworm culture, couldn't I feed the youngsters Vinegar Eels???