Albino Cory Eggs

[smif79]

Hi,

One of my Albino Cory's has started laying egg every week or so (might be 2 cory's with it being this often, not sure).

What are my chances of raising them in a breeding trap? and what do i need to do?

thanks
Chris.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi smif79

I've known it to be done, but it's difficult. It would be much easier, and your chances of success would be much greater, if you set up a separate breeding tank for them. This way, after they spawn. you could just remove them, clean out the gravel, etc., and hatch the eggs and raise the fry in it.

A cory breeding tank is simple and fairly inexpensive to set up. All you would need is a 10 gallon tank, a small air pump to power a box filter and an airstone, and a thin layer of fine gravel to cover the bottom. Cory fry do very well if they are fed on microworms and a starter culture can be purchased for around $5 US.

 

[dobbygolem]

No offence inchworm, but i didn't find it dificult at all! I kept them in relatively not good conditions, but the best I could provide and all six eggs that i put in there hatched, and now are swimming around in the big tank (Hopefully anyway, I may have released them while they were still a little small! ).

I kept major water flow over them by putting the net breeder right infront of the spraybar, and it worked. I even fed them with liquifry 3 times a day for over a month and the water didn't foul at all. I kept the water change regime as normal, which admittedly wasn't as good as it could have been. 10% per week, and the fry were absolutely loving it! :lol. They got taken out of the tank every few days, put into a plastic tub, and fed BBS, because the BBS would go straight through the net, and I would leave the net in the tub for around 10 mins before i put the net and fry back into the tank.

The parents bred after non-purpose conditioning, if that makes sense! :lol . I was feeding them alot more bloodworm than I found out was reccomended, about one cube every other day . I have stopped this now, as i found too much protein can be bad for my BN's, but as i said, I have stopped now.

I know for you inchworm, it's possible for you to get more tanks but for some it's just not possible.




Inchworm, I have just re-read this post and it sounds like i am really having a go at you, but I can't think of any other way to put it I'm sorry if this comes across offensive! I actually really admire you of your expertees in cory - keeping!

As i said, please do not take offence. It is not meant that way!

 

[smif79]

sorry if i sound dumb but....how long do they take to hatch?

 

[Inchworm]

Hi smif79

Don't worry about asking questions; ask as many as you like. That's what the forum's for.

Cory eggs hatch in about 4 days.

Inchworm, I have just re-read this post and it sounds like i am really having a go at you, but I can't think of any other way to put it I'm sorry if this comes across offensive! I actually really admire you of your expertees in cory - keeping!

As i said, please do not take offence. It is not meant that way!

Hi dobbygolem

No offence taken. There are many different ways of doing things and no way is perfect. The good thing about forums is that we can all learn from each other's experiences.