Breeding Cory

[Labyrinth]

If I wanted to breed my Corys (see tank details), what tank size would i need?

And also, probably a stupid question but, do corys inter breed with other species of cory or do they stick to there own kind, eg. Bronze with Panda?

Thx

Lab

 

[Rez]

If I wanted to breed my Corys (see tank details), what tank size would i need?

And also, probably a stupid question but, do corys inter breed with other species of cory or do they stick to there own kind, eg. Bronze with Panda?

Thx

Lab

I am an American so I have no idea what the conversion is from US gallons to UK litres but my cories breed fine in my 10 gallon. So since they are social and stay in schools any aquarium 10 gallons all the way up to 1,000 gallons should be adequate for the breeding of corys. They breed quite readily when kept in schools of 6+ and when fed a good diet I use frozen bloodworm and sinking wafers to get mine in the mood. Also you can add slightly cooler water to the tank during water changes to trigger a breeding. Remember that cories and other fish in the tank will eat the eggs greedily, so I like to keep the cories in their own aquarium to cut down on eaten eggs. Also after the eggs are laid remove the cories from the breeding aquarium or else they will eat all of the eggs! My breeding aquarium is not large just 10 gallons with a shallow sand bottom and a piece of driftwood (Note: bare-bottomed tanks are best for raising the fry because the fry can more easily be seen and cleaning is much easier). When eggs are laid I remove the driftwood and corys and then the breeding aquarium becomes the fry tank. be sure to place an airstone or some other form of moving water on the eggs or else they may fungus and you can loose them all. Cories generally have to be fairly mature in order to reproduce and as a rule for the larger cories 1 1/2 inches is a good size for a mature cory. After the eggs hatch the fry do not need to fed as long as their yolk sack is still present, in all of my fry the yolk sack has been dark colored, but I have not breed them all by any means so it may be based upon species or what the parents were fed. After a few days the yolk sack will be used up and they will need to be fed. I feed mine baby brine shrimp, but microworms, and Liquifry also work. As they grow I wean them off of the bbs and onto Grindal worms, bloodworms and regualr sinking wafers, I recommend Hikari. And no, your question is not stupid concerning interbreeding. Cories will not interbreed with other species of corys. I know I have dreamt of all the cool cory combinations I could come up with, a three-lined Panda I think would be awsome by the way. If you get schools cories of different species in a large aquarium they will usually stay in schools of their own species; however if you get albino corydoras they are usually C. Aeneus or sometimes C. Paleatus and they will interbreed with normal C. Aeneus and C. Paleatus. I have included pictures of my experience raising cories below.



Here is a newly hatched C. Panda (Note: you can easily see his dark colored yolk sack in his belly)

Here is a picture of C. Panda eggs adhered to glass to show you what they look like.

Good luck breeding

 

[Labyrinth]

Thanks Rez

Great advice, I'll give a post if I breed get to breed them!

Lab