Breeding Net Worked Great

[jollysue]

I did what a member (sorry don't remember who) suggested. I set up a breeding net in my C. aneaus, et al , tank. I got a good sticky clutch smeared off the tank side onto the plastic plant and put it in the net. I placed an air wand under the net. A few days later I saw some wiggly spots. I waited a few days and sprinkled some Betta fry powder in, also had a small live plant floating hoping for infusoria. I flushed the net around every day. One day I flushed too hard. When I looked all the wigglers were gone. I thought I had ruined it again. Now I find have 6 or more baby bronze thriving in that Cory tank.

My peppers spawn regularly in the big community tank. The Momma is a balloon. But so far I have not been able to get the eggs to stick to the plant. They just float off. I have gotten them right after they were laid too.

 

[Bloo]

Well done My peppers use to spawn quite often too - and every now and again I had fry that managed to survive

 

[jollysue]

Thanks, I'm glad I found a method that works for me. I just don't have the time to go through the more intensive methods.

So far, between the variety of snails that go for the eggs, and the omnivorous and even carnivorous fish that would go for any wigglers that made it to swim, there have been no free swimmers of any species that have made it in the community that I have seen. Although I thought that there might be a ADF that I didn't have before.

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Well done. We put our fry in the breeding nets too when the bronze cory's were breeding. We had two different nets. The green one kept all the fry in, but with the cory's prolific breeding, and only 1 spare tank (we have another tank now though) we got another net, a white one. But all the fry just slipped through that one when they hatched. Luckily the fry were only in a tank with older fry, so no danger. We havent' had eggs off the corys for a while now, still trying to grow the last couple of batches of fry to sell on. Not all cory eggs are the same (so I've read). Some look different, and I think they might not all be as sticky as the bronze eggs. Good luck and post some pic of the fry if you have any. Keep well.

 

[jollysue]

Thanks

I just tried again to get some pepper eggs on the plant but I don't think any made it, although I have set the plant up in the net in case.

I would love to get eggs from some of my other Cories, but I never see any. The San Juans have a bubble tummied Mama, but I haven't seen any eggs or even "happy dances." I have four species of small Cories in one tank.

I will post pics when and if I get some. Those bronze fry were very small, just wigglers really. But they survived with the adults. I do feed them well and there are a few plants floating around.

The peppers are still young so they may leave some larger clutches in time. I am especially fond of my peppers. They are also from two different sources I think so are not all related.

 

[Barracuda518]

Nice work, That all sounds good. Ive thought about using a breeding net to keep them in the main tank. What about feeding them? Does the liquid fry stay in the net and not go through? What about the microworms? Also, have you had any problems with the fry getting stuck in the net?

 

[guppy_man]

my albino corys spawned 2 weeks ago now the babies are 3 times the size they were, im feeding them on tetra-min baby powder food and some small flakes, im raising them up in the breeder net at the moment but im setting up a 4gal as we speek, getting ready for them to go in

 

[jollysue]

Hi Barracuda. I'm trying to end my day. I'll answer tonight. It's 1:30 pm here. I'll get back probably about 12 midnight here.

 

[jollysue]

The net is in a 40 usg ClearSea Exec tank. It has about 22 + or - adult Cories: Virginiae/Sangama, Pulcher Variant #3, Leumcomelas, Armatus and the bronze. There is also a Betta and lots of c. apples.

The net is very fine. I put in a plastic plant with a pretty good clutch of newly laid eggs. An air wand was put under or next to the net.

I waited a few days to feed them after they hatched. The tank is on the bottom of a double stand, so I have a little trouble getting down to watch closely. I dusted Atison's Betta Starter in once or twice a day for a few days. I swished the net occasionally to make sure it wasn't building up old food. I hoped that there was some microb food, like infusoria, in the water of the tank. Since they thrived under my neglect, I guess there was.

One day in a bleary eyed condition, I swished too hard and they washed out into the tank. They were still baby, baby fry. Tiny things. I had never even counted them. I figured they had gone the way of my other attempts and were too small to survive. A few weeks later I found 6 or so bronze cory babies trolling around after worms. I never feed them liquid fry or microworms. I really didn't feed them much at all and they were still too small for the blackworms, I believe, when they washed out. It is a pretty established tank with a few Amazon Swords floating around, so I expect they found their own source of food.

No I didn't find that they slipped through the net I have.

Congrats guppy_man

I keep trying to get some pepper eggs but they just are not easy to get like the bronze.

Like guppy_man I now have to find them a home. I don't know if the tank can support them all.