Bronze Corys Spawned,my First Spawn Ever!

Hi CTGoldfish :)

Please have patience and do not bump your thread. You will get the help you need.

Let me explain about the fungus. There are several possible reasons why you might have this growing on your eggs. It will usually indicate that the eggs are infertile or damaged in some way, or that there has been insufficient water movement around them. In your case I suspect that the eggs were crushed or otherwise harmed when you were moving them.

Eggs are delicate but can be moved successfully once you have had a little practice. It helps if you can move them at just the right stage of their development, but this is not always possible. When they are newly spawned they are very soft and can burst if you touch them. As time goes by they firm up a bit and you will find that they are sticky. At this stage you can easily roll them on to your finger and then roll them on to another surface. As more time passes, they will continue to become firmer and lose their stickiness. If you try to move them at this stage they are apt to float away and sink.

It's very necessary to keep water moving over the eggs. If you notice, they corys are most likely to deposit them where there is current from the filter or airstone. The idea is to duplicate this situation.
Chemicals can help prevent fungus but nothing will replace moving water. I use methylene blue sometimes, but just as often I don't add anything to the water.

Once the eggs have developed fungus on them, there is nothing you can do at that point. Your best bet is to condition your fish by feeding them well on live foods, or frozen blackworms and other nutritious foods and get ready for them to spawn again.

As for the newly hatched fry, if you can remove them from the rest and put them into a clean container with tank water from the parents' tank, you can cover them will a little filter squeezings. Their first foods will then be the microorganisms that grow in it. Remember that they will be absorbing their yolk sacs for the first day or so and will not need food immediately. Try using a teaspoon to scoop the tiny fry out of the water. You are less likely to hurt them than if you use a net.

If you are thinking about setting up a breeding tank for them, conserve your filter media since you might have to use it to clone the second tank.
 
sorry for bumping.
well I have good news and bad news
first 2 more fry appeared,then escaped into the main tank and there is no chance of seeing them at their size ):
but at least they might survive and the fry I have are still alive
now for the bad news,one cory died today :rip: I did a 90% water change yesterday so maybe that was the cause?It sort of had a bloody genital area unless they are suppose to have red dots on the bottom of them
I am afraid to do water changes now.
thanks :) for the filter squeezing suggestion Inchworm,does the blackish mulm stuff in my filter have beneficial bacteria in it?
update:my corys spawned again this afternoon,this morning i saw a couple feeling each other up and this time the eggs were all saved (though very few anyway) and the eggs were laid oddly on a fairly thin not leafy plant :blink:
I must have odd corys.
 
my second spawn of corys hatched with all hatching but 2 which ill give a couple more days :hyper:
my other fry are still living and haven't grown much
 
my second spawn of corys hatched with all hatching but 2 which ill give a couple more days :hyper:
my other fry are still living and haven't grown much

you need to get some liqafry fry
food it comes in two types egg layers
and livebearer you should be able to
get it at a good lfs if not rubbed
flake food to a powder
 
I have tried to find liquafry but yet to no avail
so far i have done some flake in a fine powder and some mulmy stuff on my filter
 
I have tried to find liquafry but yet to no avail
so far i have done some flake in a fine powder and some mulmy stuff on my filter

your lfs might sell a frozen food
called bosmiden this is a food
for feeding very small fry you
could try growing some green water
blanch a lettuce place it an a jam
jar full of boiled cooled water leave
on a window sill with the lid off
and in a few days it should have a cloud
hanging over the leaf in the jar syphon of
and use that to feed your fry i have done it this way before
it works

its called infusoria
 
Ill try to look for that my next trip
as for the infusoria I'll try that as well
thanks,
 
I personally dont use liquidfry has it does mess the water up,finely crushed flakes/baby brine shrimp/microworm/first bites etc are all good starters for fry :good:
 
For the baby corys, Id feed them Liquifry as mentioned by Biffster, then I would feed them infusoria and microworms. Microworms are very cheap at ebay, but many fish shops don't sell it.
Carl :D
 

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