Cories spawned

[superjalami30]

I came home from work today too find eggs on the glass of my aquarium.
I'm actually not sure if they are cory eggs, but either way what can I do to save them?

So far, it appears the other fish are unaware of what they are.

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

If they are eggs, you can remove them or the current fish into another tank. You should get some aeration flowing over them, by the means of an airstone. I cant really help much more, youll have to wait for inchworm Congrats anyway!

 

[Inchworm]

Hi superjalami30

Corys do frequently spawn on the glass, and if they are indeed cory eggs they will look something like this:

These are eggs from some C. pandas and yours might be a little different in size or color, depending on the kind of corys they are.

What kind of corys do you have?

 

[superjalami30]

In this paticular tank I have 3 albino's and 3 peppered.
The eggs I on the glass look just like the ones you posted!
WooHoo!

How long does it take for the eggs to hatch?

Hmmmm, I'll have to set up another tank for these.
I swear my wife is gonna leave me!

Would it be advisable to put them in a breeding trap?

 

[Inchworm]

Hi superjalami30

If they are both mature and both sexes are in your tank, it could have just as easily been one kind as the other.

I see that you are an MTS sufferer too! But then, when you get past a certain point, you can probably get away adding another tank and no one will even notice.

If you are lucky and these are in one of your smaller tank, it would be easiest, and I think best, to just move the fish out and clean out the gravel etc. I'd watch out for the peppered corys especially; they can be egg eaters. It takes around 4 days +/- for them to hatch.

I like to have the fry in a bare bottomed tank for their first few weeks. This will let you keep it nice and clean and reduce the risk of bacterial infections which could be your biggest problem. Daily small water changes will keep the excess food flushed out and and the tank clean.

Right now, get an airstone under the eggs to create a strong water current over them to prevent fungus from developing. Once the other fish are out, you can add methylene blue (one drop per gallon) if you want, but it's not really necessary if the water is flowing over them well. In any event, you will probably lose a few, but they were most likely infertile or damaged anyway.

What do you plan to feed them? Do you raise any other fish and have something to feed tiny fry?

 

[Inchworm]

Hi superjalami30

I prefer not to move them if possible. They are quite fragile, and while you might save some, you will lose some too. If this is a batch you want to keep, move the fish and if they spawn again within the next couple of weeks, then move those eggs into the first tank. At that point losing a few will seem to matter less.

Of course, if they are in a big tank with a lot of other fish, this just might not be possible. If so, put them right into a 10 gallon tank with plenty of water circulation. The tank need not be cycled, but I suggest using at least part of the water from one of your old tanks.

When moving them, do be gentle and keep them under water as much as possible. Air doesn't do them any good at all.

 

[superjalami30]

Thanks Inchworm!
The tank the eggs are in is a 40 Gallon.

Pic

I have tetra's, harlequins, a dojo, and a few others, so far none of them seem to have touched the eggs.
The place the cories layed the eggs on the glass is right in front of the water return, so theres a lot of current where they are.
If there's eggs there, there may be more elsewhere, is that correct?

I think I may just leave them there as I'm not fully prepared atm to set up another tank.

But, at least I now know what the female looks like when she's carrying eggs!
Boy, she got big!

I do raise guppy, platy, and molly fry by the hundreds, and have food for them.
What could I use to feed the cory fry if and when I do get some?

Thanks for all the info, I'm going to "copy and paste" all this to notepad for future reference.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi superjalami30

What a beautiful tank you have!

With all the plants, it's possible that some of the fry might make their way to them and find places to hide. They could eat microorganisms that live one them and grow until they are big enough to join the fishy community and eat regular food. You can't count on it, but one day you might just see some little fellows in there.

Best of luck with them!

 

[guppler]

I felt rather unprepared the first couple of times my cories spawned, but I moved most of the eggs to a half filled 10g with sponge filters, and by the third try, I had catfry. Then I noticed that some had actually survived in the comunity from the first or second spawn or both. I think they hid under decorations and in the gravel until they were big enough to come out. I think my last spawn was #6.This time I left most of them in the comunity because I still haven't found new homes for my older fry, but I did move a snail with eggs on it's back and got at least 4 new fry from that. I did keep the eggs under water more after the first couple of tries didn't seem to hatch in the fry tank, and by then the water was probably sort of cycled. On the third try I got a lot, like more than a hundred hatched, but of course not all lived. I had left about half in the comunity, so whey I saw a hatchling in the fry tank (only about 2 days after spawning), I took a little plastic box and gently rubbed more eggs off the walls in the comunity tank. Those critters were litterally hatching right at my fingertips, so the were eggs on the wall, and then swimming fish in the box in a second.
(My babies are bronze, like their mom, but their dad is albino.)
If you don't feel like setting up another tank, you can just let them take their chances in the comunity, and could very well get some success. I usually do find multiple egg clusters all over on plants and decorations, walls, thermometer, snails, etc.