Cory Breeding - Conditioning?

[Genesis]

should I condition my corys to breed? i have 3 albinos (hoping to get 4-5 more) but what should i do to encourage them to spawn?

 

[Inchworm]

Hi 'genesis

Do you have at least one female and one or more males? Are they mature?

 

[Genesis]

i duno, how do I sex them?

okay, apparently the females are bigger, one of mmine is bigger than the other two

 

[Genesis]

the bigger one's head is like this / (straight)

where as the other two's heads are like this ( (rounded)

is this helpful for sexing?

 

[Fella]

I'd be very surprised if the cories were in a situation to breed while your tank was still cycling.

 

[Genesis]

for goodness sake fella

they are in a mature tank

dur, read the sig

 

[Inchworm]

Hi 'genesis

Could you or someone else explain what is going on here? I see you've moved your corys to a better tank than the small one they were in, and that's a good thing. Why would fella think that it's not cycled?

I'll watch this thread and help you get your corys to spawn, but you have to work with me here. If they are not the same species, or not male and female, are too young, or are in an unsuitable tank, it's not going to work out for you. I just need to find out if conditions are right for them to spawn.

 

[Mr.September15]

And thats how the cookie crumbles.

 

[Genesis]

they are all albino bronze corys, so thats the species

i dont know how to properly sex them, but i assume there should bbe some opposite gendering in a group of 3 purchased at different times

the tank is a 10 gallon with matured filter (the corys are on their own in this tank)

i may get a few more corys at the weekend

 

[Inchworm]

Hi 'genesis

That sounds like you are off to a good start then. If you find new corys now, they might be too young to participate in a spawning right away, but they will probably cause no harm. C. aeneus are not usually egg eaters and if they were, I would suggest waiting. I have young ones in some of my spawning tanks and it's just fine. When the time comes for them, they will join in. It will also do them good to have lots of extra food to eat while the others are being conditioned.

I spawn my corys in 10 gallon tanks and when the parents have finished laying their eggs I move the adults out and clean the gravel or sand out too. This leaves a clean tank for the fry to grow up in.

To begin conditioning, start feeding them heavily on live blackworms or tubifex worms or on frozen bloodworms. Give them all they want to eat, but if you feed the frozen foods, be sure that any they don't finish are removed as soon as you're sure they don't want them. Live worms will sink to the bottom and be there when the corys want to dig them up, so they are not a problem. You'll probably want to do this for about two weeks, especially if it's their first time.

During this time I like to keep the tank at around 75 degrees F. Then, when I think they are ready, I just do a big water change and turn the heater off. They will usually spawn in the next few days.

 

[Fella]

[quote name=''genesis' post='1004212' date='Dec 15 2005, 05:38 PM']
for goodness sake fella

they are in a mature tank

dur, read the sig
[/quote]


Haha, it's not my fault I can't keep up with your chopping and changing

 

[Genesis]

lol!

any more tips would be appreciated Inchworm

 

[Fella]

From the looks of your signature now though, I wasn't wrong?

Good luck either way!

 

[Genesis]

i moved them back,

im going to egypt on wednesday, no point in trying to spawn before i go

i'm gonna try it again after xmas

 

[Inchworm]

Hi 'genesis

Enjoy your trip!

I hope you will continue to post about your corys when you get back. This seems to be the time of year that members are having good luck getting them to spawn. I hope yours will too.