Cory Eggs - Again

[vix]

My cories have just started laying eggs again, so far theres around 60 on the glass, the last batch of eggs i had they all fungused.

Any ideas??

 

[§tudz]

did you add, meth' blue? and did you ensure there was FULL water circluation over the eggs?

if you didnt do both of these, theres your problem

 

[Coryologist]

did you add, meth' blue? and did you ensure there was FULL water circluation over the eggs?

if you didnt do both of these, theres your problem

Hi. If you have clean water to begin with and good circulation over the eggs, I would avoid using MB. It will kill all of the beneficial bacteria in your filter, for sure. I'd look into using alder cones, instead. JMO. - Frank

 

[jollysue]

What are alder cones?

 

[§tudz]

yeah what is Alder Cones?

 

[Coryologist]

yeah what is Alder Cones?

C'mon. It's almost 2007. Google is your friend! - Frank

 

[Bozza]

Why dont u just tell us?

 

[jollysue]

Alder cones are cones from I assume the Alder tree. They are used in aquariums during certain seasons of breeding. I got this far here, when I had to reboot, because I overloaded my laptop. (I had several service programs running.)

I know wuvmybetta uses leaves, etc., from her yard to encourage breeding among her wilds. What the precise effect of alder cones is, I have yet to "google" out.

here this advertiser claims that alder cones prevent algae.

I'm guessing that they are to Amazon fish like IAL is to Betta.

 

[vix]

Hmmm Eggs all fungused again, i give up

 

[Tolak]

While meth blue will affect your bio filtration, you don't need bio filtration for hatching. You will need a cycled filter, or tank with a cycled filter to transfer them to after they hatch.

While I am no big cory breeder, having only hatched a couple of spawns of corys, I have bred thousands of angels. I treated the cory eggs the same as angels. This means a seperate tank with an airstone, and adding 7 drops per gallon meth blue, 3 drops per gallon acriflavin+, and 4 drops per gallon Maroxy. I had a few fungus, pretty much the same rate as an angel spawn, but otherwise no different. Once they are swimmers they got transfered to a 20 gallon with a large cycled sponge filter.

 

[jollysue]

Vix, why don't you tell us how you are setting up the eggs? I agree that if there is enough circulation, you should have a good portion of your eggs hatch w/o any additives, except water conditioner for chlorine, etc. This is not to disagree with the use of meth blue, just that with water circulation there should be very little of the eggs fungusing, if any. Whatever you are using to hatch the eggs, I would give a good chlorine scrub, then set it up with an air stone and a heater. When you put the eggs in make sure they get a good bit of water movement from the airstone.

Don't give up. You will succeed.

 

[Tolak]

I agree with not giving up. It took me several tries to get hatching angels down. Some of this mayalso have to do with the hardness of your water. I don't know if this applies to corys, buy harder water sometimes makes it more difficult to hatch due to the osmotic pressure difference between the water & the eggs themselves. I have hard water with a pH of 7.7 or so, a few drops of meth & such is easier & more economical then getting involved with a ro setup.

 

[jollysue]

Tolak! Is that a new moderator designation. I don't remember seeing it. You will make a great moderator. Are you moderating a specific forum?

 

[Tolak]

Tolak! Is that a new moderator designation. I don't remember seeing it. You will make a great moderator. Are you moderating a specific forum?

Lol, yes, I'm a newbie mod, a couple of weeks young. Juan asked me to help with nw cichlids & the emergency section a little while back, I figured it's time to step up as he has his hands more than a little full atm.

 

[jollysue]

Are angels new world Cichlids? Those Cichlid forums are doing much better it seems to me. I see people coming back.