Cory Eggs! How Long Do I Leave Them?

[eaglesaquarium]

 
 
You're going to need a bigger tank.

 

[greenmumma141]

 
 
You're going to need a bigger tank.

 
My husband will be so very excited

 

[DyArianna]

LOL!  They are looking great!  Such cuties!  And wow... more???  Fertile tank you have there!  lol 

 

[greenmumma141]

I know! It's my two mama cories This one didn't lay nearly as many as Big Mama, thank goodness

 

[Blondielovesfish]

Do you think your LFS will take them?

 

[greenmumma141]

There's a good shop about 45 minutes from me that should take them... if i can part with them lol. it might be nice if i can work it out so I never have to pay for frozen bloodworms again lol

 

[greenmumma141]

Day 10 update: Dorsal fins!!!! 

 

[Blondielovesfish]

Looks like these ones are going to make it! Can't wait to see more pics!
Be nice if you can work out some sort of deal.

 

[greenmumma141]

I've counted 15, a good 3 times lol.  So it's safe to say I've got 15 mini cories. 15 out of 73, yeesh

 

[eaglesaquarium]

That's a good start.  First time and remember, many of the eggs may not have been fertilized - so its not like your percentage of viable eggs is actually as it seems.

 

[snazy]

You'll be glad you've got only 15 It becomes a bit too much work when you have to look after too many baby fish.
Especially when you don't want to part with any of them when they grow and to raise 75 you'd need a big tank.
I had to setup a 5f tank to keep my 30-40 baby corys that are nearly adult size now(I don't even know how many I've got yet

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[This Old Spouse]

I'm about to set up my 15g for the cory fry. I still have no idea how many there are. I lost the tiniest one yesterday. I'm not even going to panic about it. I just figure it's part of nature. It was about 1/3 the size of the rest, so I guess it wasn't meant for this world.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Runts generally don't fare well.  Still upsetting though.

 

[snazy]

Yeah, agree with eagles. Don't worry about it. Some fry loss is normal for any kind of fry. Some just aren't as strong as the rest.

 

[greenmumma141]

Yep, I had to take a tiny little carcass out of the mini tank a couple days ago :goodbye:  but the rest are doing great, and it was the smaller one as well. Sad, but that's the way it goes I guess...    uploading a vid