Cory Eggs - Journal - Update 5/4/06

[flumpit2]

imo you should turn the air stone back on.the reason for having the air stone is to stop fungus forming on them.while the air stone is off theres always the chance it will form & could attack all the eggs (even the ones with the fry in).people have been known to lose a whole batch to fungs so imo its better to be safe than sorry!

as for how much longer they will take to hatch,im sorry i cant help.iv only got peppered corys and there eggs took 5 days to hatch.think alot of it depends at what temperature there kept at.

good luck with them.keep us informed of how it goes.

shaz

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Great news. I agree with Shaz, turn the airstone back on. From all the info I've read on Panda's, it should be another couple of days before they hatch. Could even happen tomorrow!! So not long now. It is very hard to wait for them to hatch. When I know my eggs are about to hatch, I'm in and out the room a few hundred times that day watching. Good luck and keep us updated, Carmen

 

[Dakota Ice]

Okay, I'll turn the airstone back on.

The cories' water is room temperature most likely, which is slightly lower than what most people hatch them at. I won't be surprised if it takes a few more days more due to the cooler temp.

 

[flumpit2]

glad you've turned the air stone back on.its really not worth the risk of them fungusing.there really tiny when they hatch & its sooo cool to watch them.some move around with the egg still on there heads,so funny but cute at the same time!!! shaz

 

[Dakota Ice]

I can see movement in all the little eggs now - the babies are twisting and turning.

Does this mean it's soon..?

 

[flumpit2]

from what i can remember with my peppers i could see the fry moving very clearly for a day or so before they hatched.so i would imagine it will be with in the next couple of days.

are you starting to get all excited yet?i remember that i got really nervous & worried the day i expeced my eggs to hatch & they didnt.then they went & hatced the next day.i hope you get to see them hatch as it is soooo cool!!! Shaz

 

[Dakota Ice]

Yeah, I'm getting pretty excited. I doubt I'll be here when they hatch, as I have school tomarrow and I won't be home friday night. I keep stopping the airstone to watch them move lol

I'm going to petco to get a 2.5 gallon tank tomarrow, once they outgrow that I already have a 5, 10 and 20 gallon waiting for em. (amazing what MTS puts in your attic, lord knows how many tanks I have)

Oh, and, should I start hatching their BBS now or can they go without food for the first few days?

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Great to hear you can see them wriggling now. Very cute. The best thing to feed them from 3-4 days old is microworms. I've heard lots of conflicting things about brine shrimp. But everyone agrees that microworms are best. They do take a few days to get them going, so it would be best to start as soon as possible with a culture. The fry will have egg sacs and it takes about 3-4 days to absorb. Then you start feeding. Only a very tiny amount to start off with. Good luck and can't wait till you get back, and you can tell us if they've hatched!! Keep well, Carmen

 

[Dakota Ice]

* I smooshed up some of my posts so I didn't have so many self replies. =) *


Grr.

I got a 5.5 gallon for the eggs today, and moved them over. I finally got a real good look on them - and probably all of them had some form of "fungus" or maybe algae on them. However, even on the worst ones I can still see the babies moving inside.. what is this? what should I do?

6:08 p.m.

Well, shortly before switching it over I saw the egg with the worst fungus' baby inside move, so I thought it was still alive.

Moved it over, just checked, and that egg hatched. However, the baby is so lifeless.. I'm pretty sure it's dead, but I could have sworn it moved a few times after it came out and I'm SURE I saw it move in the fungus covered egg 20 minutes ago. Are newborns (minutes old, probably) almost lifeless?

Why would it hatch if the baby inside was dead?

10:46 p.m.

That baby is alive and doing fine!! =)

Another is hatching now - he can't quite get his head out of the egg. So cute! I'll take some pictures.

Pic of only fry fully out of the egg:

(If someone could, delete the two posts below this =) )

 

[Dakota Ice]

Well, shortly before switching it over I saw the egg with the worst fungus' baby inside move, so I thought it was still alive.

Moved it over, just checked, and that egg hatched. However, the baby is so lifeless.. I'm pretty sure it's dead, but I could have sworn it moved a few times after it came out and I'm SURE I saw it move in the fungus covered egg 20 minutes ago. Are newborns (minutes old, probably) almost lifeless?

Why would it hatch if the baby inside was dead?

10:46 p.m.

That baby is alive and doing fine!! =)

Another is hatching now - he can't quite get his head out of the egg. So cute! I'll take some pictures.

 

[Dakota Ice]

That baby is alive and doing fine!! =)

Another is hatching now - he can't quite get his head out of the egg. So cute! I'll take some pictures.

 

[Dakota Ice]

Well I've really made a fool of myself now. Why in the world can we not delete our own posts?

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Congrats Lovely pic of the fry out the egg. Some of the fry will hatch and swim around like mad for ages, and others will just lie at the bottom and not move. But if any are dead, you need to remove them because they decompose rather quickly, polluting the water. I just nudge very gently or blow bubbles with a turkey baster. It could take a full day for them all to hatch. But I'm sure it will all go well. Congrats again. Were you able to get some microworms, or are you going to feed BBS? They are ultra cute, and you're going to love watching them grow. Speak soon, Carmen

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Dakota Ice,

Congratulations! Pandas are not the easiest corys to spawn and then get the eggs to hatch. The good news is that once you have a pair who will spawn for you, they are likely to keep at it for awhile. While they are small, they will only lay a few eggs at a time, but this will increase as they get bigger.

Panda eggs often turn a most unattractive dark green as they mature, so don't worry if they look strange. I encourage mine to place their eggs on the inside of hang on the side thermometers like these ones:

The oldest eggs are on the left two thermometers. You can see that a few have turned fuzzy and have gone rotten. This is natural and cannot entirely be avoided; This system works well for me since the corys tend to be egg eaters. and in this way they can easily be removed from the tank regularly.

I hope we see the pictures of them as they grow

 

[Dakota Ice]

Thanks everyone =)

I've got tons of BBS just waiting to fill their little tummies =)

Two of them have had the egg still on their heads for hours now, one for like 12 hours, is that okay? Should I help them out?

Several others still have not shown any sign of hatching. The first baby just lays still most of the time, but more and more frequently puts up violent fits against the current, lol. It's not that strong though.

Inchworm, thats a LOT of baby cories! I really plan to keep some of these babies and sell the rest - as I paid a good 6 dollars each for their parents. Hopefully I'll raise them all to adulthood. =)

4:50 p.m.

The baby that had the egg sack stuck on its head died. I didn't want the other one to wind up like that, so I poked and prodded with him and finally the sack came off. Both of the two hatched babies do not move very much, and very violently when they do. The baby that hatched yesterday night is a lot bigger and darker colored than the one that I "rescued" today. I took out the other 4 eggs that showed no signs of hatching. The adults laid 5 more eggs today and I've added the fresh, non-fungused eggs to the 5 gallon.