Hatched Cory Egg Help

[millym]

hi & help
after keeping corys for over 8 yrs finally had a go at trying to hatch some eggs. i put peppered cory eggs in a container in our main tank & put an airstone in, today i finally have a hatchling and am not sure whether i should keep it in the container or would it be better to move it into our shrimp tank ( have cherry, green, malaysian & long nose shrimps in there of all sizes from teeny newies to the long noses who are around 2cm in size). the container seems to have lots of little beasties in it even after doing a little water change( sorry dont know what the beasties are- very small black & are zipping around )
any help most appreciated
thanks

 

[aly_starh]

hiya

The other 'beasties' your talking aout, are you sure they are not Cories or baby shrimp?

I would get ahold of a Microworm culture asap, and start feeding the Cory that. in the mean time, you might be able to get away with crushed flakes.

Im sure the cory experts will be along soon to help Inchworm, LilacAmy, Harlequins, Matlee

 

[millym]

hi & thanks
no the beasties are not the cory hatchlings or shrimps, i can clearly see one cory hatchling a couple of mm big like a tadpole type thing these 'beasties' are microdot sized black things smaller than an apostrophe. the hatchling is in a plastic container floated in our 4ft tank,( with an airstone in there too) ive left it at the mo & put in a teeny bit of liquifry food . i dont have any microworm culture. but i read somewhere that a bit of squeezed water from a mature filter sponge will give some microorgansims for it to feed on so ive put in a couple of mls of that too. fingers crossed !!

 

[Inchworm]

Hi millym

Congratulations on the new fry! They are something of a challenge to raise but it can certainly be done successfully.

The most important things to remember is that they need plenty of food and very clean water. I would suggest that you move them into a smaller tank with a thin layer of sand on the bottom. If you cover the bottom with filter squeezings they will live on the microorganisms in it for their first week or so and just about double their size. After that, Hikari First Bites are a good food to start them out on. Microworms are good too if you had them. LiquiFry tends to pollute the water and dirty the substrate too much.

Giving them a good water change every day to remove the amount of uneaten food that remains and remove harmful bacteria and waste products will keep their environment safe and stimulate them to grow quickly.

Best of luck with them. I hope to be seeing more of your posts as they grow.

 

[Harlequins]

Good luck with your wee fry

 

[mattlee]

microworms are a godsend for fry and really gets them growing well. you can buy a kit from ebay that you just add water too and leave for 24 hrs and you have a supply of microworms that will last forever as long as you keep changing the substrate in the culture.
the fry will eat the yolk sack its hatched in for about 2 days but i put a small bit of food in after 24 hrs just incase....
as already stated keep the water as clean and fresh as possible and add a sand substrate to the tank its kept in, i do roughly 50% water changes a day using a length of air line hose as a syphon so the water doesnt disturb the fry too much as its entering the tank. if you cant get microworms then firstbites is a good 2nd.
good luck wit them and keep us posted

 

[millym]

hi again & thanks for your replies, i have left the hatchling in the container in our big tank at the mo until i dig out our little hosp tank from the loft, ive put some sand from our main tank in ( i changed our 4fter to sand a couple of months ago) and have done a water change plus added a small plant clipping for shelter. im really hoping that the little thing survives as it was our 8 year old peppered cory who was spawning with our younger female( the old boy obviously still has it!!!) and a legacy from our oldest surviving fish would be lovely will keep you updated and will be setting up the mini tank after work tommorow.

 

[millym]

just to let all who helped know our cory hatchling is still alive & kicking, ive left it in the container in the big tank with the airstone at the mo, done daily water changes, put some sand in & have been putting teeny bits of liquifry food in daily. i now have a micorworm culture on the go so should be ready in the next day or so so again fingers crossed!!!
thanks again for your help.

 

[lilacamy931]

Aw congrats and fingers crossed for your fry, that would be great if he could carry the legacy on for his father I find liquifry good for the first few days and first bites, only just come into the world of cories myself and hope you find more! I didnt realise how easy the microworm cultures are, makes feeding easy Best of luck xx

 

[snowflake311]

It's exciting to have fry. Good job now for the hard part. well It's not that hard if you keep on top of your WC and do not over feed. My second batch if corys hatched a few days ago. I keep them in the egg container till I see the egg sake is gone. Then they move to the fry tank. It takes 2-3 days for them to use up the egg sack. They don't need food as long as they have this.

Good luck and enjoy. I love to watch them grow. They are so cute and grow really fast. I also use first bites for tiny fry. It works well for me. Then when they are 2-3 weeks I crush flakes for then.

 

[millym]

hi
quick update, have taken all your advice got microworm culture & first bites & have been feeding the little one them for the last couple of days, plus daily small water changes in the container. hatchling still too small to put in our cory/khuli/ betta tank as i think our betta would have it as a snack but fingers crossed it will continue to thrive & will be moved soon. i thought about putting it in our shrimp species tank but theres loads of baby teeny tiny cherry & malaysian rainbow shrimps in there and i dont want them to be eaten by the baby cory.
thanks again