Help! Are These Cory Eggs? And What Do I Do With Them?

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Founds TONS of these all over the glass this morning, are they Cory eggs? I have a group of 4 Bronze (i think) Corys. There are no other fish in there apart from my calico ancistrus, guppies and a couple of neons.

If they are what do I do, and how can I save them?

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Thanks in advance
 
hi

personally i am not experienced yet in corys, but there is a link at the top 'frequently asked questions' that covers to a degree, and just wait for the experts to see this post. Sure they will help you out.

cheers mick

congrats by the way :)
 
Yep! Look like Cory eggs. Do you have bronze/C.aeneus?

Put them in a breeding net in the adult tank or a separate container with water from the adult tank and an air stone. Float it in the adult tank if possible. It it is in a separate container you will need to change/clean the water often after they hatch. They will hatch in a few days--3 +. Let them feed on the egg sac for a few days then add Liquid Fry, powdered fry food such as Hikari First Bites, green water.

There is a link in the pinned section of frequently asked questions that details this method.
 
Yes they are eggs...
To keep them safe ideally you need to buy a fine netted breeder net or a breeding tank which I doubt you can get setup/cycled in time

The breeding net is your best bet..

Scrape them off with a credit card of something (some will get squished)
p.s Make sure your filters of when doing this as they might blow all over the place

they should hatch in 3/4 days and you can feed them something like Hikari first bites or anything else thats virtually powder
(remove excess each night else it will build up ammonia fast)

just keep an eye on the eggs... ones that dont turn Brown will be unfertile ans risk developing fungi and destroying fertile eggs..
To prevent fungi build up put a nice gentle airstone below the breeding net if you can.
removing any eggs that remain white..

but all I can say is don't panic like I did my first batch.. if they bred once they will again hahahaha.....


They will hatch in a few days--3 +. Let them feed on the egg sac for a few days then add Liquid Fry****

Just to quote you jolly sue the Liquid fry should be added the day you notice the eggs about 3x a day i.e breakfast lunch dinner as they encourage the development of infusora
adding it the day they hatch they will have nothing to feed on =)

Good lucky mate and enjoy your fry....


p.s Release them once your confident the adults can't stuff them in their gob :)
 
Thanks for all the replies guys!

And yes I have 4 Bronze Corries :hyper: they was only put in this tank on Wednesday Lol, only got the 4 Last Saturday. Thought a few looked fit to pop, but never had cory eggs b4.

Trouble is, I'm going away tomorrow for 2 weeks, and my sister with very little fish knowledge will be baby sitting so I don't hold out much hope for these lil fellas :unsure:

But hopefully they will give me a 2nd chance

Thanks again guys

Hayley :good:
 
They will feed on the egg sac for about 3 days after hatching.

I agree that the breeding net is the easiest and the best for a quick set up. It is harder to see the little guys in the net, but they do better in my opinion. I don't use Liquid Fry as I have never been able to get it. I did just find Wardley's Essentials Small Fry liquid food. It is egg product, yeast, citric acid and calanoid capepods :hyper: I am trying it for the first time. I have always used Atison's Betta Starter and Hikari First Bites (both powders) until recently I got jarred baby brine shrimp. It is very good.

There is a very good idea that I saw recently on here. A plastic tub with a rubber suction attached so the tub was attached and stable floating in the parent's tank and an airstone in it.

It really takes no time to set up a hatching tank. They do not need a filter, just an air stone and a heater--maybe not even a heater. Put tank water in and an air stone under the eggs. Once they hatch change the water daily. Remove any uneaten food as it will fungus and kill the babies. If you use a tank that you want to keep them in to growout, then put in a sponge filter or a filter with a sponge on the intake. By the time the babies need a filter it will have grown up with them. Also the fry will eat stuff on the sponge.

I used a 3 usg Eclipse my first time. It had been used as a Betta tank. I didn't even need to cover the intake.

Again, the pinned topic at the top will help. Studzworld.com also has a nice article.

If it is a Cory only tank and mature, you may get some fry that will make it on their own. My bronze give me volunteer babies regularly with no assistance.

just keep an eye on the eggs... ones that dont turn Brown will be unfertile ans risk developing fungi and destroying fertile eggs..
To prevent fungi build up put a nice gentle airstone below the breeding net if you can.
removing any eggs that remain white..

They will hatch in a few days--3 +. Let them feed on the egg sac for a few days then add Liquid Fry****

Just to quote you jolly sue the Liquid fry should be added the day you notice the eggs about 3x a day i.e breakfast lunch dinner as they encourage the development of infusora
adding it the day they hatch they will have nothing to feed on =)

Not all Cory eggs turn brown. The good ones are usually like pearls. The solid white ones are not good. Panda eggs are brown.

In one place you say to add the Liquid Fry after they eat the egg sac; in another you say to add it when they are laid, ShoC. :S
 
Yes I dont know what I'm talking about half the time (in general)

could you quote where I said that I'm failing to see it..
unless you refer to

They will hatch in a few days--3 +. Let them feed on the egg sac for a few days then add Liquid Fry****


Which is a quote from you I don't know the command to quote
 
Now I know where I saw it before! :blush: Sorry, it makes sense now.

Both the buttons at the bottom of a post "QUOTE" and "REPLY" will add that tread to your reply. You can edit out whar you do't want. Probably there is a more sophisticated way, but I am techless.
 
No problem Jollysue

one thing wrong is another thing learnt :)
 

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