Retired Viking
Fish Connoisseur
Looks like you are getting plenty of advice and I do not want to add to any confusion so I will just say good luck and I hope things work out well.
Help! My cories spawned! What do I do??
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Thank you so much!
Retired Viking
Fish Connoisseur
That is good to hear. I just bought what little Indian almond leaves the LFS had and was told it would be awhile before they restocked them. I was going to give it a try in my tetras tank, thanks for the info about oak leaves having the same results. That makes me feel better on having to use them.
OP
OP
Thank you again for the idea, @NCaquatics !
Last night I cut the net off of a large, fine fish net, sewed it into a drawstring, and have put the eggs in there, so they still get plenty of airflow, given that my new airpump won't arrive until Tuesday.
Put the bag inside the mesh breeder box just so the fish don't peck at the eggs and to stop guppy fry wedging themselves into the top of the bag, taped the drawstrings to the side of the tank to hold it in place.
This is the 48 litre/12.5 gallon quarantine/grow out tank, the four parent cories have been in there a little over a month, added 37 guppy fry to grow out in here, then the cories spawned, lol. So eggs are in here too.
One of the females with a couple of the guppy fry, which are growing well.
Did a very slow and careful 50% water change on the tank today, gradually lowering then raising the breeder box/egg net, and matching the temp really carefully.
I did move the net into a large tuperware to open it and look at the eggs to check for fungus, they look the same to me, couldn't see fungus, but not entirely sure how it would look either. Going to look for more videos and images of how eggs should look, and which I should be removing. Hard to know what you're looking for the first time you do this!
Last night I cut the net off of a large, fine fish net, sewed it into a drawstring, and have put the eggs in there, so they still get plenty of airflow, given that my new airpump won't arrive until Tuesday.
Put the bag inside the mesh breeder box just so the fish don't peck at the eggs and to stop guppy fry wedging themselves into the top of the bag, taped the drawstrings to the side of the tank to hold it in place.
This is the 48 litre/12.5 gallon quarantine/grow out tank, the four parent cories have been in there a little over a month, added 37 guppy fry to grow out in here, then the cories spawned, lol. So eggs are in here too.
One of the females with a couple of the guppy fry, which are growing well.
Did a very slow and careful 50% water change on the tank today, gradually lowering then raising the breeder box/egg net, and matching the temp really carefully.
I did move the net into a large tuperware to open it and look at the eggs to check for fungus, they look the same to me, couldn't see fungus, but not entirely sure how it would look either. Going to look for more videos and images of how eggs should look, and which I should be removing. Hard to know what you're looking for the first time you do this!
Corydoras Egg Photos
many questions about cory eggs if they're fertile or infertile or covered in fungus... So i snapped some photos to help others see the difference. This is 24 hours after the eggs have been laid. This is the earliest you can tell if the eggs are fertile or not. Notice the eggs are 2 different...
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Ive posted this before for egg photo reference
OP
OP
I didn't see this when I searched, thank you so much!! You've been a total lifesaver
Corydoras Egg Photos
many questions about cory eggs if they're fertile or infertile or covered in fungus... So i snapped some photos to help others see the difference. This is 24 hours after the eggs have been laid. This is the earliest you can tell if the eggs are fertile or not. Notice the eggs are 2 different...
Ive posted this before for egg photo reference
No worries! It's always good to have referencesI didn't see this when I searched, thank you so much!! You've been a total lifesaver
OP
OP
I'm worried my eyesight just isn't good enough, lol. I'm way behind on my eye appointment and need new glasses.No worries! It's always good to have references
Is it okay to move the eggs around? Like, when they're bunched up in the bag, It's hard to see which might be dodgy. If I fill my tupperware tub with tank water and open the bag inside the tub, gently nudge them away from each other to look properly, is that okay? How do you handle examining the eggs?
Here's where it would have been better to have a separate container with its own heater and airstone isn't it...
In my defence, I wasn't expecting this!
Brendanpat
Fish Crazy
My new eggs are still pretty white . Not holding out much hope for them ....hows yours adorabelle ?
..hows yours adorabelle ?
Its fine to move them in the water.
ClownLurch
Fish Gatherer
The Range and Pets At Home do 13L, 15L and 19L or similar tanks for under £20 iirc. Small enough to fit on ikea billy bookshelves comfortably. Cheap filters inc though I believe one doesn’t have a built in light.
OP
OP
I've just sorted through them, my eyesight really isn't great! Luckily, my mother had a magnifying glass. had to put a tank light over it and sort through them with a magnifying glass and a syringe.My new eggs are still pretty white . Not holding out much hope for them ..
Had a lot that I think are infertile, some I'm not sure so I've left with them, and had to remove a lot that were fungused
But there were a fair amount of darker ones that looked okay, one that looked really quite dark too.Pre-sorting, can see some with fungus in the photo:
@NCaquatics , what about when a bunch are stuck together, but one has fungus? Should I have tried to separate out the eggs that were all stuck together a bit more when I first took them off the tank walls?
'cos I had this little bunch, and one egg that looked good to me was stuck to the egg with fungus
I got some away from it, but one that looked good was too damaged by the time I managed to separate it from the fungus egg... Any suggestions for unsticking them? Whether when they're first laid, or in a situation like this?
I use a pipette, fits just over the bad egg and I try to suction the bad one from the clump. Or if that dont work, gently try to remove the bad egg from the bunch by hand, but its very delicate.
You can get a pin or needle and just run it between the eggs
Brendanpat
Fish Crazy
Mine do look like some of yours . Maybe theres hope yet .I've just sorted through them, my eyesight really isn't great! Luckily, my mother had a magnifying glass. had to put a tank light over it and sort through them with a magnifying glass and a syringe.
Had a lot that I think are infertile, some I'm not sure so I've left with them, and had to remove a lot that were fungused
Pre-sorting, can see some with fungus in the photo:
View attachment 119302
@NCaquatics , what about when a bunch are stuck together, but one has fungus? Should I have tried to separate out the eggs that were all stuck together a bit more when I first took them off the tank walls?
'cos I had this little bunch, and one egg that looked good to me was stuck to the egg with fungus
View attachment 119303
I got some away from it, but one that looked good was too damaged by the time I managed to separate it from the fungus egg... Any suggestions for unsticking them? Whether when they're first laid, or in a situation like this?
time will tell . I only found 17 .best of luck with yours and keep us updated .I'd love to have to baby Cory's but wasn't preparedSimilar threads
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