Help! My cories spawned! What do I do??

[Gypsum]

Your 57 can't possibly be worse for breeding than my 55. I've caught two spawnings (the first, all the eggs got fungus), but admittedly if the corys spawn in the middle of the night or when we're away, there's no chance of eggs surviving.

 

[FishGuest5123]

I'm not sure, 2-3 weeks I think, then probably let them loose in the main 12.5 gallon grow out. Once they're big enough for the rapidly growing guppy fry not to eat them, and the adult cories have been moved out.

I'm torn, because I kinda want to spawn the adult cories one more time before moving them to the 57 gallon, because it'll be my last chance to spawn them. If they spawn in the big community tank, eggs won't stand a chance. So it might be a bit longer, not sure at all yet. Need to do more research. Don't want to stunt them, don't want them to have a hard time finding food too early either, ya know?

I'm sorry you lost some too, it does happen, as you know.

Mine spawned in the 55G. Yours probably will too.

 

[Gypsum]

Why do you think they won't spawn in the 57?

 

[Tez_20]

Yeah, that's how I introduce any new fish to a tank. Float them in the bag, and add tank water every ten minutes over a period of about forty minutes.

My pandas were in my 240L tank, and I was concerned that the raphael catfish bore some responsibility for the untimely demise of a few of them, as they were small juveniles. After losing four (not entirely to raphaels....one I found dead, but uninjured, one started swimming in spirals so I euthanised it, and two just disappeared), I shifted the remaining two to my 125L tank, which didn't house anything remotely predatory. That tank stays at 27,C which isn't ideal for panda corys, but I had a new 110L tank, and I knew they could go there once it was fully established. Interestingly, one didn't grow at all. There must have been something underlying, so maybe I'd unfairly blamed the raphaels. Not everything is their fault. That fish died during a white spot outbreak. Once fishy Covid seemed cured, I moved the remaining panda into the 110L with its green laser friends.

Back to the fry.... some of mine don't look like they're still attached to egg sacks and they were zipping around. They have an Indian almond leaf and some leaves from the main tank.

I wouldn't say your catfish would have caused it like you say adapting for theses fellows must be hard like oto's, my tanks on 25c/78.5 and they seem to be going well plus i've noticed the cories like this heat for breeding.
The man at the shop told me they're hard to get and may not adjust so my own fault for buying 6 and because theyre hard to get that's why they cost more than normal cories.

The egg sack should come off really with maturity but it sounds like you've got them doing well.

 

[Gypsum]

What's a 'normal' cory? There's hundreds of species.

I don't think pandas are hard to get at all. I've seen them at Pets at Home and at Maidenhead Aquatics.

 

[Tez_20]

What's a 'normal' cory? There's hundreds of species.

I don't think pandas are hard to get at all. I've seen them at Pets at Home and at Maidenhead Aquatics.

Meaning bronze, albino's it's funny you mentioning Pets at home having them as my son in law as seen them in his local shop but there's 3 places i go and nothing, i dropped on at Dolittles with my pandas.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Mine spawned in the 55G. Yours probably will too.

Why do you think they won't spawn in the 57?

Oh they might spawn in the 57 gallon, but there are too many other fish in there that would make short work of any eggs, so I'm very doubtful I could save any eggs in time to hatch them, is what I meant.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Oh they might spawn in the 57 gallon, but there are too many other fish in there that would make short work of any eggs, so I'm very doubtful I could save any eggs in time to hatch them, is what I meant.

I have 27 cories, 50 neon tetras, and at least 3 dozen snails and I got my eggs. You just have to turn on the lights in the morning and let them spawn. Then scrape the eggs or pick them off the glass. Remember when that was my fear? I was wrong. Just hang out with them during the spawn. Usually always in the morning.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I have 27 cories, 50 neon tetras, and at least 3 dozen snails and I got my eggs. You just have to turn on the lights in the morning and let them spawn. Then scrape the eggs or pick them off the glass. Remember when that was my fear? I was wrong. Just hang out with them during the spawn. Usually always in the morning.

The mollies in that tank are endlessly hungry, I just doubt I'd beat the mollies to it

 

[Gypsum]

If I can save my eggs from raphael catfish, you should be able to beat the mollies to them.

Is my fry tank too deep? It's 29L. I don't know how far up the tiny fry can swim or if they need to be closer to the surface. Picture has Austrian Alpine Club card for scale. @NCaquatics?

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Found another fry dead, it was wedged head down in the tiny gap made in one of the support poles of the breeder net

Hope it was the one that was already dying, and not one that got itself trapped and died as a result

 

[FishGuest5123]

Found another fry dead, it was wedged head down in the tiny gap made in one of the support poles of the breeder net

Hope it was the one that was already dying, and not one that got itself trapped and died as a result

I’m so sorry. Losing them is so disheartening.

 

[Gypsum]

I saw a cory fry in my Hypancistrus tank. The plecos live with eight C. pygmaeus and three C. habrosus. I don't know how many fry there are, as I've never seen eggs. I fear the wee guys will have to survive the plecos and the powerheads on their own. I hope they do.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I’m so sorry. Losing them is so disheartening.

Thank you, it is, I'm sorry for your losses too

Some of them still look healthy and growing, we're doing all we can, that's all we can do, and hope that some of them make it!

 

[FishGuest5123]

Thank you, it is, I'm sorry for your losses too

Some of them still look healthy and growing, we're doing all we can, that's all we can do, and hope that some of them make it!

I think I have 6 or 7 left