Hussar! My cories eggs have hatched!

[Seb R]

Well my cory eggs hatched, 100% of them! , thank you pH changing chemicals!

So with about 5 that I can see (more hiding in Java moss) in a floating Carte dor icecream box, what should I do. Should I give some liquifry food or something, also how long til I should reunited them to mom and dads (all 3 of them lol)?

 

[BigC]

They will not need feeding for a couple of days until they use up their yolk sac then you can give them newly hatched brineshrimp and microworm. Later you can give them finely crushed flake food.
Hope this helps...

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Seb R

Congratulations on the fry!

I usually start my fry off on Liquifry, at least for their first few days. Then I feed microworms and later flake food. If you don't have microworms available, you could continue with the Liquifry until they can take the flakes.

It's very important that you keep the water clean and fresh. Cory fry need daily water changes to grow strong and healthy. This will be even more critical since you will be feeding the liquid fry food which can so easily pollute the water.

It will take some time for them to reach a large enough size that they can safely be put into the tank with adult corys and/or other fish. Since corys eat from the bottom, which is where the little fry will be, you will want them to be large enough that they cannot be mistaken for food and eaten. If there is java moss, or other hiding places for them, it will help too.

 

[Seb R]

thanks for the replys, I will try to filter out as much dirt as possible, this morning I took a pippette and cleared all the egg shells and dirt away.

How big can I expect them to be in say a week?, Its just I hope to transfer them to a floating guppy breeding box (which I never use for baby fishes more than 1.5cm!) with alot of small gaps for filtration.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Seb R

A week will not make very much difference in their size. As you can see they are quite small and even when they double their size they will still be tiny compared to guppy fry.

Your very best plan would be to get them over into a 10 gallon tank. This could be set up with just an airstone, or you could put in a sponge filter. Later you could splice in a box filter too. If you leave the bottom bare, it will be easier to clean.

The most serious problem with corys of any size is bacterial infections and the fry are even more likely to be effected than the adults. Keeping them in any small container increases that risk.

 

[Seb R]

Well for the moment they will have to live in the box, but glad their groth's like guppies (I'm very good at raising them!).

In a huge turn of luck my corys (pygmys and peppered) have laid approx. 40 eggs (!) . But I put them in the container with the wrigglers, would it be o.k. to put methlene blue (only a little bit) in to help stop funguss?

 

[WILDER]

Congrats on the new arrivals.

 

[xXMrBonesXx]

Well for the moment they will have to live in the box, but glad their groth's like guppies (I'm very good at raising them!).

In a huge turn of luck my corys (pygmys and peppered) have laid approx. 40 eggs (!) . But I put them in the container with the wrigglers, would it be o.k. to put methlene blue (only a little bit) in to help stop funguss?

im far from an expert but i would find something a little less potent then methlene blue

 

[Seb R]

True , but I will only put a tiny bit in (my only option really)

thought I'd show some pictures of the tank and home for 'em

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[WILDER]

Alot of people use melafix to stop them from getting fungus.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Seb R

Your tank is lovely!

I would strongly urge you, now more than ever, to move them into a bare bottomed 10 gallon tank. Methylene blue is used at the rate of one drop per gallon, (no more) as an aid to prevent fungus, however by itself it does little. The best way to treat the eggs is by adding an airstone to keep the water circulating over them. I seldom bother using methylene blue any more.

Cory fry are not guppies; they are far more delicate and more likely to die quickly in less than clean water. If these eggs hatch, it will not be possible to raise them in that tiny bit of water.

 

[Seb R]

Your right, today I'll try and buy something for them and move the eggs where they will get more water flow.

 

[Seb R]

Well they didn't have alot , so its the tub for now.

Well anyway, I put some crushed flake in, left it for an hour, but it didn't get alot of intrest from them. Would the javamoss be providing enough food for them, or should I use something else or just leave it for now?

Oh finially, I partially change the water every hour or so (except when I'm sleeping! lol), so they should be ok

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Seb R

You couldn't get another tank?

You will drive yourself nuts doing water changes! I know because that's the way I am about them. )

I think your fry might be a little too young for the flakes. Give them a couple of weeks before you offer them. In the meanwhile, the Liquifry should get them off to a good start.

Since it looks like you have some willing corys, you can expect to get more eggs soon too, so don't worry too much if this batch do not make it. I would try to grow the fry that have already hatched and not risk them for the eggs, if it comes to that.

I don't know if you live in the US, but if you do, you might want to have a look at this site:

http/www.livefoodcultures.com/microworms.html

I bought a $5 starter culture of microworms from them over a year ago and it is still going strong. In the long run, it's an inexpensive, yet nutritious, way to feed the fry, since after the first few days the fry are big enough to eat them.