dwarfgourami
Fish Connoisseur
I've set up a beautiful breeding tank for my peppered corys (1 female, 2 males), and I've spent days shoving expensive live foods down their greedy little gobs and all they can do is eat the eggs!
To add insult to injury, along comes the postman with a copy of PFK, and the first thing that falls open is an article by our own Dr Neale Monks telling me that paleatus is the ideal species for anyone who wants to breed catfish. All I need to do, apparently, is to be prepared to separate parents and eggs after 24 hours, so that the parents don't eat the fry. Thank you, Dr Monks, that's just what we needed! I would be grateful if I had 24 seconds to whip the eggs out. I've seen these little monsters at it: one male hovering at the front stimulating her and the other waiting at the rear end to pick off the eggs as she lays them.
No, they are not underfed. Daphnia and bloodworm are laid on in unprecedented quantities, and all they do is lick their fat little whiskers and murmur: Ahhh, caviar, a very superior food...
And no, they're not young and inexperienced, they've been perfecting this routine for a long time.
I suppose there is some sort of natural providence at work here, fish as dim as these probably shouldn't be allowed to pass their genes on. But I'm in a bad mood.
To add insult to injury, along comes the postman with a copy of PFK, and the first thing that falls open is an article by our own Dr Neale Monks telling me that paleatus is the ideal species for anyone who wants to breed catfish. All I need to do, apparently, is to be prepared to separate parents and eggs after 24 hours, so that the parents don't eat the fry. Thank you, Dr Monks, that's just what we needed! I would be grateful if I had 24 seconds to whip the eggs out. I've seen these little monsters at it: one male hovering at the front stimulating her and the other waiting at the rear end to pick off the eggs as she lays them.
No, they are not underfed. Daphnia and bloodworm are laid on in unprecedented quantities, and all they do is lick their fat little whiskers and murmur: Ahhh, caviar, a very superior food...
And no, they're not young and inexperienced, they've been perfecting this routine for a long time.
I suppose there is some sort of natural providence at work here, fish as dim as these probably shouldn't be allowed to pass their genes on. But I'm in a bad mood.
Mine usually wait a day, although I have seen them cleaning the eggs. I can usually wait until they have a chance to harden a little.
my peppered corys are laying as i type this and they are not the ones eating the eggs.It's my blasted bloodfin tetras doin the dirty work!!2nd spawn for mine that i know of eggs much bigger than the first spawn.I wish you luck in the raising of em if they hatch.I'm gonna give it a go and see if I can get em to grow.So to all in this forum wish us luck!!
