Inbreeding Of Cories? Please Read

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so i have 12 cories in my 75 gal tank.
5 of them being peppered
3 of them are albino(remaining of the 5)
2 juli cories(remaining of the 5)
and 2 spotted cories( have only found 2 in the stores.)(long story)
the cories that dont have a normal school have had ones just of normal causes and when i have the albinos and julis in my 20 gal(at separate times) the alwasy got sick and had there jaw messed up).

anyways! thats off topic.

well right now i have succesfully hd 8 peppered cories eggs hatch into babies. 4 of them have the same mom. then 2 have the same mom. then 1 has a different mom and another one has a different mom. so they all have different moms but the same dad. and are at different sizes right now.

well i dont teally want 12 peppered cories and hopefuly i can go to the store and exchange them for some albinos, julis ad spotted to make those schools even bigger.

but my real qustion is.. if the store doesnt want to trade, and im forced with putting them with the parents in my 75 gal, if and when these babies get to sexual maturity and start to mate, and they mate with there parents, will the babies turn out deformed or anything since the babies are mating with the parents?


im sure the store will trade with me as my mom knows the owner but this question is a just incase cuz i dont want deformed babies or unfertilized eggs or somthing.
 
i'm pretty sure all animals in nature inbreed to some extent. i really don't think you should have a problem.
 
Generally there's not a problem. There shouldn't be unless you breed them purposefully to their limits. If you do see deformed fry it's best to cull them from the rest.

Where are you located?

nhwoj, welcome to the forum :hi:
 
I live in green bay Wisconsin. I'm currently equating my 8 fry in my 20 gal all by them selves(unless I get a few ghost shrimp. + Some eggs I found- hoping they are albino cories!
 
Hey, welcome Cheesehead! My husband was born in LaCrosse ... go PACK! :hi:
 
Hey, welcome Cheesehead! My husband was born in LaCrosse ... go PACK! :hi:

off-topic:

Can't you get kicked out of Minnesota for saying that?! :crazy:

:lol:


Congrats on the fry. Nothing to worry about. ;)
 
For saying what, Cheesehead or Go Pack?? :rofl: My hubby has a Packers jacket that gets plenty of stares and dirty looks whenever he wears it.
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