Is There Any Hope?

[Gnatfish]

Hello

My tap water is hard and has high nitrates

ph: 7.4-7.8
nitrates: 20-40ppm (but my test kit isn't really clear)

Is there any hope i can breed cories?

When breeding your meant to do regular water changes...but whats the point if the water being added has high nitrates?

I really wanna do some sort of breeding especially cories. At the moment i would like to try Corydoras paleatus

Thanks

 

[dwarfgourami]

Same water as mine and my paleatus spawn regularly. Haven't had any fry off them though, but that's because they keep eating the eggs.

 

[breezer40]

I have a tank with Panda, pygmaeus and sterbai in at a PH of 7.8 and they all spawn readily.

 

[Sibelius]

I also don't think that breeding in your conditions is impossible. I've heard that dropping the temperature by a few degrees can trick the corys into thinking it's breeding season.

 

[Gnatfish]

Thanks everyone, you've given me some hope.

I've heard that dropping the temperature by a few degrees can trick the corys into thinking it's breeding season.

Yes i have heard this from Studz. He also advised that doing a water change with cooler water and splashing it about also triggered spawning.

Has anyone else got the same water as me?

 

[geo7x]

i have hard water and very alkaline (around eight) and my cories have spawned before.

 

[Gnatfish]

i have hard water and very alkaline (around eight) and my cories have spawned before.

What about nitrates?