I forgot this one. This is their tank. The cory fry are the only thing in it... besides plants... 
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It Is Happening!
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AlexAndCarmen
Scorched Earth
Great pics Icegirl.
The first few of the babies are amazing. They are looking really good. Unfortunately the baby with the bubble belly probably won't make it. I've had a few when I was breeding the bronze cories, and they never recovered. They don't swim properly and so don't get the sufficient exercise or food.
Great setup and things are looking good. Fry do like to hide in plants, so you wouldn't really know how many you have till they're bigger.
The first few of the babies are amazing. They are looking really good. Unfortunately the baby with the bubble belly probably won't make it. I've had a few when I was breeding the bronze cories, and they never recovered. They don't swim properly and so don't get the sufficient exercise or food.
Great setup and things are looking good. Fry do like to hide in plants, so you wouldn't really know how many you have till they're bigger.
In this pic you can kind of see the difference in sizes of fry in the tank. I think you can see 3 fairly well. The big one, one on the right by the glass, and one sort of in the middle almost behind the roots of one of the plants.
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The issue is how long will I be able to keep the bigger ones in this tank before they start eating the new eggs? At what size do they need to be separated from the eggs and tiny fry? Also... how big do they have to be to go safely back in with the adults?
Thanks for the info and responses
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The issue is how long will I be able to keep the bigger ones in this tank before they start eating the new eggs? At what size do they need to be separated from the eggs and tiny fry? Also... how big do they have to be to go safely back in with the adults?
Thanks for the info and responses
They look to be about 1/4 inch long without the tail. Is that big enough to go in the main tank with big corys and zebra danios? I hope to get it redone in the next few days. If they are big enough I will put them in after I redo the substrate. I don't want to have to catch them twice. It will be hard enough to catch them once. They are so fast. They can shoot across the tank so fast that I can't even see where they went.
I also need to know if the clear shrimp will mess with them. The shrimp are 3 or 4 times the size of the cory fry.
Someone please let me know what size will be safe with the others. I can move some fish or shrimp if I need to, but I don't want to if it is not necessary.
Thanks!
I also need to know if the clear shrimp will mess with them. The shrimp are 3 or 4 times the size of the cory fry.
Someone please let me know what size will be safe with the others. I can move some fish or shrimp if I need to, but I don't want to if it is not necessary.
Thanks!
jollysue
Fish Connoisseur
Just quickly, because I am off to work: I did't answer before, because I have never had shrimp. But I would imagine at that size the fry can take care of themselves and flee the scene if the shrimp get too curious.
But if no one replies here, you might try asking in the invertabrate forum.
But if no one replies here, you might try asking in the invertabrate forum.
FishRfine
Fish Crazy
lol! a corydoras 3some! thats gr8!
seriously, congrats on ur fry.
seriously, congrats on ur fry.
Hi there! Will be quick as I am well late to be asleep lol.
Saving eggs from being eaten: I have in the past made a little mesh box out of the plastic craft mesh, attached sucky cups and put the box over the eggs to let them harden over night, then remove the next day with a blade.
Keeping down on fungus: I use a tiny bit of myth blue on the eggs (just enough to tint the water) for a day in an old plastic butter tub (or whatever) and then change the water with a turkey baster. I like to keep the eggs separate with just a very low air bubbler until they hatch, then I put them in a glass bare bottomed tank with some sand in one corner until they are about 1cm or so, then put about 1/2 a cm of sand on the rest of the bottom. This way I can see if they are eating and remove any dead fry easily, as well as removing uneaten food and stuff with the turkey baster.
Eggs normally hatch 3-5 days, depending on temp. I either keep mine at 75 (pandas and so on) or at 85 (bronze etc) depending on species, as most fungus and ich do best in temps of 78-82, so having it just above or below helps keep illness down. Warmer is generally better then colder, though it does depend on species If you have 2 males to 1 female you can normally expect 75-80% of healthy eggs to hatch, where with one male and one female, 40-60% (normally around 40%) should hatch, with 1 male and 2 females spawning at the same time, I would say around 20-30% should hatch, though maybe less as the poor little male will be over worked and well busy trying to keep up with two ladies
Hope I helped, take care and feel free to ask for more info and I will get back to you in better detail later when I am more awake
Saving eggs from being eaten: I have in the past made a little mesh box out of the plastic craft mesh, attached sucky cups and put the box over the eggs to let them harden over night, then remove the next day with a blade.
Keeping down on fungus: I use a tiny bit of myth blue on the eggs (just enough to tint the water) for a day in an old plastic butter tub (or whatever) and then change the water with a turkey baster. I like to keep the eggs separate with just a very low air bubbler until they hatch, then I put them in a glass bare bottomed tank with some sand in one corner until they are about 1cm or so, then put about 1/2 a cm of sand on the rest of the bottom. This way I can see if they are eating and remove any dead fry easily, as well as removing uneaten food and stuff with the turkey baster.
Eggs normally hatch 3-5 days, depending on temp. I either keep mine at 75 (pandas and so on) or at 85 (bronze etc) depending on species, as most fungus and ich do best in temps of 78-82, so having it just above or below helps keep illness down. Warmer is generally better then colder, though it does depend on species
If you have 2 males to 1 female you can normally expect 75-80% of healthy eggs to hatch, where with one male and one female, 40-60% (normally around 40%) should hatch, with 1 male and 2 females spawning at the same time, I would say around 20-30% should hatch, though maybe less as the poor little male will be over worked and well busy trying to keep up with two ladies Hope I helped, take care and feel free to ask for more info and I will get back to you in better detail later when I am more awake
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