No Sign Of Cory Fry?

[plecostomus-mad]

my first batch of corydora eggs hatched in 3 days, this is the 2nd day of being hatched and there is no sign of anyone im currently using gravel as thats all i had at the time. ive searched the tank and cant see a single fry.

should i wait or presume all is lost and remove the gravel and replace with sand for the next ready batch of eggs i have floating in a container in my main tank?

mark

 

[england]

Look really carefully first, fry are masters at hiding

 

[plecostomus-mad]

your not wrong nelly! there like snipers, cant see them for shiznit

 

[england]

Even with my angel fry, i was shocked one day, i spent a good half hour looking, nothing i thought, then suddenly i spotted them , tonnes of them

 

[plecostomus-mad]

i just spotted one fry, swimming about , no sign of egg sack so started feeding lets hope the rest show there little faces

 

[BethK]

Have you tried moving the gravel about, gently?

I was looking after a friend's tank last year, when she was on holiday. She had a few fry and i couldn't see them, so i prodded around the gravel. Within seconds, 14 popped right out, before hiding again x

 

[plecostomus-mad]

im too scared of killing them in the process but im thinking if i can coax them out, il try catching them some how ( impossible maybe? ) and redoing the tank with sand.

 

[plecostomus-mad]

ok so i have rescued 3 fry! im hoping i can get them all and redo the tank.

 

[Harlequins]

Aww keep looking hope they're in there somewhere,they are indeed very good at hiding,you could always try using a pipe off your gravel vac and gently suck up the water around the gravel into a small tub,try not to disturb the gravel too much and see if you can get them all,then you can change to a thin layer of sand,much easier to see them then

They won't move much until they use their egg sac up anyway.then they'll start hunting for food

 

[plecostomus-mad]

below is a pic of the container in my main tank with 4 fry and about 40 eggs that are attached to my thermometer sensor.

below is a pic of 1 fry, bit blurred im afraid.