Pepper Corrys Laying Eggs

[drewry]

hi
well as some of you know iv breed and raised some bronze corydoras a wile back
i wanted to breed a differnt specis so i went and got 6 peppers from 2inch in length down to an inch, over the last 2 months iv watch the 2 big females hav fantacy egg laying going to the males to fertiles eggs that wasnt there dont know if they are past it but there were only 6 left in the pet shop and didnt want to leave them there as i was planing on geting 4
but 2 weeks ago the smaller female at just over an inch and a half started laying only about 30 eggs all in all .
and all the eggs hatched, then she layed about another 30 about 4 days later and same again all hatched
now shes becomeing a regular layer as shes laying more eggs today and iv got about 20 eggs ready to hatch some time tommorow from 2 days ago

 

[sarah86]

nice one, let me know when theyre bigger and if youre looking to sell any

 

[jarcher1390]

did you move the adults into another tank before the eggs hatched would they eat the fry
would love some pictures
Jonny

 

[drewry]

nice one, let me know when theyre bigger and if youre looking to sell any

hi sarah86'

im not doing it for profit just for myself family and friends but if i manage to raise more than
i can give to friends
ill be glad to let you have some for free and ill pm you when there about an inch i wont post them so ull have to pick them up from hull

 

[sarah86]

aww shame about posting them, hulls a little too far for me! never mind, good luck with raising them. would love to see some pics

 

[drewry]

did you move the adults into another tank before the eggs hatched would they eat the fry
would love some pictures
Jonny

hi jarcher1390'

i moved the eggs into a container floating in the pairens tank whith an air stone dangling in to it,
if i didnt they would eat the eggs of the tank walls before they hatched and if any did hatch they would eat the fry off the bottom as they were looking for food but not intentionly,

i havent got a camra so carnt take any pic at the minite but ill be moveing them into a growing on tank next week when there a bit bigger ,so ill be able to take some pics through my web cam as the growing on tanks near my comp

 

[jarcher1390]

thanks just trying to get information on breeding, And gud luck
Jonny

 

[jollysue]

Great news, drewry! You have become an accomplished Cory breeder. They say you aren't a true hobbyist until you breed and raise your fish.

 

[drewry]

Great news, drewry! You have become an accomplished Cory breeder. They say you aren't a true hobbyist until you breed and raise your fish.

thxs jollysue iv been called many things in my time

there doing really well and getting bigger now some are 1cm
and the bronze are well over an inch now i keep 10 so iv a group of 13 now and managed to give the rest away to good homes were i know they,ll be cared for proply and i can see them when i go to friends and familys houses