Please Guide Me....

[Ludwig Venter]

Only because they were (relatively) cheap, I got myself some 10 Albino Cories and 10 Bronze Cories today.....

They are all still very young and I've got all of them in a standard 3ft tank. My intentions are to breed them. (to add to my CV of successfull spawnings and make it 38 different species)

I am relying on the members of this forum to guide me into successfully breeding of both of these species....

What is my next step???

 

[Coryologist]

What is my next step???

Google, "How to spawn Corys." Or, Paypal me $100 for private tutoring.

- Frank

P.S. They are both C. aeneus, by the way. One species.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

What is my next step???

Google, "How to spawn Corys." Or, Paypal me $100 for private tutoring.

- Frank

P.S. They are both C. aeneus, by the way. One species.

Ah!... The Maestro himself!!... So I assume the first (hidden) advice is to separate them immediately (as interbreeding is possible) and the 2nd pce of advice is "Never, never, get Frank in for "private tutoring"

 

[Harlequins]

Here's a good place to start Breeding cories,my albinos are spawning like made at the moment

Within a week of separating them into a smaller tank,feeding bloodworm and doing small cold water changes,they triggered off,even now they're back in the main tank they're still in the mood

Good luck,heres to your cories breeding

 

[Coryologist]

Ah!... The Maestro himself!!... So I assume the first (hidden) advice is to separate them immediately (as interbreeding is possible) and the 2nd pce of advice is "Never, never, get Frank in for "private tutoring"

I'll try this, again. The "bronze" are C. aeneus and the "albinos" are C. aeneus. They can breed successfully without issue. You will not be creating a hybrid as they are the same fish.
Paying that $100 might just be the best money you ever spent in this hobby. My Paypal addy is bigfrank [at] mac [dot] com. Cheers. - Frank

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Ah!... The Maestro himself!!... So I assume the first (hidden) advice is to separate them immediately (as interbreeding is possible) and the 2nd pce of advice is "Never, never, get Frank in for "private tutoring"

I'll try this, again. The "bronze" are C. aeneus and the "albinos" are C. aeneus. They can breed successfully without issue. You will not be creating a hybrid as they are the same fish.
Paying that $100 might just be the best money you ever spent in this hobby. My Paypal addy is bigfrank [at] mac [dot] com. Cheers. - Frank

Very few sections on this forum that you are charged for advice or merely referred to a googled site.... I would appreciate real upfront genuine experienced info.

The fish are all still in a 3ft tank and living day to day..... I have an outside pond available (3ft x 4ft x 3ft deep) and it is my intentions to move all of these Cories to this pond..... what decor should I have in place (for them to continue and breed spontaneously)..... i.e tunnels or caves or upside down flowerpots.... what plants... etc. etc... etc. Please recommend as I have no experience in this. The ponds will be a (slightly) lower temps where they are currently being exposed to.... I wanna move them over tomorrow.... Any (genuine) - not sarcastic - advice will be appreciated.

 

[Harlequins]

Well i'm no expert,although my cories have bred quite easily for me in tanks,but i suppose a sand base,with maybe driftwood type decor ,broad leaf plants for them to spawn eggs on,has most of my fish are cories,i have tunnels,branches,hollow logs etc for them to hide under...
perhaps some fine dense plants like java plants etc for fry to hide in, corys will eat their own eggs and fry,so keeping them well fed and happy would be good.
Good protein diet of bloodworms etc is a plus.
I'm sure others could help you more

Has your cories shown signs of spawning yet?

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Thanks for the genuine response Harlequins.... I've seen no signs of spawning activity for 2 reasons, the first being that I'm not experienced to recognise spawning activities in these and then also, I think I have a bunch of juveniles and will take time for them to grow into adult breeding fish..... My main concern (or question) here is "Can I expect them to grow up and breed in a community" with no further intervention other than water changes and feeding..... (in the ponds)..... ié. placing this lot together and just letting nature take it's course... can I expect their numbers to increase spontaneously in (say 1 year's time) from now. Otherwise..... I'll rather try get hold of some BN's and use the pond for them for the very same purpose.

 

[Inchworm]

"Can I expect them to grow up and breed in a community" with no further intervention other than water changes and feeding..... (in the ponds)....

They are schooling fish. If they don't eat their young while they are tiny fry, there is a good likelihood that they will increase over time in your pond.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

"Can I expect them to grow up and breed in a community" with no further intervention other than water changes and feeding..... (in the ponds)....

They are schooling fish. If they don't eat their young while they are tiny fry, there is a good likelihood that they will increase over time in your pond.

Thanks Inch... would I be more likely to draw large numbers from them than I would do from doing the same to BN's....?? i.e.... which would produce the most (spontaneous) offspring?

 

[Inchworm]

See how many eggs a mature pair of C. aeneus can spawn at one time? But, like I said, once they hatch, the adults might eat them if they are in a confined space.

Having never raised either in an outdoor pond, I can't compare what the total yield might be in a year as compared to that of BNs.

 

[Barracuda518]

You say "outside pond." Where are you from? Just asking because temperature plays a big deal for cories. The 2 species you have are not hard to spawn. The first cory I ever had spawn for me was a Bronze C. Aeneus...

 

[Harlequins]

Cory fry can be fairly difficult to rear to adulthood to start with,in time they probably will breed and the fry that are lucky enough to make it.
I'm unsure sure on BN breeding outside,whats your average outside temp over there,has bn's don't tolerate too cool a temp like corys do.

 

[Carlovel1]

Have a look here

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Well, I went ahead and put them into this pond..... (6 Albino's and 9 Bronzies), and they have not stopped schooling - all around the perrimeter of the pond - since the day I put them in there..... (strange thing though, is that they - for most of the time - form 2 schools with the bronze and Albino schools seperated).... They seem to be as "happy as fish in water" - excuse the punn....

There are a lot of live mosquito larvae in this pond (will they eat them??- Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I have no experience with corries.... I know most other fish will) and also some algae growth on the bottom of the pond..... will this be to their advantage??

For the moment, I personally feel they are still too small to breed, (at what age/size - more or less) can I expect them to start breeding?)

One last thing.... What should I put in there for them..... ATM, I have a trickle of aeration and slow filtration, with nothing else in the pond.... no substrate or plants... nothing. Should I put tunnels, pots, plants... what do you suggest??