The Breeding Of Corydoras Catfish

[geo7x]

thanks inchworm, I agree that neale's knowledge would make a very good addition to the possible FAQ section. Perhaps it could be an addition the Studz' more complicated article?

 

[Inchworm]

Good news! William has given us a FAQ section.

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Hi geo7x

I'm just getting ready to go to work, but will send you a PM before I cut your article out of this thread and move it over.

If nmonks would agree to put together something about his experience with C. paleatus, I think it would be sufficiently different to make it a separate article. C. paleatus are not usually kept outdoors and yet he did it successfully.

 

[nmonks]

Hello all --

I'd be happy to pen something on "outdoor" cories. I'm not the first person to do this. I know we aren't allowed to link to other forums, but on another forum I asked about whether it was safe to do this, and got some very interesting replies. One person even reported bronze cats surviving a winter in England, even under ice!

geo7x -- I agree with your comment about encouraging newbies to maintain the best possible water quality standards in breeding tanks. Certainly, there's a difference between "best practise" as a general recommendation, and what someone does just as an experiment (which is what I did!).

Cheers,

Neale

 

[tetraman]

Pin it now! It's funny how just yesterday I requested a cory breeding article to be made and today I find that there is one.

 

[geo7x]

thanks inchy, thats great!

One person even reported bronze cats surviving a winter in England, even under ice!

woah! thats crazy! what made him want to do that?

 

[nmonks]

The quote:

Through pure negligence somebody once overwintered corys in a pond in the U.K. It was either paleatus or aeneus, I don't remember which; but they survived. Still, don't forget to bring them back in by the end of August.

Cheers,

Neale

woah! thats crazy! what made him want to do that?

 

[Barracuda518]

Nice articles. I also agree with Inchworm in that everyone has their own way and it would be good to read about the other successful ways. I learned how to raise the fry from Inchworm, so I also have mostly used the bare bottom method with great success.

On the other hand, although I dont recomend it, I have also used the breeding net with some success. Right now I have 4 gold shoulder fry growing up nicely in one. For some reason a lot of the other eggs in that batch (a small one) were not fertile. Anyways, I just went and got one on those cheap breeding nets. One that the holes were too small for the microworms and frozen BBS shrimp to get through. The framing was plastic, which didnt hurt the fry. I took out the bottom of the framing and just let the legs to keep the net expanded and I also left the top part of the framing intact. The fry can not get stuck under the framing this way. Its been about 4 weeks with the net and all is going good right now

My gold shoulders are spawning once a week now and my aeneus do the same, so its always good to read about other ways to raise fry.

 

[tetraman]

I lost about 10 or 15 swordtail fry because they got squished between the supports and the net.