There Spawning

[kizno1]

My pepper corys are spawning right now. They have laid about 100 eggs and the female still looks fat I know you need to remover the eggs with a raiser but how should i stick them back onto the sides of the breeding trap?

 

[Curiosity101]

You don't need to. You just drop them in and stick an air stone over the top from what I've seen/read on here.

 

[kizno1]

But i think the apisto will eat the eggs.

 

[Paradise3]

What i do to get mine to hatch is but them in my smallest net which has minute holes that the babies can't get through, then i put it in the flow of the filter so they get freshwater on them. If your using a plastic livebearers trap i might just warn you that the babies can get through the sides.

Alessa x.

 

[Curiosity101]

I meant just drop them into the trap. You dont have to stick them to the sides of it, if you tried you might crush them.

 

[kizno1]

Im going to use a mesh one. I have bn fry in the only plastic one i have. This is getting silly now i have loads of bn fry ranging from 1 week to 3 months about 75 apple snails eggs hatched today and now my corys are laying eggs ahhh

I meant just drop them into the trap. You dont have to stick them to the sides of it, if you tried you might crush them.

oo i get you now. Do you think i should try moving them now or wait till there finished.

 

[Paradise3]

You must be putting fertility drugs for fish in your water when your not paying attention!

Alessa x.

 

[Curiosity101]

Wait till they're finished but be ready and waiting for when that happens cause I hear they're very fast to start munching them.

 

[kizno1]

You must be putting fertility drugs for fish in your water when your not paying attention!

Alessa x.

Haha that or i just have some really frisky fish

Wait till they're finished but be ready and waiting for when that happens cause I hear they're very fast to start munching them.

Ok ill keep a eye out. There every where and the female is still massive. She is the biggest cory i have ever seen shes about 2.5" long and easily 1" wide evan after laying the eggs.

 

[Curiosity101]

I don't know if you'd disturb them if you started removing now tbh... but yah know. I vaguely remember harlequins saying that once they started they didnt really care if you went poking around but I cant quite remember.

 

[kizno1]

I don't know if you'd disturb them if you started removing now tbh... but yah know. I vaguely remember harlequins saying that once they started they didnt really care if you went poking around but I cant quite remember.

While there still laying quite a few i think ill leave them in peace for a bit.

 

[kizno1]

What colour should they be if there fertile?

 

[Curiosity101]

They should turn a creamy orange colour I think.

 

[kizno1]

Most of them are a milky colour. Will they turn orange over time? i tried to scrape them off but messed up quite a few and just ended up slicing them :[ i but i did get quite a few when i was using a air line to syphon them out worked quite well.

 

[Curiosity101]

They have literally just been laid so I wouldn't expect them to be the fertile colour yet if they are. If it were me I'd leave them overnight then get up a bit earlier in the morning (if you have work etc to go to) and then check on the eggs to see if they've changed colour.