Thank you AdoraBelle!!! Yes I will update next week on my little panda buddy!
I'm feeling exactly as you did with your bronze spawn. Feeling so excited that I can possibly have cory fry to raise, but also very nervous that they won't hatch. (Note to self always have Methylene Blue on hand). Awe, the cutest of all the cory cats Pygmy Cory ❤ If I ever get an additional aquarium those are going to be my next species I get!
Awesome! Crossing fingers for you. But even if this batch doesn't work out, you know now that they've spawned, so they can do so again! Once they start, they usually spawn again. There are some great tips and tricks to help induce spawning in cories too, so can link you to some great threads here if you like. They helped me a lot, both in learning about how to condition them to spawn, and raising fry.
For now, I highly recommend having a spare airstone and pump on hand for eggs/fry, and get some Indian almond leaves and perhaps alder cones too. Add those to the parent tank as soon as possible, so they start growing biofilm and producing micro-organisms that the fry can feed on in between you feeding them. I'm positive that those were the key to keeping my pygmy fry alive, since they were born in the tank without my knowing, until they were pretty big! So they lived for weeks on what they found in the tank, and the microworms I was using to feed the adults. Alder cones have anti-fungal properties, so help reduce fungus on eggs.
If you have the leaves aged from the parent tank and covered in micro-organisms, then they'll be ready to pop into the container you use for the fry