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Cory Eggs
Early this morning I noticed a batch of cory eggs on the side of our 29 gallon aquarium. Since we only have guppy and molly fry (both are livebearers) and 2 juvinile bristlenose pleco's in the tank, I knew it had to be the cory cats.
Although it is ideal to have at least 3 of each variety of cories, I currently have one spotted cory (the other 2 I got with it died), and a pepper cory, and what I believe to be 2 green cories.
I'm pretty sure the green cories are the parents, since most strains of cories don't school together, so I'm pretty sure that they won't spawn together either.
This lens is going to be a "baby book" if you wish for the cory cats.
Stick around and I'll let you know how they're doing, what I'm feeding them, and I might even have a few pictures for you as well.
If you look at the right side of the aquarium glass you'll see lots of little white dots...these are the cory eggs. They're laid here, and on one other side of the aquarium.
So far we have counted 88 eggs!
We've also moved all of the mollies and guppies out of that tank, into our 55 gallon tank.
*Update*
Unfortunately, even though I had been assured that bristlenose plecos would not eat eggs, they did, so no cory fry for me.
Hopefully we will have some soon!
Cory Update - 9/07
Although we've seen a few more batches of eggs, we still haven't seen any fry.The mollies and guppies love eating the eggs though, and it's funny to seem them swimming around with eggs stuck to their lips.
Poor things. I was worried about them at first, but the eggs eventually fell off, and all of the fish are fine.
We moved the cories to their own tank last night, so hopefully we'll get some more eggs, and see if they'll hatch this time.
I'll keep you updated.
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TTTT says:
YEAH!!!
Posted December 13, 2008
sarah says:
scrape off the eggs and separate them. About a week later they will hatch!
Posted December 09, 2008
rebecca armold says:
I Have a total of 5 cories. I have one albino, one peppered, and three green emerald cories. On 12-5-08 i noticed eggs on the side of my tank. Too many eggs to count. On 12-8-08 i notice i have baby fry. They are doing very well, and still hatching. I put most of the eggs into a net breeder with a bannana plant and some fake plants.
Posted December 09, 2008
Lisa says:
I found a baby cory cat in my filter,,,,,can't figure out how he got there
Posted November 30, 2008
christine says:
Hi, I purchased 4 peppered and 2 albino cories last week. I now have a bunch of little eggs on my aquarium tank. I had guppies but they died. The cory fish seem fine the peppered cories come out mostly in the evening but the albino swim everywhere all day long like they are on something. Don't know who the parents are but they are all suspect. I now don't want to purchase any other fish until I see if the fry are ok.
Posted November 14, 2008
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Bre says:
I noticed yesterday morning when it was feeding time I seen 26 eggs, and I knew it had to be from my cories because the only other fish that I have are platies and guppies and they are both livebears. So the next morning I woke up looked in the tank before at feeding time again and I saw that some of the eggs(1-5) were brownish and the others were either clear or white and I left so I just left them go, becasue currently my 5 gallon isn't working so I had no choice. Then when I woke up th enext morning all of the eggs were gone except one(whether or not the is other eggs under the bridge or in the castle I don't know but I guess I will find out in 2 days or less.) So I will wait to see or if no cory fry then I will change the water again to encourage them to spawn.
Posted October 22, 2008
Cory Catfish Books
If you love to read, or if you want to know exactly which species of cory catfish you have these books should help.
Enjoy.
Catfish (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) by Oliver Lucanus, Gary Elson
Catfish gives advice to aquarium hobbyists as it describes the several varieties of bottom-dwelling fish that are native to many tropical and subtropical rivers. From the popular Corydoras to many exotic and beautiful newcomers, the world of tropical catfish is an appealing one for the growing number of aquarium hobbyists. Titles in Barron?s wide-ranging and heavily illustrated selection of Complete Pet Owner's Manuals present reliable and useful information for pet owners. High-quality photos a...0 points
My cories spawning
The female held the eggs in fins under her body, then wiggles over the amazon sword plant leaf. When she was finished there were 7 eggs on the leaf.
Cories Spawning
Two bronze cories spawning, and laying eggs on an amazon sward leaf.
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megan wrote
i have albino corys and i've had such luck with them. i also managed to interbreed a bronze and a green cory.
the babys are the coolest coler i have ever seen.
good luck. =)
Posted October 14, 2008
Sarah wrote...
Hi Rachel, congrats on your cory fry!
It must be so exciting, especially since you were dealing with a power outage.
Posted September 18, 2008
Rachel wrote
My cory cats just laid eggs last Thursday. I took out all eggs and put them in an empty 5 gallon tank with pond snails. The pond snails, I read, only eat the unfertilized eggs. I left the filter off, put the eggs in java moss, treated the tank with pimafix (keep fungus off eggs), and left the light off (keeps fungus off). Sure enough, 5 days later, the eggs have hatched. They are now 3 days old and there are probably 100 of them. Ive turned the filter on with netting over it and am going to buy them some food tomorrow. I had some daphne (spelling?) but it spoiled due to power outage. Im so excited, I didnt expect them to hatch or have so many! Or even live through our 4 day power outage!
Posted September 17, 2008
Stacy wrote
I have Corys, and I also have a baby!! From the Corys. It is about a half an inch long now. SOO CUTE
Posted September 08, 2008
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