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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.
Do you have cories, or Coryadoras Catfish?
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Do you have cories?
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sierra says:
yes
Posted December 14, 2009
Carolyn says:
yes I do and have had about thirty eggs to hatch.
Posted October 29, 2009
Elizabeth says:
I have a pair of albino cories, and a pair of emerald cories. The albino cories lay eggs like clockwork every three weeks. I remove them from the tank and put them in a pyrex bowl of tank water. Within a week, they hatch. I leave them in there for 5-8 days, then transfer them to a 1-2 gallon container with a small air stone. After eight weeks, there will only be about 1/3 left and they will be large enough to treturn to the original tank.
Posted October 25, 2009
Lori says:
I have two cories, one is a spotted (Zippy) and one is an emerald (Midori). Both are female. I think one is about to lay eggs but nothing will come of the eggs, since both are female. I know cory cats lay eggs like chickens. If there's no male they still lay eggs but none are fertilized. I'm worried about my one with eggs, though. Last year her sister laid eggs and died within a week after she laid them. I think either the stress or the laying itself left her vulnerable. She didn't show any obvious signs of infection before she died. I take good care of my tanks. I do 30 percent water change every week and change the filters regularly. I'll just have to keep a close eye on Zippy. So far she seems fine, but she hasn't laid her eggs yet.
Posted October 11, 2009
JaMeZ says:
hey there, i have 2 panda cory's, they always chase each other and from time to time the go really pink. im confident that they are male and female as one is bigger than the other - width especially. im not 100% sure if they are though, is there a way to tell? and if they are how old/big do they have to be to breed and what conditions?
Posted October 05, 2009
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Sarah says:
Gina, swimming upside down isn't normal, how is your cory doing now?
Posted June 01, 2009
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.
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- Sarah Sarah Jun 1, 2009 @ 12:08 pm | in reply to N. alex B.
- The females also tend to have bigger bellies when they are adults. If you buy a group of cories, which is the preferred way of keeping them since they are a schooling fish, you'll more than likely get a male and a female, but you don't always see the eggs even if they do breed.
I've heard of breeders who wake up in the middle of the night to collect the eggs before the cories keep them.
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- N. alex B. N. alex B. Apr 21, 2009 @ 12:23 am
- Im not surprised ur eggs survived the power short, tropical fish r adaptable to differing temperatures,(though they prefer warmer temperatures!)
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- N. alex B. N. alex B. Apr 21, 2009 @ 12:17 am
- as i said in my comment (up^), unless u wanna go to lots of trouble, the only way to tell gender is to see who is bigger at adult size. Since both o' mine are juveniles, i cant tell if they r diffrent genders and if they will breed! (i hope theyre diffrent genders so theyll breed and ill get babies!)
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- Eileen Eileen Apr 20, 2009 @ 5:04 pm
- i have corys and they have eggs but not hatched yet.
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- megan megan Oct 14, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
- 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. =)
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