cory help

[animalzrok2]

feeding my fish today and i noticed my albino cory catfish looking a little different. its belly is a little fatter and its kind of square, is she sick, pregnant or normal.... Please help!

 

[KaylNeko]

If she's eating and acting normally, I'd go with pregnant...unless she's the only cory in there. Then she could just have it adult growth--female corys are bigger than males.

 

[Fishie]

If she's eating and acting normally, I'd go with pregnant.

^ agree !! If she is congratz!

 

[animalzrok2]

ok great. she has been eating and acted normal. anyone know what i should do if she is pregnant???

 

[librarygirl]

Um, Corys don't get pregnant, they lay eggs.

 

[KaylNeko]

If she's spawning, she'll do it whatever you do. Keep an eye for eggs on the glass and on plants. If you want to save them for cory babies, set up a small tank or bucket with a sponge filter, dose it with methelyne blue to prevent fungus, then using an old credit card or something similar, gently scrape the eggs off the glass into a small cup of water, transport it to the holding tank, and tranfer the eggs to the water in it--don't expose them to air. Then wait.

Otherwise, leave it be--some may or may not hatch, some babies may make it. My Peppered Corys have spawned three times and so far, I don't think any eggs have survived the snails or corys.

However, all this is contingent on there being other corys of her species--if not, I doubt she's ready to spawn.


Eh...gravid, pregnant--close enough

 

[Scouser]

I thought Cory cats deposit fertilised eggs?

Think it may be something a tad more serious, pics would help immensely.