Cory fry - pics

[aveldina]

I'm not sure what exactly it was that triggered mine. I have six peppered cory cats in a 36g and they've been together for a year now. I recently changed my aquarium substrate to something more natural and that involved moving all the fish out to a shallow holding container and a very large (~50%) water change. I've also recently lowered my water temperature to accommodate the new white clouds and it sits around 73 now. With school, a dog, a cat and a tank full of fish I don't really have time to be worrying about breeding fish so the cory eggs were a complete surprise. I've only ever ended up with a few at a time, likely the rest are all eaten. If they don't stick to something the white clouds will gladly gobble them up. So which one of those things triggered them? I have no idea!

[convict78]

i have thought about changing to pool filter sand so this makes it added incentive and maybe ill lower the temp

[cwt]

In 4 breeding cycles for my fish, I haven't really seen a pattern, other than maybe they laid eggs after a unusually large feeding. I tend to be stingy in some feedings... keeps the tank cleaner, and the byproducts low. Algae wafers are a good food to try, if you haven't used those yet.

Convict: I would guess your pleco will eat the eggs; your cories will if they're inclined to. These eggs will leave marks on the glass, so if you see some, the eggs have been there and gone. Cories supposedly treat a burst of new water as a spawning event, so a water change may do it. If you have a fat female that one or two males are hanging onto, you have enough 'lovin' happening to get some eggs. Just wait for it.

[convict78]

i feed them alge wafers so the plec doesnt eat the plants,i lowered the temp.the spots on the glass is interesting.i never knew that, if i see spots i will move the plec.i was never interested in breeding them until i had to move them.a small cory died and a fish my son had for 3 years died trying to swallow it(it was a mess)i tried to save it but it damaged the gills on the way down.anyway i moved them to their own tank

[convict78]

threw out my old gravel,so hopefully the corys will feel the need to breed now ive also thought about adding a few more to increase the odds.

[cwt]

Any luck yet, convict? One of my cories just dropped eggs AGAIN in the main tank, that's twice in less than a month. I'm almost sure it's due to overfeeding... I put in about double the normal number of algae wafers (accidentally) yesterday.

[convict78]

no not yet but they seem much more happy with the sand,also they are panda cories i read they only lay eggs on plants not the glass so maybe they have laid eggs and i just cant see them (i hope)

[convict78]

i came home from work today and their is a single cory egg stuck to the glass.cant wait for more

[cwt]

just one, eh? Well give it time... whoever is laying them may just be warming up. make sure they get enough food.

[convict78]

ya thats what i figured,i feed them twice a day and i give them a variety of food.i changed from gravel to sand,lowered the temp,bought more corys,and the tank is very heavily planted so they have places to hide.its cory paradise