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05-30-2008, 12:34 PM
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Corydoras
I woke up this morning to seeing something I have not seen in 4 years of keeping these fish: 2 of my corydoras doing the mating dance! I watched for about a half an hour, hoping for eggs, and finally, there were eggs. I managed to rescue a few before they got eaten (55 gal. community tank, eggs and fry don't last long...), but the best I have for now is a 1 gallon glass fishbowl. I'm really short on $$$ right now, but I'd love to have a couple of these grow up. I don't have access to any live foods, and everything I read says to feed the babies live food. Is there anything I can do to have a chance of seeing a couple of these eggs turn into adult fish? Without spending a ton of money... I could spare 20-30 dollars...
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06-01-2008, 01:51 PM
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Can't hurt to give it a try. All the fry I've ever had I've started on Hikari First Bites fish food and have yet to have any problems with that.
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06-01-2008, 02:16 PM
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Several months ago someone posted about having their cories spawn and they didn't even know it. Their name slips my mind right now, but they were cleaning out there small, planted tank and found a few baby panda cories!
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06-02-2008, 10:39 PM
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Awesome! Any ideas where I can find this stuff? I actually went out and bought a 10 gallon, an air stone/pump, a heater and some anti-fungal stuff. So... I'm giving that a try. Should be a few days now...
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06-03-2008, 12:50 PM
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And today... there are babies! I have some of the aquadine food left over from a free sample. It was basically a pellet type food (hard flat discs) that broke up into tiny tiny pieces (almost dust) so I dropped some of the "dust" in and let it sink. I figure it's going to be hard to make sure they have food without overfeeding, so I'll just do daily water changes and monitor ammonia, nitrites/nitrates. The food should definitely be small enough for them to eat. I see 4 babies so far, and a few eggs that still look unhatched, so hopefully I'll have more than that
 I have a thin layer of black sand as the substrate, so I can see them pretty well. I am ECSTATIC. The babies are so little! It is absolutely incredible. |
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06-03-2008, 01:05 PM
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Congrats! May I ask how long you've had the cories (4 years?), how many and what kind? Thanks for sharing your experiences, always a good suprise!
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06-03-2008, 01:48 PM
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Well... these specific ones I've had at least 3 years. I originally had all of the same type, and over time it's turned into a big mixed group of cories. The mom was an albino, and the dad was a green cory though. I just counted, and it looks like every single egg has hatched. I'm amazed. There are at least 11 little babies swimming around in the 10 gallon tank right now
An awesome surprise. I've had baby platies, mollies and guppies before (who has had these fish and not had babies though...) and I've had enough of live bearers (I've had enough of them for about 2 years). I can't believe how tiny these babies are! It's just amazing to me. Thanks for all the help and advice everyone. I tried to take some pictures, but they're so small, it's almost impossible to get a good picture. |
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06-03-2008, 02:21 PM
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Got some Next to a bottle of dip nitrogen test strips to show the size   And the tank the eggs were rescued from:  And here's a link to the other ones... Picasa Web Albums - TaiyedDreamland - Baby Cory Cat... Last edited by Regen311; 06-03-2008 at 02:53 PM. |
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06-03-2008, 02:50 PM
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Nice tank! I love the rock work!
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