vero
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi,
I discovered what looks like eggs this afternoon. They are white and tiny balls (about 1mm in diameter) and they are stuck on the glass and there are a few on a leaf of a plastic plant. I can tell that 3 are already missing, probably eaten or maybe they fell and are in the gravel.
Are they really eggs? Who's are they. Not the guppies as they are livebearers, probably not the panda corys as they are still babies (they are less than 1/2 inch long). It could be the snail or the bronze cory (it swims to them regularly and "clean" them... but I'm afraid it is trying to eat them). If it's the bronze cory, that means it is a female. She's been alone for over a week. Without a male, I'm afraid the eggs won't get "fertilized" (is that the right word). What will happen then?
What can I do to make sure they survive? Should I place a net around them to make sure the corys, snail and guppies don't eat them?
They are quite high, about 1.5 inches below the water level. I suppose that I should make really smal water changes to avoid them being exposed to air, right?
What do I do when they hatch? Do I need to separate them to make sure they won't get eaten? What about food... what should I give them? I have flakes and pellets and shoudl receive bloodworms and algea wafers soon.
Can you tell those are my first babies??? (well I sure hope they are eggs...)
Thanks!
Vero
I discovered what looks like eggs this afternoon. They are white and tiny balls (about 1mm in diameter) and they are stuck on the glass and there are a few on a leaf of a plastic plant. I can tell that 3 are already missing, probably eaten or maybe they fell and are in the gravel.
Are they really eggs? Who's are they. Not the guppies as they are livebearers, probably not the panda corys as they are still babies (they are less than 1/2 inch long). It could be the snail or the bronze cory (it swims to them regularly and "clean" them... but I'm afraid it is trying to eat them). If it's the bronze cory, that means it is a female. She's been alone for over a week. Without a male, I'm afraid the eggs won't get "fertilized" (is that the right word). What will happen then?
What can I do to make sure they survive? Should I place a net around them to make sure the corys, snail and guppies don't eat them?
They are quite high, about 1.5 inches below the water level. I suppose that I should make really smal water changes to avoid them being exposed to air, right?
What do I do when they hatch? Do I need to separate them to make sure they won't get eaten? What about food... what should I give them? I have flakes and pellets and shoudl receive bloodworms and algea wafers soon.
Can you tell those are my first babies??? (well I sure hope they are eggs...)
Thanks!
Vero