alia258
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I need info on Cory catfish, from how often they breed, to how much offspring they have, and how to raise the young, and everything in between!
I need info on Cory catfish, from how often they breed, to how much offspring they have, and how to raise the young, and everything in between!
Google is your friend.
BBradbury said:Hello a...
I can give you the basics from what I've learned from reading and keeping several species: They lay eggs in pure water water conditions, but there's no set timing or schedule and lay around a dozen eggs at a time.
I've seen eggs mostly layed on plant leaves. My Corys prefer larger leaves like those on my Amazon swords. They will lay eggs on decorations and on the glass. The eggs have a hazy, almost clear color.
If you see them, it's best to move them to a QT tank with no other fish, because larger fish will eat them. The ideal pH is 7 (neutral).
I've had a number of eggs layed, but haven't moved them, so most are eaten. The others haven't hatched probably because I have harder water (higher pH) than the Corys prefer. I do keep the water very clean by doing large, weekly water changes of at least 50 percent of the tank volume.
www.aqua-fish has good information on Corydoras.
Hope this is helpful.
B
It says your link isn't found, what happened to it?
alia258 said:Okay, wish I had known that before, everyone just says google it, and all I got was where they lay eggs and some info on sexing (second part was needed, but I know where they lay eggs from reading threads on here) hope I find something different this time
Personally I will not research or type out such massive amounts of information without you doing a little work.
alia258 said:Sooooooo... It says stuff about a separate tank, but would a breeder box work better? The differences between the two was UN clear, though the floating breeder box sounds easier
alia258 said:Haha well I have one Cory right now (I only recently found out that they like large groups, but my 10g is fully stocked—don't worry I'm getting a 40-50g tank to breed the cories in) and I wanted to breed the one I have now. Here's a pic
He's very cute, and I want him to have friends soon! So, can you tell the species from the pic? Because I have no idea! He's very healthy and is extremely cute! ^^