How Do I Handle Overly Amorous Fish?

[DarylF2]

I have a 38 gallon tank that is doing beautifully. Unfortunately, my Corydoras catfish are breeding like mad...

I start with 3 fish: 1 female and 2 males. Now, in addition to those, I have 14-20 babies ranging from very small to nearly adult. My female is laying eggs about once a week, nearly every week. She laid eggs TWICE this past weekend, on Saturday and again on Sunday, for a total of probably 60-80 eggs...

Any idea how to handle this? I can't find anyone to give the babies to, and my local pet store can't take them. I only have the one tank, so separating males from females isn't practical. Plus, my tank is fairly heavily planted so getting the fish out is pretty difficult. Should I just scrape off the eggs and discard them as soon as I see them? That just seems awful, but an overcrowded tank would be worse...

EDIT: a link to some pictures of my tank is here.

 

[fish_4_all]

Mine laid eggs for 3 months straight. Then they stopped. Why, I have no clue but they just stopped. I now have 12 remaining from that episode. I simply started leaving the eggs in the tank and the corys ate them.

 

[DarylF2]

I've left ALL of my Cory's eggs in the tank. I haven't done anything special at all to protect the eggs, but the tank has enough plants and such that 2-4 fry seem to be surviving from each batch. That adds up quickly! And now, the first youngsters are nearly adults... 8O

This is never a problem I'd thought I'd have, but I have too many baby fish surviving...