LyndaB
Aquarium Advice Addict
Yesterday, I was so surprised to see a little peppered cory frybaby in my tank!
He was coming out to munch on one of the algae wafer pieces I tossed in the tank. I no longer put entire wafers in but rather I break them into pieces so that the tank inhabitants aren't all on top of each other eating and he was at one piece with an oto, some shrimplets and baby assassins.
I was shocked to see this little squiggle next to the other species. I called my husband over to see. I'm like "what is that?!?" and then I gasped and told him, "it's a baby cory!". I had to use a magnifying glass to know what he was.
I'd been blessed enough to witness my cory females popping the eggs out onto the tank walls, but then I'd see the assassin snails immediately go on the hunt. This little guy must've been laid in the java moss, is all I can figure and the assassins missed him. Not sure how old he is, he's not even 1/16th of an inch in size.
He was very shy and very quick, and in the one picture I got of him, you can't tell what he is, but I'll certainly try again soon so you can witness the incredible cute factor.
He was coming out to munch on one of the algae wafer pieces I tossed in the tank. I no longer put entire wafers in but rather I break them into pieces so that the tank inhabitants aren't all on top of each other eating and he was at one piece with an oto, some shrimplets and baby assassins.
I was shocked to see this little squiggle next to the other species. I called my husband over to see. I'm like "what is that?!?" and then I gasped and told him, "it's a baby cory!". I had to use a magnifying glass to know what he was.
I'd been blessed enough to witness my cory females popping the eggs out onto the tank walls, but then I'd see the assassin snails immediately go on the hunt. This little guy must've been laid in the java moss, is all I can figure and the assassins missed him. Not sure how old he is, he's not even 1/16th of an inch in size.
He was very shy and very quick, and in the one picture I got of him, you can't tell what he is, but I'll certainly try again soon so you can witness the incredible cute factor.