Hi there

I posted in a topic last night about leaving cory eggs in the tank...as I am a little overun with fry at the moment, but a friend on here mailed and said 'I WANT YOUR EGGS'...so I thought right I will try and get some off the glass, which I did very carefully. I managed to get about 60 off....58 actually I counted them...ha ..all I had to hand was a small plastic container which I floated on the water, I transferred the eggs, they did look to be changing colour, but I thought I might be imagining it..I came home from work today and checked on them, and thought oh nothing...but when I looked again, there were 5 pinheads with tails swimming about....I have no airstone to put in the container at the moment, and wondering if this will stop them from developing more?

My other question is...out of 58...I have 5 hatched and some more look to have tails now sticking out of the eggs....how long to leave the eggs in that have not hatched...the eggs are 3 days old today....there are a couple that have not changed colour but they are stuck to the ones that are fertilised, will this harm the fertilised ones from developing?

I do have an air pump with 2 valves on that I can transfer over, later on tonight.

Also when do I feed them...I do not have microworms but have some hikari first bites?...sorry for all the questions...I am a little excited but anxious also, as I am giving these to my friend, but may decide to keep a few depending on how many hatch.

Thanks in advance for any response.

Debbie

This post has been edited by debbie888: Apr 30 2008, 09:02 PM

Ok first of all, which cory is it?

Second of all if if the eggs start to get "fungus" on them then they need removing.

Hi Cooper

Well I have bronze and albino in the tank, so am really not sure...I would sway to the albino's as they were the ones flitting about the tank before I saw the eggs....ok and would the fungus be easily spotted, sorry am very new to cory eggs...lol.

Ok and here is a 'stupid question'....I have just cleaned out an ice cream tub....(no didnt eat it...lol) Would this be suitable for the eggs and the hatched ones? If so...it had paper on the side which I have soaked off, but still has that stupid bloody glue stuff on the side, any tips on how I can get the glue off as I dare not use it till it is totally clean?


Thanks for the reply

Debbie

This post has been edited by debbie888: Apr 30 2008, 05:04 PM

Here is one....gosh arn't they tiny!

Hi debbie888

Congrats on the eggs!

But I'm a bit confused. Is the the glue on the inside of the tub with the fry or on the outside? If it's on the outside I can't see it being a problem. It may be a melted glue anyway.

If you really want to get it off don't use soap or solvents as you'll probably do more damage that way. Is the glue hard? Can it be chipped or scraped off? If not then again I wouldn't worry.

IMHO.

Any experts out there wish to comment?

Get some boiling water, then get some salt and put salt over the glue area and put a cloth in the boiling water (scouring pad will be best) and rub it off, the salt will help to cut in to the glue.

ps, wear some rubber gloves so u dont get burnt by boiling water.

I find using breeding nets is perfect for cory fry, as well to hatch... it save constant waterchanges on tubs and stays very clean.

Well I now have them in a net and am doing water changes, but another stupid question coming up....(god this is gonna sound dumb) How do you get the bottom of the net clean, as this is where most of the crap is.....forgive my stupidity...lol

Hi Debbie888

Although I don't use a net (I have a separate bare bottom fry tank) I believe this method is valid for both and that is to use an air hose to CAREFULLY siphon out the 'crap' into a white bucket.

Once you're done check the bottom of the bucket to see if you accidentally picked up any fry. If you did then just use a short piece of air hose as and suck it into the hose with your mouth and release it back into the net. Some people use a turkey baster instead.

Good luck and cheers.

Hi cory_Dad

ok thanks for the tip.....I will try that...!

I have another question....are all fry born dark in colour....what I mean is would albino cory fry be clear in colour?

LOL questions questions

Debbie

I don't do that. The point of a net is to not have to do that extra cleaning.

Put the net where it gets good water movement through. That should keep it washed out.

White Corys like pandas are white. Albinos are albino.

Pandas look like pandas the minute they hatch almost. Same with albinos pretty much.
If you can see them you know them.

If you have bronze C. aeneus and albino C. aeneus they will breed together and you will have a mix of albino and bronze offspring

This post has been edited by jollysue: May 5 2008, 12:17 PM

OK thanks for the infornation jollysue.

Debbie

Sorry to gatecrash this thread, but I've just had my second batch of Cory eggs (had the fish aroud 5-6 weeks). Nothing happened with the first lot, but this time around, I got home from work Sunday morning to find five had hatched (I use a net breeder). Fed them with Liquifry two or three times that day. Looked in the trap on Monday morning and they'd disappeared; examined the net with a magnifying glass and there were NO holes big enough for them to get through, even though the fry were tiny. I can't see any of the fish in the tank leaping into the net for a snack, then leaping back into the tank, has anyone else had fry simply disappear?. I'm at an absolute loss to understand it. Third time lucky, I hope.

Aww sorry to hear that vinylman....strange how they disappeared....my bigger fish do try and have a good suck on the net (gosh that sounds rude) ...but my babies have been fine, I have had them in the net, about a week now and they have been fine, they have tripled in size...found some more eggs earlier but will be leaving them well alone as I only rescued the ones I now have in the net as my mate is coming over for them this weekend...will be sad to see them go as I feel quite proud to have had them hatch, but I have not the room to house them at the moment.

Good luck with your next spawn.

Debs
x

This post has been edited by debbie888: May 7 2008, 05:21 PM

awww debbs more babies, god you must be thrilled to bits, i am am and theyre not mine

shelagh xxx

Is it possible that they were under the bottom cross bars, between the bar and the netting?

That happened to me with plattie fry. I finally found them after a lot of looking.

Just a thought.

Hi Debbie + Cory_Dad,

No, I took the net trap out of the tank and took it to pieces in a bucket of tank water - not a thing in sight. Such a disappointment after having two spawnings within six weeks of buying them (they obviously like their new home). If I'd used a plastic trap, they'd have been much too small for the slots so I thought the net trap would be perfect. I could have used a plastic tub of some kind, but I wanted to have some water flow through the net. Hopefully next time...........

I feel your pain.

My second last spawn was a dud and it looks like this last one will also be a dud. I don't think any of the eggs were fertilized. That worries me because the first 2 spawns were excellent.

As they say, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Good luck.