Corydoras Eggs!

[Sickbound]

I have a mixed corydoras tank......so confused. 

I have:
1 violet 
1 orange laser 
1 bronze 
1 skunk 
1 Venezuelan red fin
1 reticulated
1 julii
2 peppered one is long fin (I think they are both female)
1 swart's 
1 albino cory
1 elegans 
2 brochis splendens

 

[Sickbound]

Is it possible that my corydoras are breeding? A mixed breed?
It is possible that my peppered could have but I'm thinking that they are both females...

 

[Blondielovesfish]

It is possible that the cory's have produced hybrid's. 
That's not a very good mix of Cory's either IMO

 

[Lillefishy]

Quite a few of those could have interbred, any that survive must not be passed into the trade which means you may have to consider culling
That is not a good mix of corys, they really need to be in species groups of 5+

 

[Ny82]

I would suspect it's your peppered. Just because there's 2 of them! My landlady has 4 tanks of different types of cories, groups of 3 and 4 and they have never cross bred, probably because there's been enough of them!

 

[Sickbound]

Quite a few of those could have interbred, any that survive must not be passed into the trade which means you may have to consider culling
That is not a good mix of corys, they really need to be in species groups of 5+

I don't understand why I do not have a "good mix of corys". They all get along great and shoal together and eat together. 

 

[Lillefishy]

corys prefer to be in their own species groups, yours are sticking together because they have no choice, they would be much happier in larger groups of their own kind
They also wouldn't be forced to interbreed as they'd breed with their own kind given the choice

 

[DoubleDutch]

I agree with Lillefish and the others. A collection of Corys is a totally differtent thing than a shoal of Corys.
Lot of them have totally different behaviour, needs than others.
Interbreeding has nothing to do with keeping enough of the same species, but a lot of them are (closely) related (f.i. Aeneus group = 14 kinds of bronze, albino, lasers, venezuela) , Elegans group, aso.)

All of these fish are social fish in need of compagnons of the same / close related species (= chance of hybrids !!!!) and have specific needs / behaviour. F.i. my Peppers will hoover around the tank searching for food, bronze mainly stay on the bottom aso. As I just said in another thread : You will be amazed how there behaviour will change in bigger groups.

If a shortage of one species they will stay together rather than being on their own, but there is nothing really social about that I am afraid. I placed a vid on the other thread as well : Try to find another species in this shoal. Think you won't find one. So this corys are giving the answer themselves I think:

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWIVCdLOImw

 

[Sickbound]

I agree with Lillefish and the others. A collection of Corys is a totally differtent thing than a shoal of Corys.
Lot of them have totally different behaviour, needs than others.
Interbreeding has nothing to do with keeping enough of the same species, but a lot of them are (closely) related (f.i. Aeneus group = 14 kinds of bronze, albino, lasers, venezuela) , Elegans group, aso.)

All of these fish are social fish in need of compagnons of the same / close related species (= chance of hybrids !!!!) and have specific needs / behaviour. F.i. my Peppers will hoover around the tank searching for food, bronze mainly stay on the bottom aso. As I just said in another thread : You will be amazed how there behaviour will change in bigger groups.

If a shortage of one species they will stay together rather than being on their own, but there is nothing really social about that I am afraid. I placed a vid on the other thread as well : Try to find another species in this shoal. Think you won't find one. So this corys are giving the answer themselves I think:

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWIVCdLOImw

I understand that Corydoras like to be with their own kind. But I've read and heard from many people that keeping a mixed corydoras tank is fine. They seem to enjoy each others company and at this point there is no going back. I'm not going to re-home all of these corydoras. So what would you suggest I do?

 

[FungusTrooper]

 
So what would you suggest I do?

Be prepared for people to tell you this advice in every thread you post about your corys, I guess.

 

[Sickbound]

 

 
So what would you suggest I do?

Be prepared for people to tell you this advice in every thread you post about your corys, I guess.
 

That's not really suggestion about what I should do about my corydoras. 
That was just a smart remark. 

 

[FungusTrooper]

You're point-blank refusing to do what's best for the fish, so I was suggesting what you, as a human, do. Corys will team up with different species, but get on best/breed best/are happiest in schools of their own type - so the suggestions you'll get here will pertain to that. Either rehome all but a few species and bulk up your count of those, split them into their own tanks and buy more of each, or just put up with people telling you things you do not want to hear.
 
I didn't mean it to come off as a "smart remark", just telling you how it is.

 

[frapadoodle]

Add me to the 'smart aleck' crowd.
When people tell you a mixed cory tank is fine, it is in refrence to mixed shoals.
At present I have 6 bronze and 7 peppered. Hence a mixed cory tank.
I agree with Double Dutch about the differences in behavior.The bronze prefer the bottom and the peppers will hoover the plants. They interact, but if spooked bronze one way peppers the other.

 

[DoubleDutch]

So what would you suggest I do?

Think I can't suggest anything as long as you don't want to rehome some of the Corys.
By the way : I am not telling you that several species can't be kept together only that (mental) health and well being of these fish depend on company of their own species and that a collection isn't the same thing as a shoal. There are other fish that will shoal if lack of the same species. That's their way to feel more save. Social interaction you only will see with own species (and some closely related ones as Laser, Venezuela, Bronze, Schultzei, aso being all Aeneus-species : risk of interbreeding / hybrids).

So I am not telling you what to do, but only try to clear this incorrect thought.

Cheers, Aad

 

[Ny82]

Add me to the 'smart aleck' crowd.
When people tell you a mixed cory tank is fine, it is in refrence to mixed shoals.
At present I have 6 bronze and 7 peppered. Hence a mixed cory tank.
I agree with Double Dutch about the differences in behavior.The bronze prefer the bottom and the peppers will hoover the plants. They interact, but if spooked bronze one way peppers the other.

 
I find this happens too. My peppered tend to swim up high with the platies and guppies, but the bronze will swim lower. Like you say though if spooked-or face up to the glass too quick-bronze will go behind the plants, peppers will freeze lol.