Corys for fry tank

[willywonka099]

I was thinking of getting a treo of corys for my fry tank ....... I was thinking albino at first but they may eat my fry (even tho they are large) maybe some pandas aenus or skunk ?? I say the skunk they were tiny and pretty I liked the pandas also and the aenus ...Hell I liked them all D exscuse language. What would your opinions be .... ??? also I want the corys to maybe spawn ... (gravel substrate 10 gal.)

 

[bshockstubb]

What type of fry and how old are they. Corys eat dead or deiesed fry but they do however may or maynot eat live and healthy fry.

 

[willywonka099]

Well they are sailfin molly fry 1/4 to 1/2 inch

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Pygmies are very small. Corydoras tend to sift through gravel and sand for their food, so the only way that the mollies will be eaten is if they stay at the bottom.

 

[willywonka099]

But they are good foregers i would imagine right say i drop a shrimp pellet or two in there will htey b able to dig it out of gravel or will it hurt them ?

 

[Tempestuousfury]

As long as the gravel is rounded, there won't be a problem. Just make sure you carry out regular water changes and that you remove any uneaten material after a few hours.

Are you just planning on feeding shrimp pellets? If so, you should also get some algae discs and perhaps some type of small worms.

 

[willywonka099]

No a based diet of shrimp pellets yes ........ small blood worms ... bbs (that sink to the bottom from fry) and algae wafers (i want to try them)

 

[Inchworm]

But they are good foregers i would imagine right say i drop a shrimp pellet or two in there will htey b able to dig it out of gravel or will it hurt them ?

Hi willywonka099

The only time you have to worry about corys eating fry is if they are laying on the bottom. It's very unlikely that the corys will swim up to grab them. If you look at a cory's mouth you will see that it is turned down so that it can feed off the bottom. At 1/2 inch long, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

If you like albino corys, (C. aeneus) I would recommend them. They are good fish to try if you are thinking about trying to spawn egg laying fish.

The one thing that would be against having corys in your tank is if your mollies have salt in their water. Some mollie keepers use it and others do not. If you have it in your tank, please do not add corys since the salt will not be good for them.

As far as the gravel is concerned, if you can show me a picture, I can tell you if it is too large for corys.

 

[parker313]

If you're thinking about breeding, you might want to stay away from pandas. They're supposedly harder to breed than some of the other species.

 

[willywonka099]

Well I can't send you a pic inchworm sry (need dang batteries!!!) the smaller stones are ruffer and the larger ones are little river round/smooth

As far as breeding it isn't that important to me It would be nice to have a trio so maybe they spawn

 

[willywonka099]

also what are the barbels it hink they are called ??? on a cory ???

 

[Tolak]

Corys are an excellent idea for a tank with fry, as fry usually need cleaner conditions than adults, and corys feed off the bottom where a lot of waste with bacteria can build up. I've kept pandas & albinos with platy and cory fry, and they never bothered the fry.

Tolak

 

[willywonka099]

So they albino have never eaten one of there own fry that you have seen ?? even if it's just sitting there ??

 

[Tolak]

Haven't gotten the corys to breed, but they haven't bothered day old angel fry, they just sort of push them out of the way when they graze on the bottom. Platy fry are a litle larger, they ignore then too.

Tolak

 

[Inchworm]

also what are the barbels it hink they are called ??? on a cory ???

Hi willywonka099

The corys use their barbels to find food. Since they can't smell it and their eyesight isn't too great, the barbels come in handy. They are amazing things; watch them use them sometime. They actually move little pieces of gravel around to get at their food. The barbels wiggle around searching for it almost like little fingers.