So recently my Corydora started to lay eggs the it at time there was only about 10. At this point I was unsure what they were and therefor left them and they got eaten.
The second time I found around 30 on the side of the tank.
I cut a 2 litre bottle into about a 1/3 put some of the sand in the bottoms and slits and holes in the side and attached the bottle to the glass opposite the air pump I moved the eggs over but they went bad. Went I was taking the bad eggs out I noticed two guppy fry so quickly seperated these into the floating bottle.
Friday night I came home to about 40/50 eggs on the side of the tank but also a lead of the plant in the far left of my tank covered in eggs I decided not to disturb the ones on the glass but broke the leaf off and put it in with the guppy fry.
Yesterday all of the eggs hatched (that I moved into the bottle) the ram saw the ones on the glass as a delicatessen.
I've arranged to get a new tank next week but wil let this cycled before I can use as a nursery. I'm going to change the bottle to a container so that there is a larger surface area of sand for the corries as they get bigger but my cory has just layed more eggs only about 39 eggs this time.
It's good that's she's laying eggs but I don't have room for all these babies.
Do you think my LFS will take them off my hands and at what size??
Also when corries lay eggs do they lay them directly how we see them as my corrie doesn't look fat enough to have had all these eggs inside her!
I've added pictures below of the guppy fry and the cory fry, tank and the seperated bottle.
The second time I found around 30 on the side of the tank.
I cut a 2 litre bottle into about a 1/3 put some of the sand in the bottoms and slits and holes in the side and attached the bottle to the glass opposite the air pump I moved the eggs over but they went bad. Went I was taking the bad eggs out I noticed two guppy fry so quickly seperated these into the floating bottle.
Friday night I came home to about 40/50 eggs on the side of the tank but also a lead of the plant in the far left of my tank covered in eggs I decided not to disturb the ones on the glass but broke the leaf off and put it in with the guppy fry.
Yesterday all of the eggs hatched (that I moved into the bottle) the ram saw the ones on the glass as a delicatessen.
I've arranged to get a new tank next week but wil let this cycled before I can use as a nursery. I'm going to change the bottle to a container so that there is a larger surface area of sand for the corries as they get bigger but my cory has just layed more eggs only about 39 eggs this time.
It's good that's she's laying eggs but I don't have room for all these babies.
Do you think my LFS will take them off my hands and at what size??
Also when corries lay eggs do they lay them directly how we see them as my corrie doesn't look fat enough to have had all these eggs inside her!
I've added pictures below of the guppy fry and the cory fry, tank and the seperated bottle.
