I noticed today that 2 of my corys are really fat the others are normal. I posted a picture, can anybody tell me if the 2 on the left are females with egg and the one on the right is a male? I know there are fat fish but those 2 are really fat! 
Fat corys or females with eggs?
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Hard to tell tbh. I'm not the best with corys, but I think you should wait. If she doesn't lay them and leans off the weight, she was just fat.
Bruce Leyland-Jones
Fish Aficionado
Who ate all the pies?
Bruce Leyland-Jones
Fish Aficionado
If it had just been the one, I would've been less sure.Shrimp is more like it.
so you think just fat?
Bruce Leyland-Jones
Fish Aficionado
Of course, I could well be wrong and you're about to experience a happy event...or several 'Happy Events'!
Myraan
Fishaholic
The only cory I've had I knew for certain was a girl (I witnessed her glueing her eggs to the glass) was even more wedge shaped than those, so it's possible yours are fat boys, but they are likely females as you think.
They are females in the correct condition to be healthy. I wouldn't be cutting back on their food.
What is your pH in this tank. Ideally if you are going to get them to spawn you will need your tank to be slightly acidic.
I live in the mountains, the Laurentians in Quebec, Canada. I am in the forest by a lake where our water is not supplied so we have a 425’ deep artesian well that is not contaminated by farms or civilization. Unfortunately the water is a bit hard and my PH is 7.6. So I try very hard to have only fish that can thrive in a higher PH. I have 3 tanks now and no room for baby corys since my husband absolutely refuses to have another tank. i am working on changing his mind, but that will unfortunately take a while.
What can I do to keep them happy and healthy?
These guys are less likely to spawn in hard alkaline water. So you may just have to put up with them being a little rotund. How many males are in the tank, you could always up the numbers so there are more males than females that may help.
Just what you are doing now. Pearls are soft bodied and bruise easily, so just make sure there are no aggressive fish knocking them about.
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