Fat corys or females with eggs?

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Ellebrius

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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! o_O
 

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Well my female gouramis are not skinny either so I guess the fault is with me, I will be cutting down on the portions.
 

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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.
 
Then I guess time will tell. I will be sure to let you know if a happy event happens! :wizard:
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 

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