Found Eggs In My Tank When I Got Home!

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Ok i got home from work tonight to find eggs attached to my vallis and glass of my tank, i promptly rescued them and they are now in a spare tank in half a coconut shell with an air pump running in it, im guessing they are cory eggs but i also have cardinal tetras, and a pair of apistogramma cacautuiodes it could be but as they are adhered to surfaces im guessing they are corys right? what do corydoras eggs look like when they are fertile? As this is the first time my fish have spawned im not even sure if they will be fertile so if i have an idea it would save me some time. Any help or advice welcomed.
 
cool mine are milky white and i got an air pump running right in the middle of the shell so theres water movement on em. Anyone know what they look like when they get fungus so i can remove any ones with fungus?
 
hi,
as the fry develope inside i think the eggs should turn kinda grey/darker white. infertile fungus ones will go bright white and stand out a mile
 
cool thanks for the replies, i will monitor them over the next few days, also if they do survive what shall i feed them on? im really busy at the moment doing tax returns and such and also working so i dont really have time to make things like bbs cultures, will that liquid fry food stuff do? Theres some moss in the tank they are in and no inhabitants so they should be some little organisms for food too. Also they are born with a yolk sac i believe? i wait till this goes before i feed them?
 
To raise the fry, ok i'm only on my second batch, but here's what worked with the first.

The eggs will hatch within 5 days, probably less depending on temperature. The yolk sack will last for a day, probably no more, again depending on temperature. To feed the fish i started with liquifry no1 for a few days, then used bbs. They really don't take long to set up. I used sera sachets, which include the salt and eggs. Just add water, Literally! Hatch them in a 500 ml pop bottle, use just a piece of airline tubing to keep the eggs moving, within 24 hours you should be able to syphon off enough food for one of the daily feeds. Don't use too much or you'll pollute the water, certainly the bottom of the tank. I also use liquifry powder. Ideally when the fish have hatched you should feed three times a day, although at least twice if you can't make lunchtime. Also remember to make daily water changes, i change about 30% every day at the moment, it keeps the water fresh, and removes any harmful chemicals that might stunt the fishes growth. Yes it can be time consuming, but half the fun is raising the fish, they develop so quickly. Withing a week they've gone from little more than a small tadpole, to what is recogniseable as a cory it's remarkable.

Also a little tip, use a piece of airline tubing to suck out any detrius that accumilates on the bottom of the tank, particularly with cory's being bottom dwellers. put your thumb over one end to stop the water coming up it, drop ithe other end down to the dirt and release your thumb, the release of the air and the water pressure should suck the dirt into the tube. Also useful for removing small fry for observation or for if you want to clean the tank, but only for the first week, the fry will be too big after that.
 
Thanks for the info, i had just been reading your post about your cories actually, i will be going to get some liquifry and a hatching net and a sponge filter 2moro as my 5.5 gallon tank has a nano external on and if any fry hatch they will get sucked up by it. Will order a microworms kit and maybe a bbs kit off ebay 2moro night probably.
 
Good luck with them, raising the fry is really interesating and rewarding when they develop well. Dpn't be too disappointed if some of the fry die off. Sometimes they're just weak or deformed which means they don't develop well or feed properly. If this is the first spawning you have noticed they may not do so well, but watch out for subsequent clutches of eggs, they will probably do much better.
 
Yes i wasnt expecting much sucess and as of now i only have a couple of eggs left that havent been infertile/fungused but i shall see if they hatch, if they dont then not to worry, at least i know what to expect and ive now bought some extra equipment so im prepared if it happens again.
 

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