Help! My cories spawned! What do I do??

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

@Ch4rlie I also have a turkey baster on my shopping list! You did say they were useful, I need one now! Or will do, if these are fertile/hatch.

Also for microworm culture, have oatmeal and yeast on the list.

I have some weeping moss I can add when they're ready for it.

Will either order some MB or pick some up some LFS.

Anything I'm missing?

 

[CassCats]

If there's no meth blue in stock, alder cones are a good alternative!

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

If there's no meth blue in stock, alder cones are a good alternative!

pretty sure the store will have both

Think the Indian Almond leaves will help in the meantime? Of course, of course they laid eggs on a Friday night/Saturday morning! These things never happen on a day you can just run to the store.

Well, I should have just run to the store today, but I didn't...

 

[CassCats]

I ran out of alder cones this round and dont have meth blue or Indian almond leaves atm, so I used oak leaves this time and had same results as my usual methods too.

 

[itiwhetu]

With out putting anything in the tank just remove the infertile eggs with an eye dropper. You can leave the eggs where they are and remove the parents. Or just make sure the adult fish are well fed, they don't want to eat their eggs. The problem with removing eggs or touching them is that you damage them, be careful if you are going to that.

 

[mbsqw1d]

With corydoras, whilst they may not wish to eat their eggs they're so dopey that they do it accidentally. Even my tank isn't planted heavily enough to ensure they're safe from being foraged.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

With out putting anything in the tank just remove the infertile eggs with an eye dropper. You can leave the eggs where they are and remove the parents. Or just make sure the adult fish are well fed, they don't want to eat their eggs. The problem with removing eggs or touching them is that you damage them, be careful if you are going to that.

I had to move them I'm afraid, not so much because of the adults, but because they'd been stuck to the glass right near the waterline, I wouldn't have been able to do a water change without the eggs being above water.

I was as gentle as possible when moving them! I'll try to find an eye dropper.

 

[itiwhetu]

I had to move them I'm afraid, not so much because of the adults, but because they'd been stuck to the glass right near the waterline, I wouldn't have been able to do a water change without the eggs being above water.

I was as gentle as possible when moving them! I'll try to find an eye dropper.

I would have just missed the water change until they hatched

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I would have just missed the water change until they hatched

It's only a 12 gallon tank with few live plants and 37 guppy fry, so heavily fed. I couldn't skip water changes if I wanted to.

But NC breeds plenty of healthy cories and moves the eggs, so lets hope for the best, eh?

 

[itiwhetu]

Just remember everything you put in your tank should pass through a fish. By definition if it doesn't you are over feeding.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Just remember everything you put in your tank should pass through a fish. By definition if it doesn't you are over feeding.

Even when it passes through the fish, it means more ammonia produced and more fish poop produced. Nitrates would rise if I didn't perform water changes, and fry grow faster and better with frequent water changes. Many breeders water change daily, because apart from anything else, fry produce hormones that stunt the growth of other fry. Water changes dilutes those hormones, as well as keeping water quality good.

 

[CassCats]

And poor water quality can also stop the eggs from hatching too, so best to move them.

 

[itiwhetu]

You only have 37 fry in 40 something liters of water, that is like zero load on your system.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

You only have 37 fry in 40 something liters of water, that is like zero load on your system.

I wasn't seeking advice about how to raise guppy fry, I've raised plenty of those, both in the tank with the adults and in a separate grow out.

If you want to ignore the info about hormones and things, that's up to you and how you raise your own fry.

 

[itiwhetu]

Just trying to be helpful, carry on