Methods To Hatch And Raise Cory Fry?

[DiddleBug]

I was wondering the best ways to hatch and raise green cory fry. What are your opinions on meth. blue or other anti fungicides, tank size, water circulation, and feeding the fry? I have been able to raise some fry, but I would like some advice.

 

[This Old Spouse]

I have a batch growing up in a fry tank right now. I rescued them off the glass in my 55 and set them up on some java fern, put them in the fry tank with several red cherry shrimp, and they hatched on Monday. The shrimp keep them and the tank nice and clean.

 

[snazy]

Shrimp are great with cory fry I agree. They keep the substrate spotless for the corys.
I've never used antifungal meds to hatch the fry but as far as I know it needs to be removed just prior to the eggs hatching as the meds can kill the fry.
The way I raise cory fry is nothing special. The tank is setup with sand(to prevent harmful bacteria on the bottom from growing), plants(fry love the cover and provides natural food), almond leaves(infusoria grows on them when they start falling apart, also provides cover and tannins good for the fish) and heavily overfiltered tank with lots of oxygen, because of the amount of food that goes in daily(using sponges to block intakes or appropriate filters). If one feeds less because of the water quality, then fry start dying from starvation instead or get malnourished and stunted.  And water changes all the time!!! especially if you are raising a big batch of fry.
 
And I feed mine tetra baby in the beginning, then start adding all types of food, whatever I get my hands on and is small and soft for the fry to break down, also chopped blood worms, hatch some brine shrimp, whatever you can think of but I supplement with the tetra baby food all the time, presoaked and put straight on the bottom. They eat that for at least a couple of months.

 

[Wildbetta]

I have raised mine several different ways and still will be experimenting whenever one of the 3 types I have decide to spawn for me.  I have used H2O2 to keep eggs from fungusing over the first batch I had but didn't reapply it to the hatching container after the first dose and had done a water change before the fry actually hatched.  The second time, I used a RCS in the hatching container and that worked very well but I do recommend more than one shrimp otherwise they get very shy. The third and last time I raised cory fry, I raised them with some wild betta fry up until they were around a month or so old then moved them into my RCS tank.  my hatching container/tank has always been bare bottom so that I can keep it clean easier and I feed frozen BBS from the start and then add microworms, golden pearls, decap BBS, and other really small foods that are easy for them to eat.