My Cories have been spending to much time

[Inchworm]

Hi Jezah

That's a good suggestion, but one that might work better for some fish than others.

The trouble with egg yolk is that it gets moldy very quickly and makes a terrible mess at the bottom of the tank. Since corys are bottom feeders, and need very clean water, this is not a good idea.

I've actually tried it myself and can say that Liquifry is much better for corys.

 

[Jezah]

Ya I use crushed flakes myself for my livebearer fry. They tend to be a bit bigger then most other fry though.

EDIT: I would love to try Liquifry but my LFS dont sell it.

 

[balloon molly]

thats how my baby catfished looked 3 months ago.now they are almost as big as the adults.yes liquifry has worked for me.look on aquabid for liquifry.

 

[Polardbear]

It looks like 5 is it, no more eggs hatching. I had to work an overtime shift last night and when I got home early this morning the corys over in the conditioning tank had decided they were conditioned enough. They're at it again. The egg eater quickly identified herself and has been transferred to the cleanup crew next door in the swordtail fry tank. Since removing the evil egg eater they have produced 58 new eggs for me. Just looked in on them and they appeared to be taking a break for a few minutes. Momma cory was looking just a wee bit fed up with the boys sitting on her head, so I distracted them with a cube of tubifex worms. Every one was quite hungry and decided to leave her alone for a few minutes and have their snack. Now that they've got their energy back it looks like they are gearing up for round two. Can't wait to see how many I end up with this time.

The microworm culture arrived today so I've started a sub-culture for them. It's a good thing my mother doesn't know what I do with all the tupperware she's given me!

 

[WILDER]

It's a good thing my mother doesn't know what I do with all the tupperware she's given me! Good luck with the eggs.

 

[Polardbear]

Thanks Wilder!

Here's a couple more pictures. Three of them like to hang out on the silicon seal in the corner of the tank.

 

[Polardbear]

Hey Inchworm - do you know if Adolphoi's are difficult to breed?

 

[specks]

Good luck with the fry Polardbear. Ive recently got 4 panda corys & they are the cutest things. they play follow my leader around the tank & are so comical to watch.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Polardbear

That's sure some batch of corys you have there!

I just got my adolfois a few weeks ago and haven't even thought about trying to get them to spawn yet. However, if this article is correct, they are a lot more challenging that the peppered corys.

http/www.aquarticles.com/articles/breedi...as_adolfoi.html

Of course, if this is the way this guy started out getting them to spawn, perhaps it's not the only way. It's always best to do things simply and I would try with just cool water changes first.

It sounds like their spawning pattern is more like the panda than the peppered or the bronze. Instead of a few bigger spawns, they do a small amount of eggs more frequently. This isn't as bad as it sounds. You will soon get used to moving the eggs from one tank to another.

 

[Polardbear]

Thanks Inchworm, that was an interesting article. Do you know what he meant by cory eggs are sensitive to light? I hadn't heard that before.

I sure wish the little 5 babies would grow faster, every time I'm near the tank I can't help but do a nose count and they sure are hard to spot. You'd think in a bare bottomed tank it wouldn't be all that hard to find 5 little tykes but they sure can make themselves look invisible. I can usually locate the first 4 in no time but I've spent up to an hour trying to find that darn 5th one.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Polardbear

I've heard that some fish have eggs that hatch better if kept in the dark, but I've never tried that with my corys and they have hatched fine.

Keep in mind that this article was written by a hobbyist, and is a report on what worked for him with this species. It's not necessarily the only way their spawning can be accomplished.

I'll keep my eyes open for other reports about their spawning and if I find any, I'll pass the information alone to you.

 

[Polardbear]

Just thought I'd update everyone on my little babies. They are now 3 weeks old and I still have 3 of them. Unfortunately 2 died but the remaining 3 are unbelievable. I've been working a lot of overtime and haven't had much time to really sit and watch them grow, but in the last 5 days I swear they have tripled in size and actually look like little corys now instead of 1/4" miniature helicopters. They are suddenly 3/4" to 1" long and have all the markings of the adult paleatus corys. They are easily as big as my 5 week old black swordtail babies and those guys have just had a phenomal growth rate compared to previous swordtail fry. The microworms and fresh hatched baby brine shrimp have seemed to have really done the trick!

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Polardbear

Thanks for the update on your babies.

They are really growing very fast and making excellent progress. I will have to try feeding the bbs the next time my corys spawn.

Are you conditioning the parents to spawn them again?

 

[Polardbear]

Hi Inchworm - I'm holding off on conditioning the parents right now. I've got 4 10 gallon tanks going with swordtail fry right now plus the cory babies are in a seperate 5 gallon. Daily water changes for all my babies seems to be the majority of my day, plus we're getting asked to work overtime almost every week day and having to do mandatory o.t. on weekends. I'm keeping up with the babies but I feel like I'm starting to neglect the adult swordies and corys so I'm going to wait awhile before trying any more spawning attempts. That and I'm really wanting to get some of those adorable adolphoi's and see if I can spawn them. I know that the paleatus are fairly easy to spawn for a beginner like me, but I've got a dozen adults of that species plus the 3 babies so I may wait until things slow down and try another variety.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Polardbear

It does seem that you have your hands full already!

I would suggest though, that you buy the adolfois as soon as possible. Not only will they possibly need time to mature, but if your lfs sells out of them, it be a long time before you see them again.

I think they are pretty much wild caught and not tank raised, so the seasons might have an effect on their availability too.