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[trace1]

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just been sorting out my black molly cos she having babies & just been checking tank for them & the corys are laying eggs as well.
think the corys wana get in on the baby action lol
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[kat and james]

aww.. love is in the air!
i wish my fish would breed!

 

[trace1]

its cool just seen my cory collect her eggs & hold them in her fins never seen it before. only thing is now i wana move the eggs just not sure on best way to do it cos they on my filter

 

[kat and james]

hmm.. and i guess they are pretty possessive of thier eggs, right? you definetly have to post some pics of the babies when they hatch!

 

[trace1]

oh the deffinalty eggs, just seen the big cory catch in her bottom fins, in fact she got another batch in there now. hoping to move them into the fry tank i just set up so they will hopefully hatch this time. got at least 14 molly fry as well so going from 1 room to another checking mollies & cories lol

 

[Clairel]

Wohoooooooooooooo Congratulations... !!!

C x

 

[Annastasia]

Congrats on all the new arrivals!

And yes, I definitely want to see pictures of the babies!

 

[dwarfgourami]

hmm.. and i guess they are pretty possessive of thier eggs, right? you definetly have to post some pics of the babies when they hatch!

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Actually corys are not possessive about their eggs- except in the way that mollies are possessive about their fry, as a nourishing snack!

The female will carry each new clutch around in her fins until she finds a place to deposite them- and then turn round and eat them. At least this is the case with peppered corys; I have been told other species are less voracious. But cichlids they are not.

I only saw one egg from the latest spawning and that was eaten before it hatched. I have heard that you can cut them off with a razor blade and syphon them out but haven't tried it. Easier of course to remove the adults.

Anyway, congratulations- it's all good fun isn't it?

 

[trace1]

only got the molly fry cos my greedy fish have eaten all the eggs oh well theres always next time. in fact think i will put the adult corys into a seperate tank then move them when they have spawned

 

[kat and james]

oh dear! bad mummy points to that little fishy then!! oh well, next time then!
good luck!

 

[trace1]

its happened before but they usually last longer than a couple of hours. i will manage this, the molly fry don't know what to do with themselves cos they've got a 12gallon tank all to themselves at the moment lol