Yay Pepper Eggs

[shahdi]

finally my a pair of my peppered cory's have spawned. the pair have been acting strange all day. this afternoon i witnessed the T-position. shortly after she laid eggs on the back wall of the tank and under the filter. only save 7 eggs and put them in a bare bottom fish bowl with a airstone underneath. this is the first spawning and hope their will be many more to come and hopefully in the future more than 7 eggs.

so excited.

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Congrats. It's always great when they start to spawn, because then you know you've made them happy enough to breed. Good luck and keep us updated on the eggs progress and fry. I'm certain they will spawn again. If not in a week, maybe a few days time!! Keep well, Carmen

 

[shahdi]

found a few more so egg count up to 10 ..
will keep all updated

 

[shahdi]

she laid bout 25 saved about 20. they have changed to a different colour. dont think their have funguss.

 

[garraty]

she laid bout 25 saved about 20. they have changed to a different colour. dont think their have funguss.

Hopefully the color change is darker, white eggs or white centers is usally a sign of bad eggs.

 

[shahdi]

yep they have gotten darker. none are white or white centered yet...

 

[shahdi]

does anyone have pics of fertilised eggs, unfertelised and fuguss eggs.

thanks

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

yep they have gotten darker. none are white or white centered yet...

Good news. If you see a dark spot, that is generally their eyes. Just before they start to hatch, you should see them actually wriggle in the eggs . What have you got to feed them after they've hatched? Are you able to get microworms. We feed our bronze and panda fry microworms after about 3-4 days and they are really growing well.

Good luck and look forward to seeing some pics once they've hatched, keep well, Carmen

 

[McMurray]

Hatching your eggs,

1. Get a large tupperware tub and clean it well. Once really clean fill it half full of the original tank water.

2. Place in your airstone with filter floss wrapped around the airstone. this can be held in position by a rubberband.

3. Place in 3 large pond snails into the tub. they will eat any dead eggs and any spare food. The snalis will only touch the dead eggs and leave the live eggs alone.

4. collect the eggs and place them in the tub. you can use filter floss to do this as it is soft and clean.

5. Float the tub in the tank as this will keep the temp the same as the tank without any problems.

6. Use a turky baster to do water changes several times a day. or on a frequent basis.

7. once hatched the fry will have their yoke sacks for around 3 days.

8. After they are free swimming you can feed them micro worms which they love and a very small amount of finely crushed flake. I fed them very small amounts several times a day. The snails help clean up the extra food. I did frequent water changes on the tank the adults were in so I could use that water for the water changes in the tub. I would also use that water to set up a tank for the free swimming fry once they reach that stage.

 

[McMurray]

so here all the eggs that are white are live eggs and all the clear eggs are dead

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Pond snails? Which type do you use? Have you got some pics? We've found clean tubs to be a problem with the fry getting internal bacterial problems. Just for anyone wanting to use this method, remeber to watch out for over heating in the bowl from tank lights (switch them off, but then you loose valuable algae and inforsia that live off algae.) We use fine net breeding nets which have been left in the tank to mature before adding eggs. These nets are kept in the fry growing up tank with the power filter outlet pointed at the net for flow on the eggs. We stick Dafnia to keep it all healthy and add to the fry diet. We feed micro worm only. The filter floss is a cool idea. I've used weighted down ear buds before,cut them in half and screw a screw in the bottom of them.. (Works but not recommended).....Just thought i'd add my 2 cents worth.

 

[McMurray]

Pond snails? Which type do you use? Have you got some pics?

This picture is not from me but it is the same.

 

[shahdi]

thanks for all the advise.

 

[shahdi]

question: how long do you keep the fry in the breeding net?

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

question: how long do you keep the fry in the breeding net?

What else do you have in the tank with them? I'm not sure how long peppered cory fry take to grow (our bronze and pandas have grown at completely different rates), but if it's just their parents, you probably could release them at about 3-4 weeks of age. But, if you have other fish that could fit them in their mouths, it would be risky. How are the fry? Hope all goes well, and good luck.