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Just wanting information and such to breed my bronze corys

hi Perky,
Dont know what info you are after but mine just bread bu themselves. In fact the first time I didnt even know until I saw the baby.
One night I noticed some eggs the next day they were gone (I assumed they were eaten) about 2 weeks later I saw a baby swimming around.
I belive that you need to feed them well with a high protein diet and then do a water change dropping the temp a few degrees and let it come back up to norm.
Thats what I was told but I have never actually done this they just breed by themselves.
I believe this is method is used for bronze, albino & peppered cories.

Good luck.

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DASHMAN:88)

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Thanks dash

Thats the information I was looking for!

Ah, Corydoras breeding.

A water change accompanied by a 1°C or 2°C temperature drop is a well-documented stimulus for Corydoras, as it emulates the appearance of the first rains of the rainy season in their natural habitat.

Feed regular feedings of high-quality foods (ideally, live foods if you can get them, but frozen Bloodworm will substitute reasonably well for live ones). If you can get live foods, feed them for say, 2-3 days in fairly large quantities (the advantage being that they stay alive while the fish make up their minds to eat them all!), then implement the water change. Once conditioned with live foods, most Corydoras will spawn readily after a water change.

In the case of my Pandas, they don't even need a temperature drop, because their natural home waters are fairly cool to begin with. With Pandas, you maintain them at a temperature that is at the lower end of the tropical scale (say 22°C), and then when the water change hits, they will probably spawn even if the water change causes a slight rise, as mine have done on several occasions. The primary stimulus in their case is nice, fresh, oxygenated water, ideally in decent quantities. I'd recommend that you set up a breeding aquarium for the purpose, and after conditioning the parents in that with live foods, implenent a 50% water change, temperature controlled using a thermometer so that the incoming water is around 2°C cooler than the outgoing. Furnish said breeding aquarium with lots of Java Moss, or if you can't get it, lots of nylon spawning mops.

Oh, and if you're successful, Corydoras aeneus, the Bronze Corydoras, can produce 400 eggs if the female is large and well-conditioned. Use 2-3 males per female to ensure good fertility rates. Also, make the water fairly shallow (say, 8 inches deep) and keep the aquarium well covered, because spawning Corys can be surprisingly acrobatic. Last thing you want is one of your breeders to go carpet surfing accidentally in the midst of the throes of passion!


Last edited by Calilasseia at 17-Mar-2005 08:59

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002