FishProfiles.com Message Forums

Today i got 4 julii Corydoras, that hopefully will be fine with the schwartzi, trilineatus, arcatus & albino Corydoras.

This morning both my Bronze & Peppered Corydoras layed eggs on the tank glass & this time i was on time & they didn't eat them.

I put the eggs in the same tank with some anti fungus drops & a box filter. Do i need to do something else, apart from being patient & wait?.



http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos
http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/
http://www.deathbydyeing.org/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/
Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970.
http://www.maltaaquarist.com

Possibly an infusorisa culture, but failing that, a good supply of liquid fry food. That's what's worked with my Pandas in the past

Other than that, you sit and wait.

If your nursery aquarium is an established one, chances are your babies will find nice titbits to munch on as well, particularly if you have some nice Java Moss in there that's been harbouring its own collection of little microscopic critters for some time - it's amazing what ends up in a good growth of Java Moss, and how much baby Corys will burrow around in it to get the titbits they want


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Yeah, all you really need to do now is prepare yourself for the fry. An airstone placed near the eggs would help to oxygenate them, but it sounds like that may not be possible. You said that the eggs were in the same tank so I assume that they're in a breeding trap or suchlike device. If you can get a small airstone in there and position it so that it draws current over the eggs, that would be great. Otherwise, no sweat.

And congratulations on saving the eggs.

---

And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."

In my case I was fortunate enough to have a separate aquarium to transfer my Panda eggs to ... and my fry should have enough living space in a 24" x 12" x 12" aquarium while they grow up, I can't see that being insufficient volume for them!

Hopefully they'll also appreciate my nice forests of Java Moss and whatever critters are living in there. Java Moss has a habit of acquiring a nice microfuna that should be enough to keep my fry ticking over until such times as they're big enough for baby brine shrimp etc


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

I have some Infusoria from my Snail tank & i also have some very fine grinded powdered food. I will also prepair some live Brine Shrimp. I only hope that the eggs don't get fungused & yes, i will add an air stone for more oxygen.

There are 3 Moss Balls in the same tank where the eggs are.

Thanks alot.


http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos
http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/
http://www.deathbydyeing.org/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/
Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970.
http://www.maltaaquarist.com

If you can get it Jason, Tetra's FungiStop is the fungicide I use. It's specially formulated by those nice Tetra people to inhibit egg fungus, and also works as a fungus inhibitor alongside antifungal meds in a QT.

So far, so good with my Panda eggs ... not quite 'eyed up yet but then it takes around 4 days for panda eggs to hatch. I'd suggest that if you're spawning the likes of Bronzes and julii/trilineatus, then gradually increase the temperature to around 25°C in the nursery(if it isn't already there of course) and that should speed up the hatching to around 2½ to 3 days.

Fry should be free swimming around 72 hours after hatching.


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

I think that most of the eggs, if not all are fungused. I think that i dosed a few drops of Anti fungus in the tank. What do you think?.


http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos
http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/
http://www.deathbydyeing.org/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/
Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970.
http://www.maltaaquarist.com

If they are fungused, they'll show up as an opaque white color. Most healthy Corydoras eggs are darker, and many are brown or sandy colored.

Is this one of their first spawnings? The eggs may not have all been fertilized. Male cories are supposed to sexually mature later than females, and may not have been able to fertilize all of the eggs in this case. Or, in some cases sexually mature males just don't do a good and thorough job of it until they've spawned several times. Those are possibilities.

---

And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."

Yes, it may be one of their first spawns. They spawned again today & this time the eggs are in a floating container, with an air stone & Anti fungus drops & i made sure that they didn't come out of the water while i placed them there.


http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos
http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/
http://www.deathbydyeing.org/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/
Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970.
http://www.maltaaquarist.com