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There is a risk that the filter will suck up some fry, especially if they get chased around the tank.
It's been a while since I've had cory fry. I think they might have stayed pretty close to the gravel, though I've never put them with any potential predators.

Sundewd, start making infusoria cultures in preparation. Also, get hold of Liquifry fry food. Feed in combination to baby corys and the results are amazing

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

It is best wait a few hours, but not too long as you will have a greater chance of fungus if the eggs are on the bottom. After a few hours they should be hard enough to move, and still retain enough stickiness to stick onto the sides of the container. I have moved many eggs without large losses, but it is best to breed them in a separate tank and remove the parents after. I have also used the tupperware method with success, but there are a few things to watch out for in this method.

I've done lots of reading on BRONZE cories breeding. If you remove them, do so AFTER 24 hours otherwise, their membraines dont have enough time to harden and you will get a gooey mess. Card method works very well. Also, don't expose them to air at all, or they will die! Even for a split second. They should hatch in any where around 2 to 4 days, any longer than that, and they probably won't hatch. Watch for fungus during these days. If you want, you could add any number of anti fungal agents. But I hatched mine out natural in a breeder box. C. Aeneus will live off the yoke sac for 3 days or so, then it needs real food. Thats were I can't really help. I had a massive population die off within 1.5 weeks, no survivors .
Now I wait for the next spawn.

I've been able to move Panda eggs and still have them hatch ...

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

I'm assuming that most of the people responding to your questions on this thread have been able to move peppered cory eggs and still have fry.
It's possible that the people you talked to moved them into water that's too different.

Having the eggs laid in the breeding tank will help for that reason.

I don't know if peppered cories have different eggs to bronze, but I always move mine if I want to keep them. Sometimes I collect them straight after they were laid, sometimes after a few days. Once, they hatched 5 minutes after I moved them

thanks.

all of the eggs got eaten, and i talked to some people and they said that it is impossible to movethe eggs without killing them.

Im going to set up a breeder tank instead.

I scrape bronze cory eggs off with the plastic cards that came in my test kits. They're thinner and bendier than other cards, so it's easier to get under the eggs. It also means that you don't ruin cards, or leave them on the fish tank when you go shopping.

A good way to gently remove Cory eggs from glass - borrow your dad's credit card! Seriously.

Gently, slowly, prize the egg from the glass, and you should then be able to transfer it to the container of your choice. Exercise care and patience doing this though!

Oh, and if your dad's credit card is a Chip and Pin one, I'd think twice about immersing it in water

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Hey everyone, I came home today, and i looked in my tank (which seems to have alot of fish dieing lately) and it looked like my 2 corys were dead, but here, they were laying eggs on the glass.

They are peppered corys, and they just bread.

What do I need to do with the eggs when they hatch? I can put them in a little 2.5 gallon untill they become big enough to back into the bigger tank.

I also have clown loaches, yoyo loaches and white clouds/cardnial tetra, will any of these fish eat the eggs? If they will, what should I do?

Alright, I just put a fish net where the eggs were on the glass so the fish couldn't go in and eat the majority of the eggs (I saw the YoYo's eating them)

Although everyone so far has told me to take them out, im going to be a rebel and leave them in.

Since they bread once, theres a big chance it will happen again.

If I notice the female become pregnante again, im going to move them in the tank before they stary laying the eggs, and they will be safe in the smaller tank.

Thanks for the help.

Also, Will the babies get sucked up in my filter after they hatch? I have the same base as the Emperer 400 in my tank (like the thing to keep big stuff out) or will I have to panty- hose it?

Cory eggs are sticky. If you give one a nudge with your finger away from the glass, it will attach to you so then you can just take it out. Obviously, you should minimalize the time the eggs spend out of water so cup your hands or use something else.

Because of their size, cory fry should be able to take powdered food in addition to baby brine shrimp. If you don't want to hatch the bbs, you should be able to find some frozen in an LFS. Given their inexperience, whatever food you choose should be able to sink.

I don't think you will need gravel or a rock, though someone might disagree. If you have a bare bottom, take water from all levels of your other tank so that you might be able to pick up some beneficial bacteria.

Good luck.

How am I suppose to take them off of the glass without harming them to put them in the tank?

Right now I have no place to put them other than the tank, because the breeder tank is taken by the white cloud babies.

Right now there are 62 eggs and the mom is still very huge, so i would expect there are more to come.

What do I feed them once they hatch? If i move the eggs, I will have no place to hatch the BBS (well, I can use the peanut jar) but anyways, should I add gravel from the tank to the smaller one? Maby also a rock?

The reason i ask about the gravel is because the tank might cycle with the corys in there, and they can die, right?

Im afaraid of moving the eggs, because I don't want to kill them

Males do fertilize immediately after the eggs are laid.
The eggs you mentioned probably were partially eaten already.

Peppered cories can be very prolific, even without trying if you are lucky. Chances are your cories will breed again, especially if you didn't have to lower the temperature this time around.

Thanks, I looked at some of the eggs, and they seem to be smushed, or kinda broken open.

Does this mean that the other fish ate the eggs?

Also, the male will ferdlise(sp??) the eggs right after they are laid on the glass, right?

Also, since they bread already, are there chances of them breeding again if the eggs dont survive?

Though many a user on these forums suggests against it, I would keep the little buggers in a breeding net until they are large enough to accept (preferrably live) food. That is to say, a few days after they are free swimming. Afterwards, I'd get the 2.5 gallon ready--little cories grow FAST.

With regards to what you should do with the eggs, you already answered your own question. The 2.5 gallon tank will be a good place for them to hatch. Try to use as much of the same water as possible to ensure survival.

Cory fry are bigger than other egg-laying fry after hatching, but they are still vulnerable to hungry tankmates, so the 2.5 gallon will probably need to be their home for a while until they grow too big for the tank or for the others' mouths, whichever comes first.