We have fry!!!!!

by **lilacamy931** Sat 24 Oct 2009 - 15:18

It is ALLLL happening this week, what with finding three random fry in the 10g that could be lamp fry or cloud minnow fry, gobies eating my lamps and said gobies and now... eggs! These dont seem snail eggs (we know what they look like with the epidemic going on at the moment) and so have a choice of...gobies (NO!) perhaps lamps though these seem to have been laid today when we were out and lamps moved by then, cories (only added yesterday), gouramis (but we think both girls and they bubblenest) or glass catfish (they are still too shy!).

I am being kept busy!

by **lilacamy931** Sat 24 Oct 2009 - 16:14

It seems we have cory eggs!
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Help what do I do, it says to scrape them off with blade once hardened bu twhat should the tank set up for them be like? How long till they hardened?
Sorry I am useless!

by **Netty** Sat 24 Oct 2009 - 18:36

Oh wow cory babies [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] congrats on them Amy. So but no idea what to do with the eggs. Mine have never bred!!!

by **lilacamy931** Sat 24 Oct 2009 - 18:58

Well we think it is these as all the other fish lay in an odd fashion and these look like other peoples on the web, we have only just had these 24 hours tonight, so we do feel lucky, really hope they hatch and dont get fungussy, checked on a plec/cory forum and seem to be doing ok so far! Fingers crossed yay! LOL

by **Netty** Sat 24 Oct 2009 - 22:14

Fingers crossed here too....I hope you get some babies. I bet they look so cute when they're little thumbup

by **lilacamy931** Sat 24 Oct 2009 - 22:18

Aw thanks xxx here is a quick pic of the possible species!
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by **Netty** Sat 24 Oct 2009 - 23:00

Love the spots...they will be very cute :Love:

by **liz2** Sat 24 Oct 2009 - 23:14

my cories layed eggs on the side of the tank. by the time I had googled how to get them off they had gone.. Sad

by **Newfishy** Sun 25 Oct 2009 - 1:22

my corys lay eggs every water change, the bettas follow behind eating them.

the trick is to wait about 5 min till they set then either remove the plant they are laid or or pick them up with a rolling motion and put them in a container. if its at all possibe keep the eggs under waer the whole time. and cory eggs go fuzzy very quick, so an airstone in the spawining tank helps I have heard. they can eat the same things as freshly hatched bettas.

by **lilacamy931** Sun 25 Oct 2009 - 9:12

Thanks guys, thanks Newfishy. I removed them pretty successfully, quick glance this morning still looking good, have the elite running current directly over them but out to get a airstone to go with my pump as worried if I do end up with fry they will end up in the filter. One site says 2-4 day hatching, so will keep vigilant!

by **jasminek** Sun 25 Oct 2009 - 9:48

Oh wow, ive never had corys but love them! :D let us know how things go with them!

by **lilacamy931** Sun 25 Oct 2009 - 14:59

Thanks hon, well I added a bubblewand as this is better than the filter but OH NO! Most the eggs floated away doh. So currently two on the glass, two on a leave in the tank, tried to stick the fallen back but they wont now, there are also a couple in the main tank and we shall see what happens, if not hopefully they will spawn again this wont be a one chance.

by **pippoodle** Sun 25 Oct 2009 - 15:59

i would say they are Corydoras similis - i have some and they look the same as yours

Dont worry about the eggs floating around thats fine - i add my eggs to one of the small betta holding tubs (from Daz) and add an airstone - the eggs always float around like crazy but i'd say i get about 75% hatch rate

If you can increase the water temp to 28 degrees they'll hatch quicker

need any help give me a shout hun - i'm not too bad on corys - have lots of different types and have bred quite a few of them

by **lilacamy931** Sun 25 Oct 2009 - 16:58

Thanks lots pip! Really appreciate, one question I do have is if the eggs go opaque white is that bad? One did it wasnt fluffy just abit more opaque than the others?

by **kizno1** Sun 25 Oct 2009 - 17:02

i think whites ok but when they go brown or fluffy there moldy

by **lilacamy931** Sun 25 Oct 2009 - 17:05

are goodo! Honestly baby fry, eggs, fish vanishing I have had an exciting weekend (though not of course as exciting as Bailey and sibling lol). Will keep updated here and see how it goes thumbup

Thanks for all the patience and help everyone xx

by **kizno1** Sun 25 Oct 2009 - 17:08

good luck

by **lilacamy931** Tue 27 Oct 2009 - 19:23

We have fry, see tails sticking out and a little bit of wriggling ah!!!!!! Why am I so excited??? Turned off bubblewand, need to do a water change but unsure when to do and from what read know not to feed for 1-2days as eat egg sac. Oh Wow!!!

by **kizno1** Tue 27 Oct 2009 - 19:28

thats great yh you dont feed them for the first few days and i would wait for a few daays to do a waterchange

by **aly_starh** Tue 27 Oct 2009 - 19:47

3 days for there yolk sak to get empty then the feeding begins! Smile

Congrats! :D

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