Bronze Cory laying eggs

[Ruth]

My big Bronze Cory was laying eggs most of the day yesterday. I took some
pictures of the eggs and of her with an egg sac. We have three other small
Bronze Corys which were with her all time, would they have fertilised the
eggs? Also, most of the eggs have been eaten by the Clown Loaches although
there are still some in the top left hand corner of the tank and on the back
glass, in the middle, near the water line. The thing is, if the eggs are
still there, what should do about a 20% water change due this weekend.
Removing this amount of water will take the eggs above the water line.

Thanks for your advice. You helped me out a while ago when I had problems
with the tank so I'm sure you will be a great help again.

Ruth

[ToeKnee]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:50:32 -0000, "Ruth" > wrote:

>My big Bronze Cory was laying eggs most of the day yesterday. I took some
>pictures of the eggs and of her with an egg sac. We have three other small
>Bronze Corys which were with her all time, would they have fertilised the
>eggs? Also, most of the eggs have been eaten by the Clown Loaches although
>there are still some in the top left hand corner of the tank and on the back
>glass, in the middle, near the water line. The thing is, if the eggs are
>still there, what should do about a 20% water change due this weekend.
>Removing this amount of water will take the eggs above the water line.
>
>Thanks for your advice. You helped me out a while ago when I had problems
>with the tank so I'm sure you will be a great help again.
>
>Ruth
>


Ruth,

Congrats!

Most one of them had to have fertilized those eggs. Gotta love those
clowns.. always ready for a good meal....

Don't worry about the eggs being exposed for a short time.. if you are
worried during the water change, just splash water on them to keep
them wet.

I have been going through the same thing. I have followed several
different suggestions, and got lucky with my last attempt. I removed
the eggs (in each suggestions) and this time placed them in a breeder
net. (4 total)

This was 5 days ago.. on day three I noticed two little fry. I don't
know what happened to the other two eggs.. I have looked in the net,
but can't see them, and do not want to disturb the new guys until they
are older.

I have been feeding them commercial fry food, and using an infants
nasal aspirator (bulb thingy) to remove the excess food, and any other
material in the net. It's amazing how much gets in, then settles....
gotta be careful though.. not to suck them up.

Today while doing a small water change in the tank to removed crud
from the bottom, I sucked up one adult guppy, and one other fry! I
knew I had a small guy.. we found him at the begining of the year.
Last time I saw eggs was about two weeks ago. These guys grow fairly
rapidly in our experience.

I would suggest grabbing a breeder net, scraping the eggs off (finger
nail, I use a credit card), and putting them in the breeder net. In
the mean time, you can try a fish net if the holes are small enough,
or a brine net.... if you are handy enough, a couple of layers of
cheese cloth around a frame would work too.

I have found the eggs to be pretty hardy... the biggest issue I have
had is dropping them. I use the nasal aspirator to suck them back up.
I tried the turkey baster, but found that I had them drop out to
often, and was trying again, and again....

Good luck!


--Tony

[Ruth]

"ToeKnee" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:50:32 -0000, "Ruth" > wrote:
>
> >My big Bronze Cory was laying eggs most of the day yesterday. I took some
> >pictures of the eggs and of her with an egg sac. We have three other
small
> >Bronze Corys which were with her all time, would they have fertilised the
> >eggs? Also, most of the eggs have been eaten by the Clown Loaches
although
> >there are still some in the top left hand corner of the tank and on the
back
> >glass, in the middle, near the water line. The thing is, if the eggs are
> >still there, what should do about a 20% water change due this weekend.
> >Removing this amount of water will take the eggs above the water line.
> >
> >Thanks for your advice. You helped me out a while ago when I had problems
> >with the tank so I'm sure you will be a great help again.
> >
> >Ruth
> >
>
>
> Ruth,
>
> Congrats!
>
> Most one of them had to have fertilized those eggs. Gotta love those
> clowns.. always ready for a good meal....
>
> Don't worry about the eggs being exposed for a short time.. if you are
> worried during the water change, just splash water on them to keep
> them wet.
>
> I have been going through the same thing. I have followed several
> different suggestions, and got lucky with my last attempt. I removed
> the eggs (in each suggestions) and this time placed them in a breeder
> net. (4 total)
>
> This was 5 days ago.. on day three I noticed two little fry. I don't
> know what happened to the other two eggs.. I have looked in the net,
> but can't see them, and do not want to disturb the new guys until they
> are older.
>
> I have been feeding them commercial fry food, and using an infants
> nasal aspirator (bulb thingy) to remove the excess food, and any other
> material in the net. It's amazing how much gets in, then settles....
> gotta be careful though.. not to suck them up.
>
> Today while doing a small water change in the tank to removed crud
> from the bottom, I sucked up one adult guppy, and one other fry! I
> knew I had a small guy.. we found him at the begining of the year.
> Last time I saw eggs was about two weeks ago. These guys grow fairly
> rapidly in our experience.
>
> I would suggest grabbing a breeder net, scraping the eggs off (finger
> nail, I use a credit card), and putting them in the breeder net. In
> the mean time, you can try a fish net if the holes are small enough,
> or a brine net.... if you are handy enough, a couple of layers of
> cheese cloth around a frame would work too.
>
> I have found the eggs to be pretty hardy... the biggest issue I have
> had is dropping them. I use the nasal aspirator to suck them back up.
> I tried the turkey baster, but found that I had them drop out to
> often, and was trying again, and again....
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> --Tony

Tony

Thanks for all your advice. You say on day three you had some fry, does it
only take 3-5 days for the fry to appear? Or does it depend on the species,
some take longer than others? This is all new territory for me. Also, if I
leave the eggs in the tank and the fry appear will they be eaten by the
Clown Loaches as well?

Ruth

[ToeKnee]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:29:27 -0000, "Ruth" > wrote:

<snip>
>
>Thanks for all your advice. You say on day three you had some fry, does it
>only take 3-5 days for the fry to appear? Or does it depend on the species,
>some take longer than others? This is all new territory for me. Also, if I
>leave the eggs in the tank and the fry appear will they be eaten by the
>Clown Loaches as well?
>
>Ruth
>

Ruth,

As I understand the average for cory eggs is 3-5 days. I also have
Panda corys in another tank that is populated by some voracious
eaters, including clowns. the few times I know that they have laid
eggs, the clowns beat me to them.

I have gleaned most of my information from
rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc, and a couple of cory websites. I don't
know how long other fish take to hatch, but it does seem that the
corys are 3-5 days.

You can go to groups.google.com and search all the old posts there.

As for the fry... I'm leaving my new ones in the breeder net for a
while... currently they are only a few mm long... once they get a cm
or so I will release them... I just want to make sure they have some
size on them. Knowing how clever the clown loaches are.. I wouldn't
want to take any chances....


--Tony