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Rick - Cory eggs
Rick, thanks for your help on the cories, they've continued to lay eggs
about every 4 days now.... it seems that they are pushed into spreading eggs when water is changed, and I'm still unable to tell if I have 1M or 2M... total of 3... but one is VERY much bigger... I'm hoping that's the male... but are all cory's as hard to sex???? Actually, I've never been able to sex a cory... any ideas how to tell??? The larger one, does have a larger rear section, more parelell tops and bottom behind the dorsal fin, but can't find anything online, even at planetcatfish that mentions how to sex a cory... btw, they are bronze/green cories... The eggs have filled up with little white dots, and can now see the spine, any ideas on what's next? what should they 'live' in?? a tank with 2 in of water isn't feasible, but if necessary, LFS I go.... -- RedForeman ©® Sorry about the troll, the ball is rolling there.... Thank you for your cooperation! Acceptable Use Policy Management Team Shaw Internet Services Shaw Cablesystems G.P. 2400 - 32nd Avenue N.E. Calgary, Alberta, T2E 9A7 Telephone: (403) 750-7420 / Facsimile: (403) 539-6831 E-mail: Acceptable Use Policy: https://secure.shaw.ca/policy/Use-Policy.asp |
Rick - Cory eggs
"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message ... Rick, thanks for your help on the cories, they've continued to lay eggs about every 4 days now.... it seems that they are pushed into spreading eggs when water is changed, and I'm still unable to tell if I have 1M or 2M... total of 3... but one is VERY much bigger... I'm hoping that's the male... but are all cory's as hard to sex???? Actually, I've never been able to sex a cory... any ideas how to tell??? The larger one, does have a larger rear section, more parelell tops and bottom behind the dorsal fin, but can't find anything online, even at planetcatfish that mentions how to sex a cory... btw, they are bronze/green cories... The eggs have filled up with little white dots, and can now see the spine, any ideas on what's next? what should they 'live' in?? a tank with 2 in of water isn't feasible, but if necessary, LFS I go.... -- RedForeman ©® Sorry about the troll, the ball is rolling there.... Thank you for your cooperation! Red, the big one will be the female. When you look at Corydoras especially from above the female will always be the bigger, fatter fish. It's a good ratio to have a couple of males to one female. Right now I have peppered Cory, Baianinho 11, Aspidora,& gossei eggs hatching. You have two options, either remove the parents and leave the eggs or remove the eggs. With the exception of gossei and hastatus I remove the eggs to a hatching container which is simply a Tupperware container with a couple of inches of r/o water in it. I add meth. blue to prevent fungus. My peppered corydoras just hatched today in water that was 68 degrees in that little container however after hatching I remove the egg shells (very important) and then place the container in one of my tanks which will keep the water temp around 73-74 degrees. The yolk sac is usually used up after 3 days and you can begin feeding freshly hatched brine shrimp removing any uneaten food within 30 minutes of feeding and topping up the container with fresh water. You can add an air stone if you like with a gentle air flow however from my experience it is not really needed providing you do frequent little water changes. I'll send you an article I did on hatching Aspidoras eggs for our local aquarium society off list and it may help. Rick |
Rick - Cory eggs
"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message ... Rick, thanks for your help on the cories, they've continued to lay eggs about every 4 days now.... it seems that they are pushed into spreading eggs when water is changed, and I'm still unable to tell if I have 1M or 2M... total of 3... but one is VERY much bigger... I'm hoping that's the male... but are all cory's as hard to sex???? Actually, I've never been able to sex a cory... any ideas how to tell??? The larger one, does have a larger rear section, more parelell tops and bottom behind the dorsal fin, but can't find anything online, even at planetcatfish that mentions how to sex a cory... btw, they are bronze/green cories... The eggs have filled up with little white dots, and can now see the spine, any ideas on what's next? what should they 'live' in?? a tank with 2 in of water isn't feasible, but if necessary, LFS I go.... -- RedForeman ©® Red , sent me an email off list (remove the nospam in my addy) and I will send you the link to that article. Rick |
Rick - Cory eggs
"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message ... Rick, thanks for your help on the cories, they've continued to lay eggs about every 4 days now.... it seems that they are pushed into spreading eggs when water is changed, and I'm still unable to tell if I have 1M or 2M... total of 3... but one is VERY much bigger... I'm hoping that's the male... but are all cory's as hard to sex???? Actually, I've never been able to sex a cory... any ideas how to tell??? Females are larger, plumper and have a more reddish tint on her belly. Males are smaller and when in spawning conditions, are more brightly coloured. The larger one, does have a larger rear section, more parelell tops and bottom behind the dorsal fin, but can't find anything online, even at planetcatfish that mentions how to sex a cory... btw, they are bronze/green cories... I spawned Corydorous aeneus, which might be what you have. The eggs have filled up with little white dots, and can now see the spine, any ideas on what's next? what should they 'live' in?? a tank with 2 in of water isn't feasible, but if necessary, LFS I go.... Someone with more experience should advise you. You will need a source of food (decaying plant matter = infusoria, frozen bbs, freshly hatched bbs, tube fry food, powder fry food, boiled egg yolk etc), and a lower water level for a while. NetMax -- RedForeman ©® |
Rick - Cory eggs
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"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message Rick, thanks for your help on the cories, they've continued to lay eggs about every 4 days now.... it seems that they are pushed into spreading eggs when water is changed, and I'm still unable to tell if I have 1M or 2M... total of 3... but one is VERY much bigger... I'm hoping that's the male... but are all cory's as hard to sex???? Actually, I've never been able to sex a cory... any ideas how to tell??? Females are larger, plumper and have a more reddish tint on her belly. Males are smaller and when in spawning conditions, are more brightly coloured. Yep, you got it, the larger one, I thought was a female, she's plump alright, and the boys are 2/3 her size..... and her rear section is practically pink.... I have noticed the males have turned less bronze and more green.... The larger one, does have a larger rear section, more parelell tops and bottom behind the dorsal fin, but can't find anything online, even at planetcatfish that mentions how to sex a cory... btw, they are bronze/green cories... I spawned Corydorous aeneus, which might be what you have. Yep... are they the easiest,hardest, somewhere between, to spawn? The eggs have filled up with little white dots, and can now see the spine, any ideas on what's next? what should they 'live' in?? a tank with 2 in of water isn't feasible, but if necessary, LFS I go.... Someone with more experience should advise you. You will need a source of food (decaying plant matter = infusoria, frozen bbs, freshly hatched bbs, tube fry food, powder fry food, boiled egg yolk etc), and a lower water level for a while. How about liquifry and powdered flake? My LFS doesn't know what micro worms are.. -- RedForeman ©® Sorry about the troll, the ball is rolling there.... Thank you for your cooperation! Acceptable Use Policy Management Team Shaw Internet Services Shaw Cablesystems G.P. 2400 - 32nd Avenue N.E. Calgary, Alberta, T2E 9A7 Telephone: (403) 750-7420 / Facsimile: (403) 539-6831 E-mail: Acceptable Use Policy: https://secure.shaw.ca/policy/Use-Policy.asp |
Rick - Cory eggs
"RedForeman ©®" wrote... NetMax typed: "RedForeman ©®" wrote snip btw, they are bronze/green cories... I spawned Corydorous aeneus, which might be what you have. Yep... are they the easiest,hardest, somewhere between, to spawn? It's a bit subjective, and also depends on the popularity of the fish (the more out there - the more spawning opportunities), but C.aeneus is usually considered the easiet of the Corys to spawn. Having said that, Corys are certainly not the easiest _fish_ to spawn, but once you get them going, the right fish in the right conditions, then they make it look easy ;~). Someone with more experience should advise you. You will need a source of food (decaying plant matter = infusoria, frozen bbs, freshly hatched bbs, tube fry food, powder fry food, boiled egg yolk etc), and a lower water level for a while. How about liquifry and powdered flake? My LFS doesn't know what micro worms are.. Powdered flake would not be my first choice. Too large, inconsistent and swells after it gets wet, which for fry could be disasterous. Liquidfry for egglayers (there are 2 types) should be fine, once you have figured out how to get the food to the fry (use a long pipe to direct the food). Rick can confirm, but feeding should not start until the fry have consumed their eggsacs and start becoming mobile. That's in 2 days at 77F (?). NetMax RedForeman ©® |
Rick - Cory eggs
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. .. : : "RedForeman ©®" wrote... : NetMax typed: : "RedForeman ©®" wrote : snip : btw, they are bronze/green cories... : : I spawned Corydorous aeneus, which might be what you have. : : Yep... are they the easiest,hardest, somewhere between, to spawn? : : It's a bit subjective, and also depends on the popularity of the fish : (the more out there - the more spawning opportunities), but C.aeneus is : usually considered the easiet of the Corys to spawn. Having said that, : Corys are certainly not the easiest _fish_ to spawn, but once you get : them going, the right fish in the right conditions, then they make it : look easy ;~). : : Someone with more experience should advise you. You will need a : source of food (decaying plant matter = infusoria, frozen bbs, : freshly hatched bbs, tube fry food, powder fry food, boiled egg yolk : etc), and a lower water level for a while. : : How about liquifry and powdered flake? My LFS doesn't know what micro : worms : are.. : : Powdered flake would not be my first choice. Too large, inconsistent and : swells after it gets wet, which for fry could be disasterous. Liquidfry : for egglayers (there are 2 types) should be fine, once you have figured : out how to get the food to the fry (use a long pipe to direct the food). : Rick can confirm, but feeding should not start until the fry have : consumed their eggsacs and start becoming mobile. That's in 2 days at : 77F (?). : : NetMax : : : RedForeman ©® : Hi Red . . . :) I suggest decapsulated brine shrimp eggs which are tiny enough for fry, keep for quite a long time and a little goes a very long way. I bought mine from http://brineshrimpdirect.com Just my .02 ;) Regards, ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ |
Rick - Cory eggs
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"NetMax" wrote in message "RedForeman ©®" wrote... NetMax typed: "RedForeman ©®" wrote snip btw, they are bronze/green cories... I spawned Corydorous aeneus, which might be what you have. Yep... are they the easiest,hardest, somewhere between, to spawn? It's a bit subjective, and also depends on the popularity of the fish (the more out there - the more spawning opportunities), but C.aeneus is usually considered the easiet of the Corys to spawn. Having said that, Corys are certainly not the easiest _fish_ to spawn, but once you get them going, the right fish in the right conditions, then they make it look easy ;~). Someone with more experience should advise you. You will need a source of food (decaying plant matter = infusoria, frozen bbs, freshly hatched bbs, tube fry food, powder fry food, boiled egg yolk etc), and a lower water level for a while. How about liquifry and powdered flake? My LFS doesn't know what micro worms are.. Powdered flake would not be my first choice. Too large, inconsistent and swells after it gets wet, which for fry could be disasterous. Liquidfry for egglayers (there are 2 types) should be fine, once you have figured out how to get the food to the fry (use a long pipe to direct the food). Rick can confirm, but feeding should not start until the fry have consumed their eggsacs and start becoming mobile. That's in 2 days at 77F (?). NetMax RedForeman ©® Hi Red . . . :) I suggest decapsulated brine shrimp eggs which are tiny enough for fry, keep for quite a long time and a little goes a very long way. I bought mine from http://brineshrimpdirect.com Just my .02 ;) Regards, ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ Hello, my LFS has some, was going to get some today as a matter of fact... micro worms seem to be impossible to find around here, but the hunt is STILL on... thanks. :-) --- RedForeman ©® Sorry about the troll, the ball is rolling there.... Thank you for your cooperation! Acceptable Use Policy Management Team Shaw Internet Services Shaw Cablesystems G.P. 2400 - 32nd Avenue N.E. Calgary, Alberta, T2E 9A7 Telephone: (403) 750-7420 / Facsimile: (403) 539-6831 E-mail: Acceptable Use Policy: https://secure.shaw.ca/policy/Use-Policy.asp |
Rick - Cory eggs
"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
... : ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ typed: : "NetMax" wrote in message : "RedForeman ©®" wrote... : NetMax typed: : "RedForeman ©®" wrote : snip : btw, they are bronze/green cories... : : I spawned Corydorous aeneus, which might be what you have. : : Yep... are they the easiest,hardest, somewhere between, to spawn? : : It's a bit subjective, and also depends on the popularity of the fish : (the more out there - the more spawning opportunities), but C.aeneus : is usually considered the easiet of the Corys to spawn. Having said : that, Corys are certainly not the easiest _fish_ to spawn, but once : you get them going, the right fish in the right conditions, then : they make it look easy ;~). : : Someone with more experience should advise you. You will need a : source of food (decaying plant matter = infusoria, frozen bbs, : freshly hatched bbs, tube fry food, powder fry food, boiled egg : yolk etc), and a lower water level for a while. : : How about liquifry and powdered flake? My LFS doesn't know what : micro worms are.. : : Powdered flake would not be my first choice. Too large, : inconsistent and swells after it gets wet, which for fry could be : disasterous. Liquidfry for egglayers (there are 2 types) should be : fine, once you have figured out how to get the food to the fry (use : a long pipe to direct the food). Rick can confirm, but feeding : should not start until the fry have consumed their eggsacs and start : becoming mobile. That's in 2 days at 77F (?). : : NetMax : : : RedForeman ©® : : : Hi Red . . . :) : : I suggest decapsulated brine shrimp eggs which are tiny enough for : fry, keep for quite a long time and a little goes a very long way. I : bought mine from http://brineshrimpdirect.com : : Just my .02 ;) : : Regards, : : ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ : : Hello, my LFS has some, was going to get some today as a matter of fact... : micro worms seem to be impossible to find around here, but the hunt is STILL : on... : : thanks. :-) : : --- : RedForeman ©® No problem Red . . . :) By the way, I did find this page on culturing your own micro worms: http://www.petfish.net/microworms.htm And I found some places that sell the starter cultu http://www.biosierra.com/Catalog/pro...ages/4063.html http://thekillifishsource.com/page35.html http://www.angelfire.com/biz/livefood/index.html http://www.bettasrus.com/stock/supplies.htm http://www.aquaculturestore.com/fwinverts.html http://www.wetthumbaquatics.com/fish...ive%20Cultures * note - I do not have any experience or affiliation with any of the above, just trying to help in your micro worm hunt * :) Hope This Helps! Regards, ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ |
Rick - Cory eggs
"~*~ Vosklady ~*~" wrote in message ... "RedForeman ©®" wrote in message : : Hello, my LFS has some, was going to get some today as a matter of fact... : micro worms seem to be impossible to find around here, but the hunt is STILL : on... : : thanks. :-) : : --- : RedForeman ©® No problem Red . . . :) By the way, I did find this page on culturing your own micro worms: http://www.petfish.net/microworms.htm And I found some places that sell the starter cultu http://www.biosierra.com/Catalog/pro...ages/4063.html http://thekillifishsource.com/page35.html http://www.angelfire.com/biz/livefood/index.html http://www.bettasrus.com/stock/supplies.htm http://www.aquaculturestore.com/fwinverts.html http://www.wetthumbaquatics.com/fish...ive%20Cultures * note - I do not have any experience or affiliation with any of the above, just trying to help in your micro worm hunt * :) Hope This Helps! Regards, ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ that Brine Shrimp Direct is a great site. I may order some stuff from them myself. The decapsulated shrimp and the golden pearls would work very well with Corydoras fry. I have some Rotifer powder that I have used. Micro worms work well if you can stand the smell of them. I have two containers of them on the go all the time along with 3 containers of grindal worms and two ice cream pails of white worms. Geez, I need a life outside of the fish room. Rick |
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