Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping => Gallery Showcase => Topic started by: Littlefish on June 28, 2016, 08:28:19 PM
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A while ago I noticed way too many batches of cory eggs being deposited in both of my temperate tanks. I decided to let nature take its course, most eggs were eaten, but I did notice a fry in the 70L tank. That amazed me in itself as that tank contains the female v. platy, who are both massive and will eat anything in their path.
After a while I realised that I hadn't seen the fry, so thought that the platy had found it.
Imagine my surprise today, when taking samples for water tests, that I saw one tiny little fry in the 50L tank. After water testing, and while working my way around the tanks, pooh hoovering and doing water changes, I was beginning to wonder how I was going to clean the 50L tank with the fry in. I decided to leave it for a bit longer and clean the 70L temperate tank first.
So, imagine my further surprise (an expletives) when I think I may have found the original fry I saw a while ago.
Who could fail to find that adorable little face peering from behind the decor utterly lovable.
The pellets are still a bit big for him though. :)
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Maybe i should do that since all my recent eggs have fungused :vcross:
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Who could fail to find that adorable little face peering from behind the decor utterly lovable.
Adorable! Argh - this is making me broody for cories again... but I daren't, given how they didn't fare well chez moi. :(
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Out of the two groups there is only one female in each tank. Both have been depositing eggs on the front glass, well those are the only ones I've seen anyway. Both females are looking fit to burst (again) and are constantly being followed around by at least 2 males at any time. The females have also taken to depositing the eggs towards the top of the tank, in the water flow from the filter output. Possibly that's the only reason the more recent ones have not had a problem with fungus.
Also, if anyone can suggest way to stop them from breeding, or knows of an online supplier of fish condoms, please let me know, as I'm running out of tank space.
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Also, if anyone can suggest way to stop them from breeding, or knows of an online supplier of fish condoms, please let me know, as I'm running out of tank space.
Ha! I'm sharing that feeling Donna, pygmy sized this way please. I'm glad the little guy/gal survived I remember his first piccy :cheers:
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@Fiona and @Littlefish: think you two should be doing a joint presentation as the "to-be-confirmed" speaker at this event http://www.corydorasworld.com/knowledgebase/?p=859 !
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@fcmf I'd go to that if there was a speaker giving a talk on getting cory to stop breeding. ;D
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@fcmf I'd like to attend the conference! :afro
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Have now found a smaller cory, approx. 4mm, in the other temperate tank as well.
I really must have a very serious chat with the inhabitants of the tanks regarding their frisky behaviour.
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I spotted the larger pygmy cory fry today, still banded and not striped but it looks a heck of a lot more like a fish now :)
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In the tank with the 4mm also seen some tiny fry (still black). I'm beginning to think that I might have to split the fish up to avoid any more peppered cory, and running out of tank space. I've had a look on some other sites and found that conditioning the fish for breeding included feeding them bloodworm, and I thought that their weekly treat would just be a bit of a variety in their diet. :o
If I split them up by sex, as I have had to do with the platy, will the females reabsorb the eggs and return to a relatively normal size, or continue to look uncomfortably full?
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Reabsorb them I would think but I don't know for sure :-\
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Or just possibly lay them unfertilised.