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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => New Fishkeepers => Topic started by: apache6467 on February 23, 2016, 07:59:27 PM

Title: SOLVED: see my tank thread for more info. Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: apache6467 on February 23, 2016, 07:59:27 PM

 ;D My bronze catfish finally bread after a while. been keeping them for at least 5 years but hat this pair for 1-2 years now. They laid them on the side of the glass and my cardinals ate them :-\ i have a floating fry tank but I don't know how to move the eggs without smashing them. Any ideas to help the catfish lay on a portable piece of glass ect....

Thanks
Apache6467 :wave:

Title: Corydoras Aeneus Breeding Problems
Post by: apache6467 on February 23, 2016, 08:10:20 PM

 ;D my catfish laid eggs but I couldn't move them as they were on the glass so they got eaten  :'( any ideas as what to do? (They are just a PAIR)

Thanks
Apache6467 :fishy1: :fishy1: :fishy1:

Title: Re: Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: Sue on February 23, 2016, 09:12:09 PM

Apache, I merged your two threads into one and put it in the New Fishkeepers section. It is better to have all the replies in one thread.

You can very gently scrape the eggs off glass using a razor blade. But if the floating fry trap is one of those rigid plastic ones with slits for the water to flow through, you'll find that the tiny, newly hatched fry will get out through the slits. The best way to rear fry is in a nursery tank, or failing that a fry net - though I have had eggs and new fry get sucked through the mesh by the adult fish in the tank.

Title: Re: Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: apache6467 on February 23, 2016, 09:17:43 PM

Thanks
Where can I get a fry net as they didn't have one in my local store

Apache6467

Title: Re: Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: Sue on February 23, 2016, 09:24:52 PM

There are quite a selection on Ebay (eg this one (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aquarium-Fish-Tank-Guppy-Breeding-Breeder-Baby-Fry-Newborn-Net-Trap-Box-Hatchery-/181281303250?hash=item2a35352ad2:m:m4BatvqRLFkvtuNahxSIxFA)) and probably Amazon as well if you have accounts with either of those.


You can encourage cories to spawn by refilling with cooler water when doing a water change and feeding live or frozen live food. If you can time it when the pressure is dropping that's even better. The cooler water simulates snow melt running downstream in spring.

Title: Re: Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: apache6467 on February 23, 2016, 09:44:40 PM

OK I will set about seeing what I can do about the net, but how do I encourage them to spawn in the net if possible
Apache6467

Title: Re: Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: Sue on February 23, 2016, 09:48:14 PM

They won't spawn in the net. You'll have to move the eggs there once they've been laid. Check all the decor for eggs as well as the tank walls as it is easier to move the decor complete with eggs.

Title: Re: Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: apache6467 on February 25, 2016, 07:18:18 AM

 C:-) my dad gave me some pices of glass for them to lay on... Any ideas on how to attach them... I hope they breed... (See my other post)
Apache6467

Title: Re: Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: Sue on February 28, 2016, 10:10:45 AM

I've just come across this (http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8726) for hatching and raising cories. Hope it of some use to you.

Title: Re: Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: apache6467 on March 07, 2016, 05:25:46 PM

Well.... My male has died so I will wait for my juveniles to grow up... Just got the 3 n
Now...

Title: Re: Corydoras Aeneus-Breeding Issues
Post by: Littlefish on March 07, 2016, 06:30:16 PM

Sorry to hear that the male has gone.  :(