Sterbai corydoras fry

by **phea2** on 08 Apr 2012 22:15

i was cleaning (breaking down) my community tank the other day and found some tadpole swimming around.. caught them and realize they were sterbai fry. i'm not sure how old they are, last time my corys spawn was a week ago but those fry are bigger than the week old ones i have.

Two in the food container are the 1 week old ones, and the others are the one i caught in the community tank. i'm feeding them on Liquifry No2, baby brine shrimps, and microworms. i'm going to start a culture of infusia. i'm also going to start feeding them ''tetra min baby''.

by **JustinK** on 08 Apr 2012 22:33

Thats a nice find. Ive too many hungry mouths to get them that far.
Hopefully I will get some when I move the hungry grow-outs to the big tank

by **m4r10** on 08 Apr 2012 22:49

Good job on breeding them, even if it's without your help :roll:

by **joemc** on 08 Apr 2012 23:29

always nice to see fry in a tank, i don't think you need to culture infusoria, powered fish food or liquidfry for live bearers is all i have ever used for cory fry

by **MrJackDempsey** on 09 Apr 2012 06:25

Well done, great seeing our "babies" isn't it? Will be a great addition to your new set up in the future especially when people ask where did you get them from you can say they're some of ones you bred. Okay not everyone is a egomaniac like myself but it does give you a sense of pride looking at the wee ones

congrats

by **phea2** on 09 Apr 2012 14:24

JustinK wrote:Thats a nice find. Ive too many hungry mouths to get them that far.
Hopefully I will get some when I move the hungry grow-outs to the big tank

I was amazed myself because there are Angelfish, black widow, and Harlequin rasboras in the tank as well. the fry must have spent their ''life'' in the bushes eating rubbish!! or maybe eating those little white insects in the tank.

m4r10 wrote:Good job on breeding them, even if it's without your help

Well, i bought a female for my two little boys :lol:

joemc wrote:always nice to see fry in a tank, i don't think you need to culture infusoria, powered fish food or liquidfry for live bearers is all i have ever used for cory fry

i'm feeding them 2 to 3 times a day but i dont see them eating tho.. but bellies are full. i've put the food container in a dark area and only take it out to feed them. (i would say that they are not used to bright light thats why they dont eat while being fed but prefer to wait to be back in the dark to eat).

MrJackDempsey wrote:Well done, great seeing our "babies" isn't it? Will be a great addition to your new set up in the future especially when people ask where did you get them from you can say they're some of ones you bred. Okay not everyone is a egomaniac like myself but it does give you a sense of pride looking at the wee ones congrats

I know what you mean, i was even thinking of trying to breed the black widows and the Rasboras.. i've seen them mating few times (a lot) but never seen any eggs nor fry. i bought a small tank off Peteemax the other day being used as a community tank at the moment but will use it as a breeding tank as soon as the new tank is up and running..

by **phea2** on 11 Apr 2012 16:34

Little update, one of the bigger fry is not looking good, looks like he hasnt been eating, there seems to be an air sac in his stomach!!

by **phea2** on 17 Apr 2012 22:07

Got two more cories and they are at it already, the tank is full of eggs all of them are fertile this time.

by **joemc** on 17 Apr 2012 22:33

just spotted the video of the fry, i might be off the mark , but are they in a little tub floating in the tank?
if they are you would need to be doing lots of water changes to keep the water fresh, and have an airstone or air line in there to get a bit of circulation going, it would be worth you while buying one of those little hang on cages, a plastic frame and fine mesh sides on them, i picked one up the other day in a petshop in cork for under a fiver, it would give you much better circulation and make your life easier.

by **BlueRam** on 17 Apr 2012 22:34

fair play mate keep us posted illl take some when ready to go

Sean

by **phea2** on 17 Apr 2012 22:48

i have one of those net for fry but i was wondering, how am i going to keep the baby brine shrimps and micro worm in that square net.. the fish are 17days old, and are getting big, (well, still small but big enough). they are starting to look more like cories now.

One thing.. i added the 2 new cories on saturday, they bred few minutes later and the eggs are starting to hatch already. and i heard it takes 5 days for them to hatch. is there something wrong with my cories?

by **phea2** on 17 Apr 2012 22:52

BlueRam wrote:fair play mate keep us posted illl take some when ready to go

Sean

you'll get some when you drop in the substrate :lol:

by **BlueRam** on 17 Apr 2012 23:31

hahaha im tryin him all day every day still nothin sorry about that mate

if u get on to andy Aquarium Solutions he is doing them for a good price to

i have just ordered this tonight and the fella that told mw about it said he think it is better the OK he uses both

http://www.johnstowngardencentre.ie/aka ... amapd.aspx

now can i have them hahahahahahaha

Sean