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My C. habrosus spawned ahead of schedule. Any tips on caring for the eggs/fry would be welcome! I bought a group of 6 small C. habrosus a couple months ago and grew them out in my community tank. It looks like I have 4 males and 2 females. A few weeks ago, moved them to new 5 gallon on my desk with a honey gourami so I could enjoy their antics and maybe get them to spawn. I've been conditioning them on black worms, BBS, and grindal worms for a couple weeks while they got settled into their new tank. I had read I should do cool, soft water changes, so I was going to purchase some RO water, but I didn't a routine WC last night and found four eggs this morning! They stuck them in random spots, so I suspect their may be more. They are a little ahead of my research and planning, so if anyone has any tips for caring for the eggs and fry, that would be really helpful! -
I was sitting in my chair reading and noticed my corydoras were spawning. I have seen the Females clutching before but this was the first time for me to watch the activity from start to finish. This was quite exciting and allowed me to confirm that the first three I bought were all females and the second three were all males. I thought the second three just had more growing but no, Females are really that much bigger than males. The males seemed to initiate by swimming on top/above the females and if the female was receptive they would form a T position with the male forming the top and releasing the milt while the female interacted with the males midsection. (two examples taken after ,assumed, copulation) The female then stays in that position and releases her eggs into her pelvic fins where she clutches them. My observations were they would lay 2-3 at a time. The Female then finds a spot, and seems to prep it, then lays. I managed to capture three photos in succession where she has two eggs and lays one while holding on to the other. (two) Deposit One egg Of course they were all ready to eat them right after, some of the males not even waiting a second. The eggs appeared clear and took some time to "opaque up". I am curious as to how the fertilization actually happens. One source talked about the females swallowing the milt but can that pass through the intestine? Or does it get powered out the gills like they do with food? Or does it just get released into the water column and the eggs are externally fertilized that way? Either way I was happy to get to watch and document these behaviors (I have many more blurry and obscured photos). I am a major proponent for placing your aquariums where they are accessible and easy to view. That is the only reason I was able to see all this. Here are some babies from a previous spawn that I have raised and am planning on transferring to the main tank soon. They are maybe 3/4 inch long and have fat bellies. It is interesting to see the difference from their parents whom I purchased. This makes me quite excited for possible future fish findings. Have an excellent day fish friends!- 5 replies
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