Bearded Cory

[DSH OUTDOORS]

I'm still waiting on my rainbow shiners to fully mature but my cold water 150 gallon is also home to 9 Corydoras Barbutus.

They are the largest species of Cory and prefer a subtropical tank between 66° & 72°.  I found my first eggs on Thursday the 9th on a piece of Val and put the 10 or so eggs in an egg tumbler. A few days later I had a few covered in fungus but also had 5 wigglers. I transferred them to the breeder box currently full of bristlenose fry and all 5 are doing well. Check out the lower left corner for a few little yellow fry with black eyes.

Tonight I got home to find another spawn of a dozen eggs, this time on the tank side wall in heavy flow. Back in the tumbler they go. Fingers crossed that I can get better than 50% hatch on these guys.

I am surprised that of the 7 different species or varieties of Cory I have that these are the first to spawn but I'll take the victory for sure. I hope to be able to grow these out to BAP and to grow my school. Black worms are a wonderful thing!!!

 

 

[Indlers]

Best of luck on those eggs, and gratz on those wigglers, man.

Is there a thread or something where I can find more info on the BAP? Looked around a bit, but couldn't find anything

[Atitagain]

Congrats,

The egg tumbler, I know a lot of people use them been thinking of getting one for a Cory breeding project coming up. How do you like it? Much easier than alternative methods?

[DSH OUTDOORS]

On 9/17/2021 at 2:22 AM, Indlers said:

Best of luck on those eggs, and gratz on those wigglers, man.

Is there a thread or something where I can find more info on the BAP? Looked around a bit, but couldn't find anything

@Indlers your local or state wide fish club would be who runs the BAP in your area.  I have the Minnesota Aquarium Society that I run everything through.  I am sure there is someone in this forum that would know who your fish club was if we knew your location.

On 9/17/2021 at 6:51 AM, Atitagain said:

Congrats,

The egg tumbler, I know a lot of people use them been thinking of getting one for a Cory breeding project coming up. How do you like it? Much easier than alternative methods?

@Atitagain  this is actually the first time I have used it.  I was watching the Minnesota Aquarium Society guest speaker on that Thursday night via Zoom when I noticed the eggs.  I was able to unbox and set up the tumbler while also watching the presentation in just a few minutes.  I believe it is perfect for Cory eggs and I know it cut down on the number of eggs that ended up getting fungus.  I will keep you up to date on these ones to show their progression better than the first batch.

[Atitagain]

@DSH OUTDOORS yea let me know, it will be at least a couple weeks before I’ll be thinking about placing the order. But honestly I have almost everything else ACO sells so I’ll probably just buy it anyway! 🤪

[Indlers]

On 9/17/2021 at 10:23 AM, DSH OUTDOORS said:

@Indlers your local or state wide fish club would be who runs the BAP in your area.  I have the Minnesota Aquarium Society that I run everything through.  I am sure there is someone in this forum that would know who your fish club was if we knew your location.

Ah, okay, gotcha. I thought there was a Co-Op BAP for some reason. I've looked into my local clubs BAP but I'm unable to reliably get involved in in-person stuff right now for medical reasons. I should be in better shape by next spring though, and I cant wait to participate. Sounds like a lot of fun. 

[Lowells Fish Lab]

@DSH OUTDOORS I haven't used my ziss box for cory fry yet and I'm super curious, how does feeding go with the mesh bottom?

[ARMYVET]

On 9/18/2021 at 10:42 AM, Lowells Fish Lab said:

how does feeding go

Well It goes like this..... Here fishy fishy fishy.....here fishy fishy fishy🤣

Sorry...I couldnt help myself!

Edited September 18, 2021 by ARMYVET

[DSH OUTDOORS]

On 9/18/2021 at 9:42 AM, Lowells Fish Lab said:

@DSH OUTDOORS I haven't used my ziss box for cory fry yet and I'm super curious, how does feeding go with the mesh bottom?

All I can say is so far so good. The box is getting fed either algae wafers or flakes. Being catfish they look to be feeding fine on what doesn't make it through the mesh.

[Lowells Fish Lab]

On 9/18/2021 at 9:30 AM, ARMYVET said:

Well It goes like this..... Here fishy fishy fishy.....here fishy fishy fishy🤣

If you don't talk to your fish while feeding them, you're doing it wrong. And that's a fact.

On 9/19/2021 at 11:14 AM, DSH OUTDOORS said:

All I can say is so far so good. The box is getting fed either algae wafers or flakes. Being catfish they look to be feeding fine on what doesn't make it through the mesh.

Good to hear, thank you. I might give the ziss box a try. Probably keeps the enclosure floor cleaner and that's a plus.

[DSH OUTDOORS]

No luck with the second batch of eggs. Nothing overly fungussed, maybe just not fertilized. No idea...

Found this batch when I got home. I think I will leave them on the wall to see if anything tries to eat them. I think they are safe from the rainbow shiners, bristlenose and hillstream loaches. The only thing I'm worried about are the freshwater Gobey. 

[Atitagain]

Sucks to hear about the second batch, good luck on this one!

let’s see some babies 

[DSH OUTDOORS]

The third batch of eggs looks to have hatched as I saw wigglers still attached to the side and then nothing a few hours later. The only thing in the tank I'm worried about eating them is my Rhinogobius Filamentosus (think freshwater Gobey). Fingers crossed I see them swimming around in the next couple of weeks.

The first surviving 5 are still doing great in the breeder box. They are about half the size as the couple week older pleco fry.