Augustjd27 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Hi, I recently hatched about 20 Corydoras Paleatus and am attempting to raise them in a specimen container. Currently I have tried feeding crushed Omega One flake, frozen baby brine shrimp, live baby brine shrimp, and a powder food similar to Golden Pearls my local fish store gave me. Do you think this feeding regimen is adequate? Hope I can get a high survival rate. I'm doing 50% water changes daily. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorydorasEthan Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 11/28/2021 at 8:55 AM, Augustjd27 said: Hi, I recently hatched about 20 Corydoras Paleatus and am attempting to raise them in a specimen container. Currently I have tried feeding crushed Omega One flake, frozen baby brine shrimp, live baby brine shrimp, and a powder food similar to Golden Pearls my local fish store gave me. Do you think this feeding regimen is adequate? Hope I can get a high survival rate. I'm doing 50% water changes daily. Thanks! Yep that should be perfect. The water changes seem sufficient too. I don't have any other advice, except not to release them too small. When I hatched some, I made the mistake of releasing them into the community tank too young - only 4 survived. Wait till they are big enough to not get eaten and are able to compete for their food (the size of the babies in the video below is about as small as I would go for). I hope this helps! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 @Augustjd27; Read my post to @BayFish28 about creating your own fish food small enough for baby Cories. @Augustjd27; You don't need to go to all of the trouble of a daily 50% water change, I change 25% weekly and my baby Cories are doing fine, growing like weeds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Matt Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Woot! Would love to see updates throughout the process. I have five in a specimen container ~2weeks old. I have been doing partial changes twice daily (after I feed). I have been feeding baby brine and small amounts of repashy. It is fun to see their golden bellies after eating BBS. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I've done it differently with good results. I used CoOp Easy Fry Food and overfed like crazy and changed water in the specimen container 2-3 times a day. Changing water in a specimen container to me meant sucking out about 1/3 of the water out with a turkey baster (from the bottom to get all the uneaten food) and filling it back up by dipping from the same tank. I figured lots of clean water and lots of food would help them survive... it did. Just have to be careful not to suck up those tiny fellers with the baster. I second @CorydorasEthan on being careful about how big they are when you turn them in with everybody else. Anybody big enough to eat them will. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Matt Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 my few fry 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustjd27 Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 My fry now 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 They're adorable. How big do the paleatus get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorydorasEthan Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 On 12/28/2021 at 10:46 PM, CalmedByFish said: They're adorable. How big do the paleatus get? At full size the males will get around 2 inches and the females around 2.5 inches. Male and female: Female: Male compared to female bronze cory: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 @CorydorasEthan Chunky monkeys! 🙂 I read an anecdote yesterday of a paleatus living to age 35, so I got interested. I like their coloring more than the stripey types. I strongly consider quite a few fish and end up on not getting them, but currently, paleatus are my big "HMMM." My only concern is bio load, which is why I asked about size. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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