amr427 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 First time corydoras keeper here, had them couple months now and today noticed these spheres and wanted to get the opinion of more experienced fish breeders. I have 6 corydoras cruziensis and from what I can tell there is a mix of males and females. If they are eggs, what do I do?! 😂 Thanks! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Those look like corydora eggs! Congratulations! @Fish Folk would probably be able to give you some advice on the next steps to take. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 11:36 AM, amr427 said: First time corydoras keeper here, had them couple months now and today noticed these spheres and wanted to get the opinion of more experienced fish breeders. I have 6 corydoras cruziensis and from what I can tell there is a mix of males and females. If they are eggs, what do I do?! 😂 Thanks! Yep, those are Cory eggs! You can leave them and maybe a few will survive. Or you can pull and try hatching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amr427 Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 12:48 PM, Fish Folk said: Yep, those are Cory eggs! You can leave them and maybe a few will survive. Or you can pull and try hatching. So glad I randomly bought a breeder box before I even had fish🤣 Managed to get five eggs set up in it. I am sure there are other eggs in the tank I didn't see but least these a have shot! Super excited! Never breed anything before! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) My son (and his younger brother) made a whole bunch of videos for this complete spawning report on breeding Corydoras Aeneus— Bronze Corys. It might give you some tips… Edited January 7, 2022 by Fish Folk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amr427 Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Well it looks like the first batch of eggs got fungus, wah wah no babies....yet!(I hope) But I am finding new eggs all the time in the tank. Going to leave them and see what happens, plus I need to learn more about breeding corys I believe my corys are still pretty young so fertilization success may be low I'm guessing.🤷♀️ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minanora Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Sorry to hear about the fungus. That happens. It's still awesome that they're laying eggs at all! Sometimes the best thing we can do is "nothing" and then one day you see free swimming fry! You could also put some indian almond leaves in the breeder box with the eggs to help curb bacterial growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 It is hard to come by now as I think cory indicated companies are not distributing it but methylene blue is a good anti-fungal many of us use for our eggs. Indian almond leaves, alder cones, and pure roibos tea have also been used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 @Beardedbillygoat1975 kordon meth blue is available on Amazon now though it was not for awhile. @amr427seachem paraguard has malachite green which some folks on here said would work as well it is very mild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Congrats! I generally don’t have fungus with my paleatus. I tend to pull the eggs from the tank and put in a shoe box with a airline for a little aeration. They tend to hatch within 5-6 days. I feed either first bites or live bbs. They seem to be really hardy fry for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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