I will try and maintain the temperature at around 82-84degf. This should be fine for the discus and will give the cories a chance to do well. I can already see a couple of fish which look like females that could be full of eggs already.
Aaron
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- 24 Jan 2009, 02:52
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Corydoras Virginiae temperature range
- Replies: 6
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- 21 Jan 2009, 03:59
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Corydoras Virginiae temperature range
- Replies: 6
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Corydoras Virginiae temperature range
Thks for the feedback. Is this a scarce cory ? I was surprised at how little information I could dig up about them.
Aaron
Aaron
- 20 Jan 2009, 01:10
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Corydoras Virginiae temperature range
- Replies: 6
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Corydoras Virginiae temperature range
Hi, I recently acquired a group of 10 Cory Virginiae and they are doing very well in a 120 gallon tank. They seem to eat everything and are very active although still a little skittish. Does anyone have experience at keeping these cories. They are in a discus tank so temperatures are between 83-85 ...
- 21 Dec 2007, 14:50
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
Hi Aaron- regarding the losses of fry just after adding baby brine shrimp, I was just wondering how thoroughly the brine shrimp were rinsed prior to adding them. The only reason I ask this is that some corys are especially sensitive to salt in the water, especially as juveniles, and I would have ...
- 20 Dec 2007, 18:08
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
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Yes,Larry since I removed the discus the 120 gallon planted tank only has 8 adult Sterbai in it. I am pretty sure that they would not touch the 3 week old fry. There is also plenty of cover in the tank ( plants, wood etc ) so they should find plenty of shelter. I was wondering about whether they ...
- 20 Dec 2007, 04:12
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
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At what age/size could I let them loose in the main tank ? I ask because I will be travelling out of the country over the Christmas period and have no one who could really take care of them and feed them a couple of times a day in the container. The fry are between two and three weeks old now and ...
- 19 Dec 2007, 17:50
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
Sterbai fry
Since I lost those fry I transferred them from the plastic dish floating in the main tank to one which has a netted bottom. This enables the water to be kept much cleaner as it is constantly being mixed with the main tank water. Since then I have only lost one more fry so it seems to have worked ...
- 15 Dec 2007, 03:04
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
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Today something strange happened. I got home from work and checked on the fry. All were still alive and doing well. The water was clean and they had eaten the crushed flake food I had out in earlier today. After I changed the water I prepared some BBS and added it to the dish. Twenty minutes later ...
- 14 Dec 2007, 02:55
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
Larry, I can only guess that I might have missed a WC or left those BBS too long. I found one more dead fry this morning but no more this evening. I am upping the WC's now so while I am in the house I change the water every few hours. When would you recommend that I can move them from the plastic ...
- 13 Dec 2007, 02:11
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
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Yesterday I had my first losses ..... came back late from work and found the five biggest fry dead. I was gutted cos these were the best ones. I could clearly see that their bellies were full of food so that was not the problem. I suspect that the water could have got fouled as I had added BBS in ...
- 11 Dec 2007, 00:55
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
The Sterbai have been at me for almost exactly one year. I must point out though that I bought them as adults ( they were wild caught )and in very good shape already when I got them. I have kept them in a 120 gallon planted tank with 8 discus for about 10 months and they were very , very well fed ...
- 09 Dec 2007, 22:23
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
It's been 8 days are the fry are doing very well. I have only lost two out of around thirty and I think that I killed those myself accidentally during a WC. As Larry had pointed out, now that they have completed their metamorphosis from the larval stage , they are far more active. Their bellies are ...
- 07 Dec 2007, 03:10
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
- 06 Dec 2007, 04:17
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
Corydoras Sterbai spawn
All the fry are still alive and some of the eggs that I collected 4 days ago now are still hatching so the group is still growing. Tonight for the first time I confirmed that they have eaten. Even though I never actually saw them feed I noticed that their bellies were all orange. I have been adding ...
- 05 Dec 2007, 01:31
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
- 04 Dec 2007, 20:10
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
Larry, the fry are three days old now and I can see that they have lost their yolk sacs. I have not lost any yet and there are still around 15 eggs in the hatch container that also look viable. I added a few cutting from the end of some flower stalks that were in the house thinking that this could ...
- 03 Dec 2007, 20:53
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
Thks Larry, will follow your advice. I have removed all the eggs I could from this spawn using a blade ( although I did lose quite a few that did not sticK to the blade.). they are now in a small hatching container and as soon as they hatch I am moving the fry to another container that is floating ...
- 03 Dec 2007, 01:47
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
Thanks for the advice. I have previously prepared BBS and added some to the container but I have never seen the fry actually eat any shrimp. Should I be adding it as soon as the fry hatch or a few days later ? Could I just crush some flake food very finely instead ? I am floating the container in ...
- 02 Dec 2007, 21:33
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory sterbai eggs hatching
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6981
Cory sterbai eggs hatching
My sterbais have spawned quite often and I am on my third attempt trying to raise the fry. I have been using the usual recommended method of removing the eggs and placing them in a small container floated in the main tank. Something strange happens when I transfer the eggs from the main tank into ...