Ok...so let's say the only BBS eggs I can get at the moment are in a tube (I think I remember seeing a tube of eggs at the store), should I add more of them to the hatching container to make up for lower hatch rates?

Thanks for the link Mike N! I'll definately try your method.

Apisto-what do you mean by glass or plastic tubes? If the tube is sealed what's the difference between that and a can?

(not sure if I'm posting this in the right section, feel free to move it if it's not) So I got some money from Santa :wink: and will be off to get the rest of my hopefully-soon-to-be breeding colony of C. pygmaeus. I was told here that it's a good idea to supplement their diet with live food ...

Gravel in the sink that spilled when I was rinsing new gravel. You know, they think it'll clog the drain. Spilling tank water all over the "nice carpet" was a big offence years ago, now I just get handed a towel. Leaving the bucket of dirty water change water out in the living room with guests ...

It's been found that water conditions affect the hatch itself, rather than anything else, and that the fry can't break out of the shell if they're too far away from the ideal. I read recently, though, of someone who had this problem in the first few spawns but that later spawns seemed to handle the ...

Up to 89 degrees!? Geez I didn't realize they could take it that warm! :shock: What would you say is the ideal temp for them? I don't think it's possible for me to get RO water...anyway the 5 cories that made it have been living very happily in my plain tap water. But what's the effect of a high pH ...

Another question...would it work to breed both pygmaeus and habrosus in the same tank (theoretically)?

My parents won't let me get any more tanks at the moment...I'm sure that must violate some sort of international treaty about child care........ :lol: If not, than the treaty should be made :lol: Definately!! Although it's gotta be under some current law...aren't there rules about parents not ...

Ah I see. Well, my water is super hard so I don't think I could lower the pH much if I wanted to...

That's strange your habrosus and hastatus are doing well but not your pygmaeus. You don't have any idea why that might be?

Ok I'm having some slight technical difficulties...can't seem to upload a pic for my avatar. I made sure it's under the size limit so I'm not sure why it isn't working.

Figured I should probably introduce myself one of these days. :wink: So...bout me, I've been keeping fish (or trying to) since I was a kid but started seriously keeping tropicals a few years ago. Right now I have 3 tanks set up, a divided 10gal with a male and a female Betta (you can recognize me on ...

Hey, imho you should raise temperature to 23-24 C since fungus and rotten fins or too much muccus (cloudy body colours) very often appears on fish when temp. is too low. I have only few times tried my luck with cories so I am not an expert here. That's what I would do with any other fish firstly ...

I thought of another question-how low of a temp can pygmaeus take? Would they be ok in an unheated q tank (so room temp, 68-70 in my house)? I'd like to get some more pygmaeus soon but my only spare heater is currently in a q tank with fish I stupidly bought at bad store and they turned out sick ...

Thanks apistomaster...the set up you have sounds a lot like what I am trying to do.

Do you think my high pH will be a problem? I'd rather not have to adjust it though...

Is my temp (75) ok?

Is there a certain brand of earthworm sticks that's good? And where do you get yours?

I knew I'd forgotten something...

NH3: 0
NO2: 0
NO3: ~5 (in the main tank...don't remember the exact number in the q tank)
pH: 8 (yeah my tap water's pretty bad)
filtration: sponge filters
water changes: 20% a week

Quite a while ago I bought 6 C. pygmaeus. Soon after one of them died of what I believed to be some sort of bacterial infection-part of his face or body developed a white patch if I remember correctly, and I think he also had finrot. Two others dissappeared soon after (I neved did find the bodies ...