An idea is to get some pieces of slate and smear a mixture of agar, spirulina, water and egg yolk powder on them. This will set quickly and from what Ive heard of others experiences is a great food for finicky eaters, like the L10a fry.

"I mix 2 parts spirulina to 1 part agar (and 1 part egg yolk ...

Is it better to agitate the water surface with a power head or use an airstone?

I wouldn't be doing it for the money, there is little to no money in a cory that can be bred by the thousands. I would be happy as long as people knew I was where this pattern originated from.

I know, Its a nightmare really.. The average price for a zebra here is $600-700+ and only one person has a breeding group/pair. L260 - when they were imported EVERYONE got a male, only one female as yet and the guy who has them isn't selling any of the fry :(

Exporting seems to be slightly easier ...

Thats what Im planning. Will try conditioning them in 8 months once they are close to breeding age.

Ive had a quick look at fees, it seems it will cost money to export every single fish. Might have to look into exporting a breeding group to somewhere where the costs aren't as high. Its $5 per fish ...

Thank you for the input Mark and Ian

If no one has any objections, Id like to officially nickname this pattern as Marbled Sterbai Corydoras.

Do you guys think it would be possible to breed a pure strain of these? On further inspection I have closer to 8 than 4 so should be a good mix of males and females

I bought a breeding group of 9 from someone, so I don't know if they were bought together or separately. I can try finding out though.

Unfortunately I needed some money to make improvements in the fish house so I ended up selling the parents. However I know the guy that bought them fairly well and ...

I bred some Sterbai Corydoras a few months back and today I noticed a peculiar pattern on some of the fry. Image is below, I have around 3-4 fry like this.

My question is: Has anyone seen Sterbai like these? They look similar to Corydoras cf.Sterbai, but different.

http://i104.photobucket.com ...

When I bred Sterbai Corydoras I used a 2 liter ice cream container with an air stone floated in the main tank. I went a little overboard with water changes but I think this was a big key in fry survival rates. Once the fry hatched I left them to their own devices, changing water around 5-6 times a ...

How long should I boil the zucchini for? I tried 2mins but neither my BN or the fry have touched it

You can always sell on the extra zebra later on

Try Hikari Algae Wafers, I feed half a wafer to my four otos every night and they're doing great - one of the females is looking very plump if you know what I mean