CW016 - C. teniente - First Recorded Spawning

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 22 Sep 2007, 18:24

Greetings Fellow Fish Lovers.

I am excited and proud to inform you that after a year of waiting, my CW016 (C. teniente) have produced about 50, of what appear to be, viable eggs, this morning. Additionally, we are actually watching the spawning taking place at this very moment. I was a bit hesitant to announce the news - so as to not jinx myself in actually getting fry, but my attitude is that oftentimes the first spawning of any Cory group is unsuccessful as it can take them a few times to get it right. Now that I know they are capable of spawning, I will be disappointed if the first spawn fails, but confident that they will get it right, eventually.

Spawning is in the usual Cory fashion, but all eggs have been laid on broad leaves and roots of floating plants. No eggs, as of yet, have been deposited on the glass or the bottom of the tank. Eggs are medium size and laid in flat groups of 8 to 10 on the leaves and individually in the roots. This specie supposedly comes from an area devoid of plant life, so I find this a bit curious.

We are currently waiting for all spawning activity to cease so we can remove the adults from the tank. I plan to leave 50% of the eggs in the current tank and move the remaining eggs into a tank that has eggs hatching almost everyday, from various other species.

I was very thrilled when my C. weitzmani spawned, but that took only a few months after acquiring them. This group has been about a year, almost to the day, to produce eggs.

October 12th will mark my 50th anniversary of raising tropical fish. I would be less than honest if I did not tell you that this is without a doubt the most excited I have ever been, in that entire time. I can't sit in the chair to type.

I truly feel that this specie is one of the most beautiful Corys I have ever had the pleasure to keep. Hopefully I will be able to propagate this fish in significant numbers to start supplying some to other breeders in a concerted effort to make this fish available to more hobbyist, at a more affordable price.

Thank you for allowing me to share my good fortune with all of you.

Warmest regards,

Frank

P.S. Egg count is up to 254 and they're not finished spawning.

NEONCORY · Post by **NEONCORY** » 22 Sep 2007, 18:55

Congratulation Frank,

It maybe putting some on the auction, they sense the urgency and need to start spawning. Or else evicted from nice home with frequent meal service.

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 22 Sep 2007, 19:01

Congrats, Frank.
Those CW016 are nice looking Corys.
From one old timer to another, isn't it great how we never get so jaded that we don't still get a thrill out of every first time spawn of a new fish?

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 22 Sep 2007, 19:25

NEONCORY wrote:Congratulation Frank,

It maybe putting some on the auction, they sense the urgency and need to start spawning. Or else evicted from nice home with frequent meal service.

No, I believe it was paying top dollar to acquire 50 more. I told a friend of mine after I placed the order, "Watch. Those suckers will spawn within the week." I was wrong. It took 2 weeks.

Frank

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 22 Sep 2007, 19:35

apistomaster wrote:Congrats, Frank.
Those CW016 are nice looking Corys.
From one old timer to another, isn't it great how we never get so jaded that we don't still get a thrill out of every first time spawn of a new fish?

Hi. You are so right. At this point in my life, this is the only thing left that get my heart racing. lol. - Frank

NEONCORY · Post by **NEONCORY** » 23 Sep 2007, 07:01

Coryologist wrote:
NEONCORY wrote:Congratulation Frank,

It maybe putting some on the auction, they sense the urgency and need to start spawning. Or else evicted from nice home with frequent meal service.
No, I believe it was paying top dollar to acquire 50 more. I told a friend of mine after I placed the order, "Watch. Those suckers will spawn within the week." I was wrong. It took 2 weeks.

Frank

In that case, they probably got excited to see some sexy new strangers come into their tank.

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 23 Sep 2007, 12:24

Hi. The new imports have been QT'd and not added to any existing groups. - F.

JoseAngelBarro · Post by **JoseAngelBarro** » 23 Sep 2007, 15:00

Nice

Congratulation;

Hi

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 25 Sep 2007, 21:47

Congrats, Frank!!! Such beauties, too. But, then again, is there such a thing as an ugly Cory?

Amanda

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 25 Sep 2007, 22:06

bronzefry wrote:Congrats, Frank!!! Such beauties, too. But, then again, is there such a thing as an ugly Cory?
Amanda

Thanks. - and no. No such thing.

- Frank

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 26 Sep 2007, 19:07

Greetings. The eggs have been hatching for the past 24 hours and they are still hatching across all 4 tanks they were placed in. Very, very pleased. Probably at least 60 total - so far. - Frank

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 27 Sep 2007, 13:31

What's the colouration like at this time, Frank?
Thanks,
Amanda

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 27 Sep 2007, 15:48

bronzefry wrote:What's the colouration like at this time, Frank? Thanks, Amanda

Honestly, with my eyes? At 1 day? Just like any other.

I hope to get some pics, in a few days. I generally don't shoot before 10 days. - Frank

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 28 Sep 2007, 20:10

I.e, clear....

I look forward to the pics, as usual.
Thanks,
Amanda

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 06 Oct 2007, 20:30

bronzefry wrote:I.e, clear.... I look forward to the pics, as usual. Thanks, Amanda

As promised.

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 07 Oct 2007, 15:34

Thank you kindly, Frank. Nice finfold.

Amanda

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 20 Oct 2007, 00:15

Greetings. Just an updated pic. - Frank

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 22 Oct 2007, 18:03

Greetings. Happy to report a second spawning from the same group of fish. I believe it was the smaller of the 2 females, this time. The egg count was 125, half the number of the first spawn. Additionally, about one-third of the eggs were not viable. I did pull 81 viable eggs and spread them across 2 tanks. They look like they could go again. The second group? Nada! - Frank

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 29 Oct 2007, 11:08

Hi. Just an pic update. - Frank

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 30 Oct 2007, 14:07

Currently underway. - Frank

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 30 Oct 2007, 22:12

Great pics Frank, any chance you can email some for use in the cat-eLog?

Jools

Coryologist · Post by **Coryologist** » 02 Nov 2007, 17:55

Currently underway. - Frank

CW016 - C. teniente - First Recorded Spawning

CW016 - C. teniente - First Recorded Spawning

New Additions

Eggs Hatching

First Pics at 10 Days

Pic at 20 Days

Second Spawning Completed

Updated Pic - 30 Day Old Fry

3rd Spawning of CW016

4th Spawn