cory cleaning crew in fry tank?

[alvin]

hi folks
can bronze corys be used to eat up the uneaten food in a tank of new born danio fry? will they eat the fry? also will they eat up the infertile eggs on the bottom of the tank? will apple snails be a better option? any info will be greatly appreciated. tks

[Bas Pels]

I once saw a whole litter of green acara (now Cichlasoma portalegrensae) been eaten by 2 Corydoras, before they could swim well. Corydoras will need to be fed proberly, or they will swallow the fishes.

I think apple snails will be saver - when the fry swims, that is

[alvin]

hi bas pels
tks for the advice

[apistomaster]

I lost a whole spawn of white/Gold Apistogramma cauacatuoides which had been swimming for ten days. Apparently the breeder sized Corydoras sterbai ate them while they slept at night.

I think something like red cherry shrimp are a better choice as a clean up crew with perhaps a very small common Ancistrus sp 3.

[alvin]

hi apistomaster
we dont get cherry shrimp over here. not sure if they are illegal here. decided to go the apple snail route. the ancistrus can be a bit of a fussy cleaner except when baby marrows and algae are involved. tks for the help