6 days and still not hatched (peppered cory)

[Philipraposo1982]

I removed all dead eggs on day 2 and 3. On day 3 I saw them moving in the egg. I have a small video of the eggs here :
Its Alive!! - 2 - Peppered Corydoras Eggs (Almost…: http://youtu.be/lHltUQsSDM0

Today in about 3 hours will make 6 days. I am out of town but my girlfriend is home and told me they still have not hatched. I am getting concerned and I dont know what I can do if anything. Is it possible that they can still hatch? Tank temp is 75f.


Any advice? If there is still no fungus and I can see the fry inside am I safe to assume they will eventually hatch?

[mountainman36]

the temp at 75 is a bit low, but i would thik they would have hatched by now. i have heard of folks having trouble with the egg shells being too tough..usually in hard water...try to gently roll the egg and see if you can break the shell....thats all i can say

[Jobro]

I read somewhere, that you can remove pleco eggs from the water for a few minutes, when the shells get dry they will break more esaily and the plecos would hatch right after putting them back into the water. No guarantee on this one though. Too bad I can't remember the source for this.

Edit: but I wouldn't worry too much. My Corydoras Habrosus eggs take like 7+ days to hatch.

[Philipraposo1982]

They hatched at day 6. All fry are doing great in a 10g. Almost 1 week old.now.