Why I'm going to Neuter my cory....

silvernes · Post by **silvernes** » 14 Jul 2004, 03:40

Last month I FINALLY got my first cory spawn after months & months of trying - having the wrong match of cory, not having cory that are old enough & only having females... but I finally got my eggs & I was supper happy!

Now I did know that once cory get started on laying eggs (and the first spawn is always the hardest) they start to lay pretty regularily. I've found the secret to be adding a little peat moss to my water - that combined with a few days of high-pressure drives them nuts!

So when I went downstairs to feed yesterday I wasn't expecting anything from them - though I had noticed my cory acting strangley - but I was pretty happy to see a small batch of eggs.

I wasn't really ready for more cory fry - but cory work on cory time, so I'd just have to find room for about 20 more little adorable buggers.

And then the plant moved....

I've got at least 100 tan-coloured eggs sitting in my new make-shift hatchery now... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Including state-of-the-art features such as my 'air stone' made of half a kinder suprise contianer with holes & the bottom of a film container filled with gravel and a plastic-wrap heater...

So I'm totally freaking out here - I've got no idea what to do with them all!! I've moved everyone (as much as I could - very carefully) into the new 'tank' - which is really a cleaned out kitty-litter bucket. It's filled with 20% tank water & 80% treated fresh tap water. I've got the "air stone" running on a 20 gallon air-pump, and plastic-wrap for a heater because I've temprorarily run out (a few got broken... it's a long story).

Is there anything else I can do with these eggs? I know you're supposed to add (methol blue?) something to the water to keep the eggs from fungusing - but I've never found any in Toronto.

Also... their doing it again! The mating dance... with 100+ eggs already (I think it's more like 150) is there anything I can do to slow them down? Other then seperating males from females b/c some of them are so young & they are all so well feed I can only tell one definet male in the entire tank (and I don't belive he could have 'serviced' 10 females... though if he had I'd be quite impressed

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I'm really excited to raise the new batch! I love my albino corydora aeneus & the fry are ever cutter! but this is already alot to handle... I need to get them to slooooooow down the love train a little bit!

Though it is very cute seeing them all back & forth across the glass

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Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 14 Jul 2004, 05:36

I'd just leave the next few batches with the parents.

That and maybe invest in a LOT of plastic shoeboxes; the more cories, the better! ;)

silvernes · Post by **silvernes** » 14 Jul 2004, 13:17

I totally agree - it's just the prospect of raising 100 of these little guys after I raised 9 is a little overwhelming

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Can anyone suggest a good tank size for raising this number of cory? The easiest large tanks for me to get are 33 highs - how many will I need to split up this number of fry?

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