Spawning of C 131

longstocking · Post by **longstocking** » 30 Jun 2005, 21:20

Ok I bought these guys last year at the catfish show.

They just spawned !! I'll get some pictures tonight of her holding the egg on her fin

Man I was excited when I saw that egg. I think there is only 1 egg though

I guess my question is... for people that have raised up longnose cories..... how do you do it? seperate the female? take the egg off?

Any info would be great !

Edit : Ok here are the pictures

http://storage.msn.com/x1pzSqIT87ad2MEW ... OSps2OHHCQ

Post by **corybreed** » 30 Jun 2005, 23:59

Congratulations on yous spawninng of C-131. The long nose corys are much more difficult to spawn. I am a little confused. Do you have two females and no male? In the future I would remove the eggs and hatch them out in a separate container. It will take 3-4 days for the eggs to hatch. Check the sticky on hatching and raising the fry for more info.

Mark

longstocking · Post by **longstocking** » 01 Jul 2005, 00:28

Thanks for the advice !

I've got 6 of them.. Honestly I'm not sure what my ratio is as there isn't too much size difference in these. But to make a guess...I'm pretty sure there are 3 females and 3 males.

Here is a link to more pics of them...

http://spaces.msn.com/members/sarahscic ... photoalbum just use the scroll bar thingy at the top of the page and hit "cory"

longstocking · Post by **longstocking** » 01 Jul 2005, 00:50

Ok I just tried to take the egg off.... key word "tried"

how the heck do you get them off without damaging the egg?

Post by **corybreed** » 01 Jul 2005, 02:48

The eggs are firm to the touch, you won't squash them. Use a single edge razor blade or a piece of Java Fern to remove the egg. The egg should adhere to te Java Fern. Good Luck.

Mark