wanting to have a go at breeding corys, need alot of advice

[angellover]

I have been researching but every site says somthing diffrent, have sufficent room for a group of 5 or 6 to start a breeding project.

details of my tank-
current residense are-
1xfemale bristlenose
3xbosemani rainbows
1xangel
3x long fin rosy barbs(looking to be rehomed)

tank perameters are all good and ph is around 7 (im not a test kit sort of person) and the temp is 27 degrees celcius.

my tank has sand substrate, a large peice of bogwood with a cave underneath and a caved area made from rocks it is also quite heavily planted but also with a open swimming area.I have also added beach and oak leaves to soften the water.

I just need to know what i need, what variety i should go for, what to look for when buying and all the basics of starting my cory breeding project

[MatsP]

I suspect both angels and rainbows will eat the eggs of any corys in the tank.

As to which cory is right for you, you need to help us with what you like....
These are ones that are ideal at 27'C:
List

Of course, you may not be able to find all of these in the LFS, so you have to match that list with what the shop actually carries. If you look at the number of hits, you'll see that a few of those species are MUCH more common than others - which gives you some idea of what is likely to be found in your LFS.

Tank-bred C. sterbai are relatively easy to breed. The wild-caught ones may be a bit harder to get to spawn, but are nice fish if you can get them.

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Mats

[Richard B]

The best way forward would be a dedicated species tank set up for breeding. Sponge filter, sand substrate, big clump of Java moss is all that is really needed. Best to start with common bronze corys as they are cheap & easily available to gain experience, then move to other species - there is tons of info in the threads here, Shane's world etc

[Angelface23]

Curious, any follow up? have you decided to breed corys? and if so, what kind of set up have you put them in?

I have a dedicated tank for them as I don't want the eggs eaten by anyone else as all my other tanks have fish that would happily snack on eggs!

Good luck and hope you've decided to try your hand at it Corys are excellent fish and fun to watch!

[andywoolloo]

my sterbai breed readily in tanks with pl*cos and synos and other corys. and penguin tetras. so many babies survive I have to move them around to other tanks and take some to store.

Maybe they just so many eggs that tons survive?

My pandas have had no babies yet. And i had a dedicated peppered cory tank once, lots of breeding, no babies. go figure.

[MatsP]

The ideal setup for breeding corys (and nearly all other fish) is a species tank [tank with only one species of fish in it], or at least a "semi-species tank", that is, a tank with one main species, and "suitable" companions. I have my corys in mixed tanks, and they breed very frequently - at leas the C. sterbai does. Unfortunately, eggs and fry do get eaten by the predatory fish in the same tank, so rarely is there any survivors - I have one large C. sterbai that survived by going "backwards" in the flow from one tank to another.

Obviously, if you collect the eggs on a regular basis - which I do when I feel I need some more fry from my C. sterbai for example, then you can rear them in a "hang-on-the-side" breeding attachment - there are several different models with different pros and cons.

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Mats