Corydoras paleatus - Breeding Size
Posted: 28 Aug 2012, 13:47
Good Afternoon,
Being a relative newcommer to breeding Corydoras I would regard myself as being quite sucessful as i have so far managed to breed 5 types in past 9 months or so (, , , Corydoras aeneus Albino & ).
By far the easiest and most prolific have been the . I have a small group of 7 or 8 individuals which seem to be laying eggs a couple of times a week minimum, with the occassional week gap depending on how hot the weather is. The breeding group is housed in a 4 ft community tank and most of the fish seem to leave the eggs alone long enough for me to collect and place into breeding nets which i have in good flow parts of the tank. Once they are a 4 or 5 weeks old and feeding ok i transfer them into a 2ft grow out tank which seems to work well until they are large enough to sell on to my LFS. On saturday I noticed that the last batch of fish approx 6-8 weeks old (i should really keep better records) have started laying eggs already.
Ive never had this before with such young fish. Should i try and seperate males and females as soon as i think i can tell them apart or just leave them to get on with it? Ideally i guess its not a great idea to leave them as they could be related?
I am also currently trying to condition 2 other groups of Corys ( & ) so will update as and when there is some progress.
Any thoughts greatfully received.
Regards,
Darren
Being a relative newcommer to breeding Corydoras I would regard myself as being quite sucessful as i have so far managed to breed 5 types in past 9 months or so (, , , Corydoras aeneus Albino & ).
By far the easiest and most prolific have been the . I have a small group of 7 or 8 individuals which seem to be laying eggs a couple of times a week minimum, with the occassional week gap depending on how hot the weather is. The breeding group is housed in a 4 ft community tank and most of the fish seem to leave the eggs alone long enough for me to collect and place into breeding nets which i have in good flow parts of the tank. Once they are a 4 or 5 weeks old and feeding ok i transfer them into a 2ft grow out tank which seems to work well until they are large enough to sell on to my LFS. On saturday I noticed that the last batch of fish approx 6-8 weeks old (i should really keep better records) have started laying eggs already.
Ive never had this before with such young fish. Should i try and seperate males and females as soon as i think i can tell them apart or just leave them to get on with it? Ideally i guess its not a great idea to leave them as they could be related?
I am also currently trying to condition 2 other groups of Corys ( & ) so will update as and when there is some progress.
Any thoughts greatfully received.
Regards,
Darren