Albino cory laid eggs this morning

So now I have a new project. Breeding albino cory catfish! I need to do more research though. I do know they are egg eaters so that takes out any leaving them with their parents options. There are about three left of the 20 or so I saw this morning.

Congratulations. Several years ago a couple of new cory cats showed up in a 20 gallon tank. I didn't even know the adults had spawned. Let me know if you decide to raise albino cories.

CONGRATS!!!

I bought a breeding group, and got eggs one time. You can remove them from the sides of the glass with a razor blade.

I know they're really really touchy when it comes to water temperature changes... but if I remember right... The adults like cooler water, while the babies like warmer water. If you're keeping them with angels... there isn't going to be a temperature problem...

I had like 6 that hatched, but I guess they didn't make it... I put them in a bosemani fry tank... and never saw them again.

I was REALLY BUMMED out... Then I lost the male... So They haven't done anything again...


Good Luck Meg!!! Keep us posted!

Just for a lark I removed 5 of them and put them in a breeder net. As of today, I only see two eggs, but both of them have developed eye spots and should hatch today or tomorrow. I am really worried about them getting squashed in the net though so as soon as they hatch I am going to siphon and move them somewhere else. Not sure where yet though.

Wow they hatched! I see four of them, but I am not sure if they are alive or not. They don't seem to wiggle like angelfish. I did see one move, but only after I swished the water around. I will keep my fins crossed this is normal.

Good luck. I hope you get more next time.

Grats on the wigglers!!! They don't move all the time like angels do...

Well... At least mine didn't...

GRATS!!!

well what ended up happening?!?!

They all died. I couldn't find them in the breeder net. I found them later, but I think I squished them in the process of looking for them. If my cory cats lay eggs again I am going to put them in a jar that I will float in the tank. This way I will not squish them.

poor babies!

hm,but i just say to miss megham that better luck next time.

SQUISHING??? OH no, Bullwinkle.

Somewhere I read that removing the parents from the spawning tank will leave more viable eggs. Aren't cory eggs adhesive? If not, you may be able to pick them up with a turkey baster.

Yes they are adhesive, but you can scrape them off in a couple of hours after they harden if you use a razor. I removed the eggs because I would have to remove all the other tank inhabitants if I did not. They enjoy cory eggs as much as the corys do.