Hatching Cory
Eggs
(by
mak December 18, 2003)
- Get a large margarine or cool whip tub, clean it well, rinse it
really well and fill it 1/2 full of tank water from the tank the parents
are in.
- Place an air stone with floss rubber banded around it in the tub and
run air through it to agitate the water.
- Place 3 large pond snails in the tub. They will eat any dead eggs
and detritus while leaving the healthy eggs alone. I know, I know,
scary, but I was advised to do it by some wise catfish breeders and it
worked.
- Last but hardest....collect the eggs and place them in the tub. I
used filter floss to kind of wipe the eggs off of the glass. They stuck
to the floss and I placed floss and all in the tub. If the eggs are
attached to a leaf just remove the leaf, eggs and all and place them in
the tub. When I used a razor blade to scrape the eggs off of the tank
glass they disintegrated, floss was my next attempt and it worked.
- Float the tub in the tank the parents are in.
- I used a turkey baster to do water changes on the tub frequently,
both before and after the eggs hatched. Once the eggs hatch the wigglers
will have yolk sacks to consume which could take around three days.
After they are free swimming you can feed them micro worms which they
love and a very small amount of finely crushed flake. I fed them very
small amounts several times a day. The snails help clean up the extra
food. I did frequent water changes on the tank the adults were in so I
could use that water for the water changes in the tub. I would also use
that water to set up a tank for the free swimming fry once they reach
that stage.
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