lazyass Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I found her on her back today..laying eggs. She is able to get up and swim around but seems to only release them when she is on her back. The videos I watched showed corys laying them on the glass..She is the only green cory in there. There is also 2 pandas and was an upside down catfish until recently who was bloated and acting strange for a few days before he/she died. But the odd behavior and death could have been from head wounds from being stuck.. Anyone know why she is upside down? And who is she breeding with? Pandas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 (edited) she could very well be breeding with the pandas. i have an emerald green cory female (brochis splendens) that breeds with the bronze cory males (corydoras aneus) on a regular basis. never see any fry though because the other piggy fish in the tank go smorgasbord on the eggs all the time. as for the laying eggs while on her back, that is very odd! i've never even seen any of my 10 cories on their back, never mind in the act of propagation. does she release a lot of eggs each time? Edited February 23, 2011 by BettaFishMommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppygirl Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 It is possible that she was egg bound. I have never had a female lay on her back and lay eggs. Was she cupping her eggs or were they loose? Hope she flips over and stays the right way up. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubr0ke Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 you better hope no fry hatch or you will be hand feeding upside down swimming cory's...a bonus tho is you will never have surface scum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 maybe your cory has a personality disorder and thinks she's an upside down catfish? lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyass Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 She had a ball of eggs that seemed to just fall off of her belly when it got too big. When she did turn upright to swim a little air bubbles came out of her back end. She ate that night. Looked fine the next day though and the danios took care of the eggs... I caught one of my peppered corys laying eggs the next night in another tank. She was clutching her eggs as she swam around normally and left a bunch on the glass. That was 2 nights ago and there are still quite a few uneaten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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