MelanieMayhem Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 A couple weeks ago I was surprised with some albino cory eggs! It was super exciting. I've never bred anything intentionally or accidentally before, and had planned to give it a try with my corys at some point, but they beat me to it. However since it was a surprise, I was not very prepared. I didn't have another tank set up, not so much as a breeder box. I cobbled together a DIY breeder box, and moved the eggs in there, but didn't seem to have any fry that I noticed. The eggs kind of just vanished it seemed. The tank is well established and should have plenty of infusoria but I still added some powdered repashy a few times a day as a precaution. Didn't have anything else to hand at the time. Then a few days later, more eggs! A breeder box, a filter for a small grow out tank, and fry food were on the way, I decided to try leaving them in case my moving them compromised the first lot. They stayed in the tank with the adult corys, and a small school of cherry barbs. No one seemed to bother the eggs, and I didn't see any fungusing that I could notice, but again, after a few days, poof. They may have gotten eaten this time. So now I'm prepared for the next lot of eggs (I think), what would people who have raised corys recommend I do when/if I get more surprise eggs? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 There are a few Cory breeders that might still frequent this site, but I'm sure all of them will tell you that a razor to get the eggs off the glass, then into a container with moving water (airstone) and maybe a drop or two of Methyl Blue. Don't feed until their yolk sac is (mostly) absorbed, or you're just fouling the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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