Do Corydoras breed easily?

How long does it take for Corydoras to breed?

If you are an inpatient breeder and want to get your corydoras population up as quickly as possible, you will be glad to know that they are extremely easy to breed. You may even get between 15-20 healthy fish from one spawning session.

How do Corydoras mate?

As long as you have properly conditioned the fish, they should breed readily within a few days. As mentioned previously, corydoras catfish are capable of producing anywhere between 20 and 400 eggs in a single spawning and it generally takes 4 to 6 days for the eggs to hatch.

What is the easiest Corydoras to breed?

This is what is known as the Corydoras ‘T’ mating position and depending on the species is the time when the female releases egg/s into a pouch formed by clamping her ventral fins together. There are some species where the female releases her egg/s into the pouch after the male has released her.

How do you tell male and female Cory catfish apart?

For those of you looking to try your hand at breeding need look no further than Corydoras aeneus, its albino form or Corydoras paleatus, these are probably the easiest of all Corydoras to breed.

How many corydoras should be kept together?

How fast do baby corydoras grow?

How can you tell if a cory catfish egg is fertilized?

As a relatively small fish, they crave safety in numbers, so a group of six corydoras or more (all of the same species) is highly suggested. These peaceful bottom dwellers can be kept with pretty much any community fish that won’t eat or attack them.

How many eggs do corydoras lay?

These little fish grow rapidly and by three months old were a sellable size. Corydoras rabauti make a splendid breeding project for the intermediate or advanced fish breeder. Some patience and persistence is required to get the adults to spawn but the sight of a tank full of fry is payment in spades.

When can Cory Fry go in main tank?

Will different types of Cory catfish breed?

Fertile eggs tend to look beige in colour. They will develop a darker spot in the middle as hatching nears. So long as the eggs don’t get fungus, there is hope they will hatch. Infertile eggs will look plain and white/translucent.

Do corydoras eat their fry?

On average, about 50 to 150 eggs are laid during a single spawning.

What should I feed Cory Fry?

Registered. Betta132 said: At least one seems to be considerably larger than the rest. As soon as they’re large enough to not be eaten, they can go back into the main tank, and you might want to do that now with just the biggest few if you have somewhere they won’t be eaten.

When can I start feeding Cory Fry?

No, do not mix Cory Cat Breeds. If their are five or more different types of Cory Cats in a single tank, they combine into one Super Cory Cat (Like Voltron).

How do you raise Cory Fry?

After the cory catfish have spawned, I remove the adults from the aquarium. There is no post-spawning care of the eggs by the adults, so there is no reason to leave them in the fish aquarium. They’re certainly capable of eating their own eggs or wrigglers.

What do you feed a baby Cory?

I feed them microworms for the first two-3 days after they absorb the yolk sack. Then I feed baby brine shrimp and finely crushed flake for about a week. Then I feed Repashy Spawn and Grow and flake after that. The gel foods are great as the cory’s can eat all day if they want.

Do Cory catfish eat fish fry?

What is baby brine shrimp?

What is the best food for Cory catfish?

Corys need more than just flakes, a catfish pellet & frozen food such as bloodworm, brine shrimp, daphnia etc is a better diet for them.

Do Cory catfish lay eggs?

Registered. corys are about the best fish to have in with fry. they keep the tank clean and won’t bother the fry.

Are brine shrimp easy to breed?

Do brine shrimp need salt water?

Baby brine shrimp (nauplii of Artemia salina) are widely used in the aquarium hobby as food during the first stages of many delicate fishes and for invertebrates. The product consists entirely of sterile newborn nauplii in an aqueous solution.