Breeding Cory Catfish: A HOW TO VIDEO
Coridoras 11 years ago 192,851 views
This is not the only way, but this is the way I do it. In this video I am showing how to breed and raise Cory Catfish from eggs to young adults. The Corydoras that I mainly used for this video are Albino. I currently have 3 types of Cory Catfish: Three- Lined (Corydoras Trilineatus), Peppered (Corydoras Paleatus) , and Albino (Corydoras Aeneus). I keep my temperature around 78 degrees and pH around 7.0- 7.2. Thanks for watching!!! Don't forget to subscribe :) This is my suggestions on feeding since it's blurry! Feeding Suggestions and Tips Day 1-2: DO NOT FEED Day 3-7: Feed powered fry food ( I recommend Hikari First Bites) or liquid fry food ( Boiled egg yolk, however can get messy) Week 2: Feed Hikari First Bites + Baby Brine Shrimp or Decapped Brine Shrimp Week 3: Feed Hikari First Bites + Baby Brine Shrimp + Daphnia. MIX IT UP! (4 Days of First Bites and 3 days of other two foods). Week 4: Hikari First Bites + Shrimp Pellets, Baby Brine Shrimp, Blood-worms, Daphnia, and Micro-worms are a few options. MIX IT UP! Remember Frozen Live Food is fine. Continue Week 4's suggestion until fry are large enough to go into adult tank.
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Feed worms the fish should spawn. Unless of course the fish are all the same sex.
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For a 29 gallon tank, usually how many corydoras should I stock for them to school?, so far I have tried 5 cory's, but usually in my case 1 or 2 die over a period of 4 months leaving the tank with 3, Do you suggest 6 or 7 atleast? and should they come from the same tank?.. Thank you!..
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At first it was my 6 X Peppered Cory (2 males) They laid eggs in the 3ft tank for 12 months almost non stop
(i was worried they would kill themselves from exhaustion :P )
Then i got 4 Albino Cory from my mum (1 Male) and 2 Bronze cory (2 males i think)
Now they are all in a 4ft Tetra Tank along with congo's, columbian's, pristella', black widow's 20+ glass shrimp and 2 X Young Algae Eaters (10cm soon moving these nasties to a solitary tank)
Light/Medium planted tank, been setup for 3 months (2 weeks ago added all cory's)
This morning i got like 80-100 eggs all over the plants and glass
Yeah, same, they are great, you can get alot of fry from the same cories since they live so long
Thanks! I would like to start by saying Cory Catfish are schoolers and they like to be in groups of at least. If the tank is smaller a group of 3 is good. I believe Peppered (Corydoras paleatus) can't cross with Green (Brochis splendens). Usually Cory Cats don't like to cross with other groups of Cory. Albinos will spawn with Bronze because they are the same type of Cories. It may be a female that laid eggs but the eggs wouldn't be fertile. Just make sure she doesn't have a hurt fin. Let me know how it goes. Thanks for watching.
Yes I believe so. I would love to see them.
No problem. Thanks for watching my video. Please feel free to message me if you have any more questions. Let me know how everything turns out.
I believe they maybe unfertilized. If you go to 3:53 in my video you can that the ones that get a white dot don't look like the others because they didn't get fertilized. Fertilized ones usually get darker either tan or light brown depending on what kind of cories you have. Also, bronze and Albino are the same species so they will cross. You will probably end up with some albino and some bronze, which is cool. It usually takes 3-5 days for them to hatch so just wait and see if they hatch. If they don't hatch this time cories love to spawn.
Have 3 jumbo bronze and 3 jumbo albino, going add add 3 jumbo with a nice pattern.
new additions to my tank and you can tell who the older ones are!
meanwhile the new additions swim around the tank cleaning up any algae they may see... the older ones dont move a muscle...
turtle? you mean terripin? (if it swims) i have a smaller tank than 50gal (but would love one filled with coreys) and was given a few coreys who were getting older i guess, decidedto research coreys fully and add a few more as their not solitary fish, damn those young ones clean the tank better than i can (and im through)
This would be useful if my turtle didn't mistake them for a sunken piece of cuttlebone.
Can you recommend what type of sand to buy? I want to get sand that is low ph or does not effect ph and sand that is safe/good for Cory Catfish… I Love my little guys! I heard some sand is sharp and can hurt them and I also learned sand from the beach areas raises ph…
I am in California if that helps…
What kind of sand do you recommend and where do I buy it?
I am open to buying online or fish stores, but if possible I would love to buy in
bulk from rock or sand stores or Home depot, or something like that, that sells 20 to 40 pound bags, etc.…
Thank you very much…
Great Video too!
I might raise baby cory's soon…
Thanks for posting!
No problem, but I am a Ma'am lol :)
I use Play Sand in all my tanks that you can get just about anywhere. Most likely a Lowes or Home Depot. It's really cheap around $4.00- 5.00 for a 50 pound bag. You just have to make sure you wash it really good or it will make your tank dirty. You also can use Pool Filter Sand, the grains are a little larger than the Play Sand, but it still is okay to use. It also doesn't compact and need to be stirred as much as Play Sand. It costs about $10.00 for 50 pounds. You have to wash that really good as well.
When washing you just keep rising until the water goes clear. It won't alter any of your parameters, like most of the aquarium sands. Both are also nontoxic to fish and are great for Cory Catfish. It really up to you which one you choose.
Never use sand from beaches it has too many toxins and unknown organism. Most aquarium sands are expensive and don't come in bulks. You can choose either of the two I mentioned for great prices. Most people will recommend Pool Filter Sand. I like the Play Sand though, they are almost exactly the same. Just a difference in grain size. Also, my plants grow fine in these sands.
To be honest I have yet to breed Tetras.
I was thinking about breeding mine, just wondering if you have any tips for me
And no problem. Thanks for responding back to me :)