As some of you know I am heading to Europe next Saturday for a month.

Last week one of my discus pairs in my community tank spawned (again!). This time, 4 days later the fry have hatched, being religiusly watched over by their parents who have all the other fish (discus, cardinals, hatchets) cornered down the far 1/5th of the tank. Have waterchanged, the fx5 is still running, and they are at this stage still hanging in there. Heres a pic

Will see what happens once they become free swimming as I don't think they will make it with the current flowing as it is.

Then about an hour ago I discovered these eggs down the same end of the tank. They weren't there this morning so are the culprits the cories in the pic or is it possible its the SAE's. These are the only fish to make it down to the same end of the tank as the discus in the last few days and even then they are chased away.

I have stuck a closer view up in the left hand corner of the picture. The eggs are on the glass and on a couple of plants.

Who do you think these eggs belong to?

Them that are lurking.

well it will be great if it is the cories. Even if none survive this time I will know that there is at least one male or female in the nine that are in the tank. I've had them for about 15 months now and its the first time there have been eggs.

I'd say the corys too :bounce:

def Cories

How do you know they are def? :lol:

I would go with the flow and say cories as well

congrats!

you may have to start breeding discus as well now! :bounce: :lol:

How do you know they are def? :lol:

You will note they have no ears

:oops: Silly me for doubting you :lol:

well the discus fry got to free swimming and then disappeared overnight, however mum and dad have spawned again, this time there are hundreds. The cory eggs have finally disappeared, not sure where but tonight I saw a young cory about 1 cm maybe a big more, about 1/3 the size of the parents. So its obviously not the first time they have laid :oops: I'll have to stop vacuuming the tank so well and then I'll find more.

Anyway I'm off on Saturday so will see whats in the tank when I return on 11 October!

Quick! Someone loot her tank of the bubs while she's gone! She'll never know the diff!

JK :lol: Safe travels!!!

Quick! Someone loot her tank of the bubs while she's gone! She'll never know the diff!

JK :lol: Safe travels!!!

ooh lol, you'll have to get in the security gates, past the security guards and our dog first!!! :lol:

Haha! Yes, it's quite a mission trying to get in there...

Ah but now we know we have to get through security gates, past guards, and take something to distract the guard dogs

Anyone know where the master switch is for the floodlights? :lol:

I'll start making a tunnel in the east wing of the complex

Oh and dogs love me, I've got this all worked out!

hope your shovels sharp - its about 30 hectares!!

they definitely look like the coydoras eggs that I breed too, are they sterbai? I have a wee tank of some cory sterbai babies Im raising at the moment too - some are albino sterbai babies with the peach side fins!

Im looking round for a nice cory at the moment, hard to find in tauranga at the moment it seems, there is one place just out of town with bronze and panda one's I might go look at tomorrow albino sterbai with peach side fins sounds like an interesting fish tho, currently googling for a pic.

currently googling for a pic.

Wow they're beautiful, so I guess Im getting an albino cory then lol, now to find one in the bay...