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Best setup for breeding Cories


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I have two 2ft tanks that i want to set up for breeding my agazzi and elegans cories. Im unsure of how I want to set the setups up.

Substrate: I was looking at buying some of the very fine orange gravel that is only 1-3mm big and planting some plants with big leaves amazons etc.. I was hoping the fry wouldnt get lost by using a smaller gravel.

Filter: I was thinking of using a small airstone filter, would an underground filter be better or what other kinds of filter would be better?

I have bred bronze cory before but just want to see what other advise others have before I setup the tanks. Im looking have only the cories in the tanks.

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I believe the best set up for fancy cory's is....

3' tank

Fine to medium rounded gravel(lots of it)(shallow at 1 end and 1/2 way up the tank at the other)

A sponge or box filter is fine(and a really big bubbler at the shallow end, to be turned on when females are fat, combined with other stimuli)

Spawning moss or spawning mops (at the shallow end)

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I used to breed coriies in a bare tank. Condition them well until the female is bulging with roe. Do a cold water change to drop the temperature and they will generally spawn next morning, then you remove the parents. I used them as cleaners instead of snails to have in a tank with other non bottom feeding fry. They do well on the food the others don't get to.

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