teddiebear1 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Hi, Any advice please - my 120 litre tank houses guppies, 2 peppered corys, 2 bristlenoses, another little sucker type fish that never seems to grow, plus 1 platy. Today, I found that there were eggs inside the bristlenose cave and the male is guarding and fanning them which I read up about and is all good, then just now I have found eggs on all the sides of the glass - I'm thinking they must be from the corys because they are the only egg-layers left so, my question is, what should I do about the cory eggs? Talk about all go in this tank! LOL Other than the guppies, this is the first experience we've had with any of the fish breeding so all advice appreciated. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Just move them to a container with an airstone or a breeder net. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 plastic container floating in tank with airstone. if you use a breeding net, there is a very high chance of the other fish sucking the eggs out through the netting. i lost 250 eggs and 50 fry that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Really? I heard they were better because of the water going over the eggs better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Unless you really want to deal with the huge pain in the butt of raising the fry, just leave them and let the eggs get eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddiebear1 Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Hi, thanks for the replies - I moved them into a net last night and this morning there seems to be a large number still there so will give it a go and see what happens, have nothing to lose. :-) I do have a couple of small tanks I can use for raising young in. I'm just fascinated that it all happened on the same day with both the bristlenoses and the corys. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Maybe something triggered them to breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookieskennels Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 like a water change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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