Pepper Cory's

[TM]

Have a group of 5 fish, 2 Females and 2 males and 1 unknown.

They spawn ever couple of days and i collect a good number of eggs.

The problem is that they tend to lay through the day in smaller numbers and get eaten before i can get into the tank to take them out. You can see where eggs would of been and the would number in the fiftys or sixitys.

Never had this problem in the past (few years ago now). Would like to be able to just take a heap out at once then leave them for a while and do it again.

Any ideas on how to solve this problem?

[lmsmith]

Sounds like they need conditioning. The eggs have lots of nutrients, and they eat them because they're lacking. Same happened to my bronze when they had been in the same tank spawning all time time for about 6 months. I didn't catch whether yours were a new group or older; the age could be a factor also. I'd seperate them to let them condition then try again.

[alanmin4304]

When I was breeding cories years ago I had large numbers and seperated the sexes for a few weeks then spawned them in bare tanks. If they are conditioned and you give them a good water change at night they will go in the morning and you can remove the parents (or eggs)

[TM]

no problem getting them to lay in large numbers jsut can't get to them before they eat them.

They are mature fish but have not been breeding before i got them.

Will split and feed up some more.

Also thinking of dropping pairs into a 14 x 7 x 7 with cold water the night before then remove the fish the next day.

Will have a play over the next wee while.