stillnzcookie Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Hi, I haven't been on here for ages, as our tank seems to be ticking along pretty well these days. The fish must be happy, because our panda cories have started breeding! We have gone from three to eight, with babies of varying sizes, and tonight I spotted some more tiny ones when I fed them - there are now at least eleven in there. I just have a couple of questions: The newest fish are about 5-6mm long, including tail. How old are they likely to be? Do baby fish tend to all grow at the same rate? ie is their size a good indicator of their age? We have a 60L tank, which also houses six Harlequin Rasboras and three Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish. At what stage are we going to have to rehome some of the babies before the tank gets too crowded, and what size should they be before we rehome them? (I realise it also depends on how big their future tankmates will be!) It is so cool seeing them all swimming around together. I knew cories liked to be in schools, but I hadn't realised how much happier and more adventurous they get in a bigger school, rather than just three or four. I wish we could keep them all, but hubby wasn't too impressed when I suggested we might need a bigger tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 my pandas did the same in my 90l before i moved them to my 4ft. they will grow at slightly different rates to each other. if you remove some and put them in a bigger tank or one with less livestock they may grow a little faster. as for size i don't know. i've only seen mine spawn once so have no idea the time frame exactly but when they start looking like their parents but still only about 1 to 2cm i think thats between 1 and 3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillnzcookie Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Thanks for the replies. We we hugely surprised when we saw our first baby fish about 6 months ago, and thought it was just a fluke that one had somehow managed to survive. Now it has become a game of "spot the fish" - it's quite strange not knowing exactly how many fish are in there! It sounds cruel, but I bet that's also why the other fish are thriving, because I'm guessing that for every baby we see, there were a lot that didn't ever grow big enough for us to find! The reason I was asking how old the latest babies are likely to be was that we lost a cory a couple of months ago, and we're pretty sure it was because it was eggbound - it literally looked like it was about to explode before it died. So we wondered if that was one of the fish responsible for the population explosion, but it would appear not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Congrats!! If only you were closer...i'd happily take some! my pandas did the same in my 90l before i moved them to my 4ft. they will grow at slightly different rates to each other. if you remove some and put them in a bigger tank or one with less livestock they may grow a little faster. as for size i don't know. i've only seen mine spawn once so have no idea the time frame exactly but when they start looking like their parents but still only about 1 to 2cm i think thats between 1 and 3 months Our little guys are all at different stages. The teeny tiny little one you gave us has doubled in size and the biggest is nearly fully grown. The others are all in between that. I'd assume a few of them are the same age, so they're a bit random in size, but they grow so fast! We have them growing out in a tank with only 5 little platy fry so I think it comes down to space. They were living with guppies and little gbas, but now they're gone they've gone crazy! I can't believe how much they eat too! Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 yea their great. those last ones i cave you were about 3months old and the first ones will be about a month younger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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