willow123 Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Hi all, Has anyone bred these guys before. I have 4 of them for well over a year and i am thinking of giving them a crack in a separate breeding tank. Has anyone got any tips on how to make these guys spawn? I have seen them get frisky in my main tank when the other corys are at it but no eggs and no "T" ing. I have read numerous posts on the net but i am wondering if there is anyone on here who has done it without them already breeding in their community tank. Also should the temp be discus temp i.e 80? Also is it essential to have the tank lit with a tank light or will a normal lamp do? Does the amount of light into the aquarium make a difference to them breeding? Any help or tips would make me very happy. Thanks in advance :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Cool water change is all it takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Yep, Cold water change works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Mine bred every couple of weeks every time there was a thunderstorm or big rain. So I would time my cold water changes with when the weather was about to turn. My problem was raising them past a week old tho, got eggs no problem but eventually gave up on raising the fry :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 baby brineshrimp and infusoria is the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow123 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Mine bred every couple of weeks every time there was a thunderstorm or big rain. So I would time my cold water changes with when the weather was about to turn. My problem was raising them past a week old tho, got eggs no problem but eventually gave up on raising the fry :dunno: Thanks they must of heard me talking and I saw them breeding last week :happy2: . Managed to save 3 eggs from being eaten for a trial test hatch and 2 hatched. I was VERY happy. I have managed to kill one with shock by banging the floating pot when it slipped out my hand but the other is still going. AND then i cleaned the community tank they are in and have found another fry which looks like a Panda fry (yay!). The one thing that shocked me the most is how sticky they were. My previous infertile pandas eggs were not that sticky. Fingers crossed on the next breeding session i am going to try and collect as many as possible to have a go at raising a group. Wish me luck! I guess i am going to need it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow123 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 baby brineshrimp and infusoria is the key. ooooh, I am using micro worms at the moment, When they next have a session i will get a BBS hatchery on the go. Any tips on getting more infusoria into the pot?. It has a snail in to help. Should i pop in some liquifry 1 to try and help. It just seems like a big blob for 2 fry. Any thoughts? Also i wonder if it was the Panda cories that have started a new egg batch ...eeeeekkkkk!! so excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 best cultures I have got came from a bin I used to soak driftwood in with a bit of lawn clippings (clean and spray free) and 3 apple snails, pea soup was a understatement. the key is balancing getting the water dirty enough for everything to start without being a hazard to your fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 I wouldn't worry about the infusoria, the fry are way big enough not to need that. Brine shrimp nuplii and microworm will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 I find that they grow a bit faster as they will pick up the infusoria easily while foraging between meals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Whatever works for you. I only used infusoria for fish that are too small for brine shrimp or microworm (and that is real small if you use the smallest brineshrimp and baby microworms) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 One of our club members used to say that their sterbai fry would do best in a tank with an apple snail and heaps of snail poo in it :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 One of our club members used to say that their sterbai fry would do best in a tank with an apple snail and heaps of snail poo in it :sick: Makes sense tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 I just used microworms and that worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow123 Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 so after watching them and attempting to get to the eggs before the other fishies got them i decided to pop all my sterbai into a tank and now TODAY i have over 60 eggs and they are still going. :happy2: So wish me luck people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Good luck. Did you remove the eggs or the adults? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow123 Posted October 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Good luck. Did you remove the eggs or the adults? yep, now sitting in a airated container inside one of my tanks with meth blue as a bit of antifungus help. I hope that they hatch okay. fingers crossed. and then for the hard part........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 yep, now sitting in a airated container inside one of my tanks with meth blue as a bit of antifungus help. I hope that they hatch okay. fingers crossed. and then for the hard part........ Thats exactly what I done and alot hatched. Just keep an eye on the eggs and if any start to get fungus pull them out right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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