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Posted by Tynk on December 22, 2007, 11:02 am
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trying to breed cory cats and have heard its not
> > necessary to use any substrate but have also heard you need substrate. I=
> > have been told that you can use coarse gravel, builders sand, pieces of
> > slate or glass, or marbles.
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> > Do they need deep tanks or shallow tanks?
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> > Does anyone here breed corys? Any help is appreciated.
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> I always believed the closer you can get to their natural habitat the
> better. I saw a pair of gray cory's spawning in a tank at PetsMart last
> week.
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> RM....
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RM...
A lot of species of fish need their tank situation as close to the
wild as you can, but there are some that require particular spawning
needs in the home aquaria that are different from the wild.
Such as:
Angelfish should have a bare bottom tank, as opposed to gravel or
river rock (depending on the set up).
The fry will get trapped when bedded down for the night.
Bettas need a bare bottom as well, as the eggs and fry would get
trapped and die.
I've even seen live bearer fry (as large as they are), get trapped in
gravel, so I always use a bare bottom tank for spawning and raising
fry.
Fish like egg scatterers need large gravel or river rock or marbles,
etc because their eggs *need* to get lost in it so that they don't get
munched by the parents.
Some need certain types of plants to spawn in...
As for Cories, either a bare tank or maybe some sand.
Sponge filter.
Live plants for depositing eggs on, or spawning mop can be used.
They sometimes also put them on the glass or somewhere you didn't plan
on.
Condition the adults on bloodworms, etc and when in top condition
start changing 50% of the water daily with water a couple degrees
cooler than the tank water. This is done daily until they spawn.
After spawning, remove the parents.
Fry can be fed microworms or baby Brine shrimp.
I've fed angel fry the frozen baby brine and they eat it just fine.
I find if you "swoosh" it around it looks alive and the fry snatch it
up quickly.
Any uneaten should be cleaned up ( this is why a bare bottom tank is
usually better in this case).
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> necessary to use any substrate but have also heard you need substrate. I
> have been told that you can use coarse gravel, builders sand, pieces of
> slate or glass, or marbles.
>
> Do they need deep tanks or shallow tanks?
>
> Does anyone here breed corys? Any help is appreciated.