New fry!!

[Iminit]

So in the middle of my cross contamination my sterbai corys laid eggs. I grabbed 10 of these and added to a fry tank. Of the 10 5 have lived and are in there second week :). 131071. Next as my second tank cleared up and started looking good again my red tigers laid eggs again. A good sign! So I stole half of the eggs. They ate the rest as usual. So these egg I have in a Tupperware on top of a tank with an air tube going very slow. They just finished wiggling and are swimmers now. Doi still add the methylene blue? Of just keep changing the water regularly? I added some bbs and egg yoke and they did seem to go after it. This is a first for me! They’ve never ate before in other try’s.131072131073

[famtsberg]

way to hustle. look forward to seeing them grown up.

[Iminit]

Lol be been trying this for about 2 months now. This has to be the fourth or fifth time. Getting a little further each time though :). It takes around 2 weeks to go from eggs to free swimming. And like clockwork there getting ready to lay eggs again. This may be the first time I don’t steal some eggs!

[famtsberg]

I started with like 6 corys. Now I have like 30. Most of the babies get eaten but a few always make it.

[Shan_Evolved]

Damn thats wonderful. I'm going to be making a purchase of a few adults soon. I love corys

[Iminit]

131092 laid eggs again! Still alive but not sure if there eating. Feeding bbs and first bites. But no idea if eating.

[famtsberg]

Damn thats wonderful. I'm going to be making a purchase of a few adults soon. I love corys

I've been working on a unique longfin.

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[Syris71]

Congrats on the sterbai babies:cool:

[Shan_Evolved]

@Fritz Very nice. Are you selling?

[Iminit]

Fry still alive but I’ve lost a few. Don’t think they’re eating. I’ve tried egg yoke,bbs and little bites. But just don’t think there eating. Eggs she laid all turned white this time. She didn’t eat them this time. So not sure what happened there.

[famtsberg]

@Fritz Very nice. Are you selling?

Not yet, a few more and I will be. Want me to let you know when I am?

[famtsberg]

Fry still alive but I’ve lost a few. Don’t think they’re eating. I’ve tried egg yoke,bbs and little bites. But just don’t think there eating. Eggs she laid all turned white this time. She didn’t eat them this time. So not sure what happened there.

If you have a small tank with plants and stuff that doesn't think they are delicious put them in that. Then put a piece algae wafer and a piece of a shrimp wafer in they love those.

[Shan_Evolved]

Not yet, a few more and I will be. Want me to let you know when I am?

I am looking like asap or next week

[Iminit]

Lol I’m talking discus fry :). Not cory. The cory fry are fine and growing nicely

[famtsberg]

Lol I’m talking discus fry :). Not cory. The cory fry are fine and growing nicely

lol, dooh, in that case go get em homey. :)

[Iminit]

Well the fry all died today. Not sure why? Fed some bbs and came back to all dead. No clue why. Got pretty far this time. Last time I had a die off too but they were first day swimmers and only 10. This time it was around 60. Just can’t get them to eat :(.

[Shan_Evolved]

Noooooo

:(

[CliffsDiscus]

The fry were probably eating off their egg sac, this can last for days.

Cliff

[Onpots]

Hi Tom, is the discus fry the one that didn't make it or the cory fry?
Do you know how old do the corys have to be before they spawn? Do you feed them specific food or just leftovers from the discus? Thank you!

[LizStreithorst]

If either of you have some for sale at some point please let me know. I've got a group of sterbai in a planted 100 gallon with mostly rams. They should be plenty old enough but I have never seen eggs.

[Iminit]

Cliff they were off the egg sack and free swimming. Tried egg yoke and bbs but they don’t seem to be eating it. Wondering if the egg yoke could have caused the water to go bad?

Onpots the discus fry didn’t make it. But the cory fry is down to one. It seems to have eaten all the others. Does that make sense? I’ve grown bronze corys before and never had this happen.

Sorry Liz only one left. Mine have laid eggs after water changes where the incoming water was colder than the tank water.

[CliffsDiscus]

Tom, you might be right with the egg yolk, with the high temperature bacteria can develops very quickly. Some breeders use bakers egg yolk because it has an antibacterial ingredients, if you don't have the bakers egg yolk more waterchanges will help.

Cliff

[seanyuki]

Very hard to buy bakers powder egg yolk, the wholesalers only sells them in bulk to restaurants and bakeries.:(

[CliffsDiscus]

Very hard to buy bakers powder egg yolk, the wholesalers only sells them in bulk to restaurants and bakeries.:(

I have gotten bakers powder egg yolk from restaurant owners that are into Discus Breeding and it comes in what looks like 50 bag or container. I also gotten the powder yolk from the Co-Op Store, military powder eggs and food banks. All of these powder egg yolk are a little different, for me the bakers powder egg yolk works the best.

Cliff