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I am looking for a new adventure wiht fishies... so i decided i would try breeding cories...but i have no clue how...what helps them in breeding...do they breed well in packs? Is there anything i can do to perk them into breeding?

Thanks!!!!

What species are you looking into? Though there is a general method to breeding cory cats, it can be fine-tuned for different types of the fish. Most of the time, they breed well in groups of over five when kept in tanks set up just for the purpose. The ratio of males to females should be about 2:1, though males of the longnosed species often will fight each other. Condition the breeders with live or frozen food, and once they're ready to spawn they will often start soon after a water change. Adding cooler water to the tank is a catalyst much of the time.

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Do as sirbooks said & maybe you can start with the Bronze Corydoras, as they might be the easiest to breed.


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I had my cories for 1 1/2 years, and they didn't breed or make any attempt to. I just planted some live plants and within 2 weeks they laid eggs. I only had 5 cories, so a few might be good, but you wouldn't need too many. So i would suggest maybe planting a few plants or something like that.

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thanks guys...o and mike,[mikdavy2] do u have nay new baby cories???

PS: i am looking to breed albino cories, and is there any special way u need to set uup the tank to perk them a little???

These are some of the easiest Corydoras to breed. They will often spawn in community tanks after a simple water change. Planet Catfish has some information about the breeding of Corydoras aeneus (the normal color form of your albino cories) here: [link=http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/callicht/corydora/51_F.PHP]http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/callicht/corydora/51_F.PHP" style="COLOR: #808080[/link]

"Easily accomplished with captive raised stock. Some colour varieties are more challenging than others. Given the presence of a suitably egg-laden female and a mature male or two, spawning can be triggered by a large, cool water change. Try changing 30-40% of the aquarium water (at 21°C) and bring the temperature down to 16°C. Do this slowly over an hour or two.The fish should respond by spawning in the classic "T" formation method. Here, using one of his pectoral fins, the male clamps the female to his side by her barbels and fertilizes a small batch of eggs held within the protective basket formed by her pelvic fins. The adhesive eggs are then placed on plants or aquarium walls and the process repeated. The eggs take 3-4 days to hatch. It is safe to leave well fed parents with the eggs, but some breeders prefer to remove the eggs, or indeed parents, to avoid any temptation of an easy snack. For the first few days of their life, pre-soaked powdered flake food should be fed to the fry. After the first 3 or 4 days, newly hatched brineshrimp can also be sparingly used to bring on the fishes growth. As the fish grow more and more foods can be offered in line with the size of the developing juveniles. Adult colouration is reached in around nine weeks."

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i recieved cory eggs from walamrt (if you can believe it) and with simple care they hatched, in the tank, they had 2 females and 4 males the tank had about 10 or more 3in goldfish too, oh and it had one ordiment and no plants, but i have no idea how long they were in the tank (these are albinos, some fry are about 24 hours old now)

2 tanks away some bronze corys spawned basicly same situation, only, i dident take these eggs (i wish i had now though) but there were only corys in this tank...well there was a dead goldfish floating around and there were less eggs, but they all seemed happy enough

quick question, out of an albino spawn, how many will be normal? or after a while of spawnng them, does it wash the nomals out of the genes?

thanks for all the help!!!