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So I have a pair of bronze cories that have been spawning for the past 24 hours and I keep finding little stashes of eggs and the mom carrying bunches around with her fins, but then the loaches and tetras come and get them. I have only found one batch behind the intake tube that the other fish haven't found yet. I also found some that were actually on the glass that I tried to seperate them to a tuberware container but accidently smushed most, I have 1 good egg in the container and I found a little razor i can use next time because it is sharper that a knife.
I want to know if I dhould remove them or if shouldn't because my pandas had a survivng baby in there on their own, probably throught the moss. If I do seperate the eggs should I do something with them to keep them from fungusing? I don't want to go out and buy a bunch of supplies for this since my tank is already stocked and if I had some more cories I would probably just give them to friends. Any input would be appreciated.

-Vincent

Use Methalyn(sp.) Blue to prevent fungus on the eggs. That's pretty cool they are spawning, I never got my cories to spawn. But good luck. I am not too sure of how the eggs will live in a separate container without flow, parents, or heat. May I suggest a Breeding net? I do not think Cories provide much parental care but good luck.

Chris

Put a drop or two of Methalyn Blue or Acriflavine & also place an airstone in the tuberware container, so that the water keeps circulating all the time. You can remove the eggs from the tank glass, by a credit card or something similar. The eggs will hatch in around 4 days. It's better to remove them, as the parents don't care much about them & the ther fish will eat them easily.


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ok, thanx
I'll try the airstone
I have an all around medicine with Formalin and Malachite green, will that work?


-Vincent

I don't know if it will work or not, as i always use Acriflavine as an Anti Fungal remedy.

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I had maracyn which i know works because its made for that but i ran out a few weeks ago, next time i go to the LFS i'll get some but that won't be in the next few days so i guess I'll have to be patient

-Vincent

You can get Acriflavine from a Pharmacy.

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