My Cories layed eggs!!!! What do I do??? Plz help

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kavin2845

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So I can home from the mall and I saw little dots on the glass so I though it was algae cuz the lights were off then I went to get my scrubber and say eggs !!!!! So what do I do ? ImageUploadedByMonsterAquariaNetwork1356728790.569680.jpg


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When my cories laid eggs I scraped them off the glass with a Stanley blade and put them in one of those guppy breeder floating dealies. Left them there till they hatched. Make sure you remove ant fuzzy fungus eggs as they appear. Meanwhile I set up a small tank with a sponge filter and let it settle. Once the eggs hatched I transferred the wrigglers to the tank with a turkey baster. Started them on liquifry then moved to finely crushed flake. Made sure uneaten food was sucked out with a length of airline. Looking back now though. I'd probably run the sponge filter in the main tank then once the eggs hatch fill the rearing tank with tank water and put the sponge filter in. I moved the babies time a bigger tank as they needed it and when big enough gave them away. Very rewarding!

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There should be some circulation over the eggs I believe. But it only needs to be gentle. It may be ok as you have it. What is it you have them in? Are there holes in it to allow water in and out? If not leave it as it is and keep an eye on them. Once they hatch though they will definitely need either a filtered tank to grow in or many small water changes to keep the water clean for them. If cories are happy they lay eggs regularly. So if it doesn't work out this time you can be more prepared next time. How many cories do you have? If a second tank is not possible you could partition off an area of the main tank as a hatching/growing area. Though it's harder to maintain That way and 10 gallons isn't a lot to play with.

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Also you may get more response in the aquaria central section of this app. Cories are cool, but not exactly monsters! plus it's bedtime for me so I won't be able to follow up anything you add.

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