My Corys Laid Eggs, What Do I DO Now.??

[@rhondaclark4498]

I had 2 babies swimming around when I cleaned the tank, I was in awe. I gave up trying to help them hatch, and then 2 of them hatched, are still living and are now laying more eggs. Ty for the video, I have eggs to get off the tank! And almond leaves to purchase! Excited!

[@norbittsadventures]

Congratulations

[@tinasweeney4392]

good video thank you. I especially like that you mentioned clean hands. Some people forget to rinse their hands before sticking them in their aquariums.

[@norbittsadventures]

Yeah that’s always a hard one to share the whole wash your hands topic

[@tinasweeney4392]

I've had two fails already, so I'm trying your method... I can always get her to lay eggs by turning the heater down a couple of notches but the other two times none of them "took" if that's the correct verbiage. Last two times I added a couple drops of hydrogen peroxide (learned from KZbin), doing it all natural like you suggested. Fingers crossed. 🤞

[@norbittsadventures]

@@tinasweeney4392 keep trying you’ll get there. And oh really I’ve only ever heard it be used to kill things. And yes try can’t hurt to try

[@tinasweeney4392]

@@norbittsadventures thank you, tomorrow is day 3!!!

[@lynnthompson6796]

Thank you for sharing this video 👍😀

[@norbittsadventures]

No worries

[@donnamorris4058]

I appreciate the instruction & encouragement. I thought I had a batch of pea puffer eggs but at 4 days old it occurred to me that they never leave the bottom of their little tank. I have about a dozen albino Cory’s - surprise!

[@norbittsadventures]

Congrats and best of luck

[@jamesandmike2ndhandsales449]

Thank you for the video. I have just taken my first batch of albino eggs out of my tank into a container and I am going to try your method. So cheers for that. I have also liked and subscribed. 🐟🐠🐡 James 🇬🇧

[@norbittsadventures]

Best of luck. Do let me know how you go

[@MonicaGarcia-id5rg]

Thank you for the feedback 🐠👍🏼😊

[@norbittsadventures]

Any time!

[@TaciGrant]

I’m amazed with the shrimp technique!! Such a cool idea that I wish I could have knew that before today. I already put a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in the container but I will try that shrimp tech tomorrow after a water change. Thank you 🙏! Awesome video!!

[@norbittsadventures]

No stress at all. Definitely a different way of doing things

[@louisemartin2394]

What is shrimp tech?

[@norbittsadventures]

@@louisemartin2394 watch the video it explains how I use shrimp to deal with fungus or anything in the container

[@lindasidor7165]

So cute ❤

[@AquaGardenZen]

Great video this helps me a lot

[@norbittsadventures]

Glad it helped

[@SierraPrecursora]

Great video - thanks!!!

[@norbittsadventures]

Your welcome

[@vaeagle1]

i never saw eggs laid in my tank , i was walking by today and saw little catfish just digging around the the tank rock bottom like the bigger ones. all i can think is one of them laid eggs inside a sunken ship i have since two of the bigger ones go in there alot.

[@norbittsadventures]

Sometimes they really do hide there eggs

[@tomhall3175]

what are those leaves called , and where can i get them. thanks , great video

[@norbittsadventures]

Indian Almond Leaves and alot of fish store or sellers will have asccess to getting them

[@marianniranjan4385]

Excellent stuff thanks. Molt is the problem for me though.

[@norbittsadventures]

Why’s that.?

[@marianniranjan4385]

@@norbittsadventures sorry I meant fungus

[@charliebrown9188]

how very fascinating to use shrimp... I was given some eggs to try... and it was the first thing I did when I set up a separate jar for them. I put the smallest filter in there, reduced the flow to very low, added a java fern, some sand and 3 shrimp. Didn't think about the almond leaf, so I cut a peace from another tank.... I'm feeding crisps, freeze dried bugs and catfish pellets - all ground up and finely as I could... its day 2... I don't know how many I have, I can see 2 or 3 wrigglers in there... I'm excited. 2 or 3 is 100% more than I have lol Thank you so much for you video.

[@pacificreefer4495]

Hello. I’m new to corydora breeding. I have 8 in a 32 gallon. Early last week, I found eggs on the glass. Went out a bought a bleeder box and put them in. 2 days ago, many have hatched. I like the little cup idea. Do you put an air stone in the cup?

[@norbittsadventures]

Yeah sure do. Can’t hurt to add it

[@pacificreefer4495]

@@norbittsadventuresone other question…after they grow some (in the breeder box), when (what size) do you move them out of a breeder box and to what size tank?

[@norbittsadventures]

@@pacificreefer4495 this is the hardest part about growing Corys. I usually let them grow in the box for a couple of weeks. You can either move them into a small tank that lets the grow by them self or straight into a big tank. Really up to you on that one

[@privateportall]

Thanks for the info, appreciate it. Have 6 paleatus and I've just taken 85 eggs out!!! Net breeder coming in to have them in the tank flow. Let's see how this goes :)

[@norbittsadventures]

Best of luck and congratulations

[@privateportall]

@@norbittsadventures reporting back. the net breeder does not work... organics get trapped in the net and I also found that the temperature of my main tank might be too high preventing successful hatching and possibly promoting bacteria and/or fungal growth. The second batch of eggs are hatching now and looking healthy. I've done this by taking them out and putting them in plastic containers on top of the tank. I think what's key here is to place the eggs with as much spacing in between as possible. clumped eggs seemed to get fungal growth much faster, especially if there's a unfertilized one in there. I've tested this theory (unintentionally) by having one cup spaced out like a grid on the wall and one having clumps. hope this helps anyone reading this. cheers

[@norbittsadventures]

@@privateportall congratulations on getting some to hatch.

[@MrsAlton2012]

I feel so bad now, I never knew those tiny things on the glass were eggs, I thought they were snails growing. Snails are a pest in my tank. I was on vacation for 6 days, before I left I put brine shrimp so my fish wouldn't starve. Walked passed my tank a little while ago and there's a baby cory hiding next to my thermometer that fell....I'm still in shock it's so tiny. I only have 2 Cory's in my tank by the way so this was a total surprise

[@norbittsadventures]

Well there you go. Happy little surprise for you

[@pecosR0B]

i've learned corys love to lay their eggs near current/flow, I'm guessing to guarantee oxygenation for the eggs

[@norbittsadventures]

Yeah thats it

[@deenalove1234]

What kind of leaf

[@norbittsadventures]

Almond Leaf

[@Wez_wolf]

Still a Cory I'd like to breed. Keep up the great/informative vids bid💪

[@norbittsadventures]

Thanks 👍

[@monicaharmonica7152]

Thanks for this video! My red sailfin corys were spawning today and I managed to snatch up some eggs with hope of expanding the cory family. This video is super helpful and I was was relieved that you ended up with the fluval breeding box since I happen to have one. Do you happen to know if there is a difference between the red sailfin corys and the bronze ones?

[@norbittsadventures]

There’s probably a massive difference but I’ve never breed the red fins sorry

[@rhondaclark4498]

What type of leaf?

[@norbittsadventures]

Indian Almond Leaf

[@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058]

I have the albino Cory cats that lay eggs all over the place in a 30 gal & I think it's the biggest 1's that drop eggs which is a female ? but I'm going to try & catch her & put it in the 75 gal Cause I don't need a lot of Cory's cause I have no way to house millions of eggs when I have no pet store. So I'm hoping watching videos like this can give me some tips.

[@norbittsadventures]

Apologies on the delayed replay. The female is usually the largest of the colony. Males are predominantly smaller then the females. Best thing about Corys they aren’t the best keepers of there eggs. So unless you remove them it’s likely they will just eat them any way

[@TonysRcTechboom]

Great channel, am in the process off breeding albino Cory's, ive done it before but use one off those 12lt starter tanks from Home Bargains and it worked well last time 👍with black fine sand and a airstone. Good idea with the almond leaf 👍 used liquid feed first then crushed algae pellets up to a fine powder and that worked. Had a about 50 , kept 6 for myself then give loads away to my local aquatic shop and freinds 😊 thought id do it again so am doing the exact same method. Ill let you know how I get on mate.🙏🤞 MASSIVE THUMBS UP 👍 and a Sub 👍 keep safe and well bro 👍

[@norbittsadventures]

Sounds like your doing well :) thanks for stopping by

[@TonysRcTechboom]

@@norbittsadventures no worries mate. Just looked upon them and there all white which isn't good 😕 so this looks like it might be a no go. Its only been 1 day , So probably go for your idea with the box attached to the side off my tank if this doesn't work, maybe i just got lucky last time, it was about 3 years ago. Thanks for replying mate 👍

[@norbittsadventures]

@@TonysRcTechboom albinos are definitely a pain to breed I have found. But keep it up you might find a way :)

[@deenalove1234]

What kind of shrimp

[@norbittsadventures]

i just use cherry shrimp

[@DavidSmith-vw5eg]

I have a whole mess of green Cory eggs on the side of my tank at the moment.

[@norbittsadventures]

Well congrats hopefully this helps you with keeping them going

[@DavidSmith-vw5eg]

@@norbittsadventures collecting them now

[@anitacraig6523]

I can never get my eggs to hatch. They always get fuzzy after a few days. I've tried different methods. I think they are not fertilized most of the time.

[@norbittsadventures]

If they go clear that means there not fertilized. I had to adapt this method for some cory eggs to include Meth Blue to help stop them going furry

[@idirmakhlaf1435]

Great video! I have 1 question. I just got a batch of 250 eggs. Put them in a 5 gallon tank with sponge filter, heater and airstone. But somehow the nitrate "No3" went really high. And the water stinks. What did I do wrong? Please help🙏

[@norbittsadventures]

Sounds like a cycling issue with the tank. Only thing I can really suggest here is doing 30% water changes everyday until it comes good. But honestly I’ve never tried this method so hopefully you can get the nitrate down

[@naomistockton7205]

Hi mate just wandering when you take eggs out and put in tub with shrimp do you have Todo any water changes ?

[@norbittsadventures]

Not usually but you can

[@naomistockton7205]

@@norbittsadventures mine allways seem to grow fungus is putting under the light the important bit? Cheers

[@donnamorris4058]

Oh, I meant to ask - you mentioned some kind of leaf that has an antibacterial quality & the fry feed on it. However I was not able to understand what type leaf you said. If you have time to text it perhaps I could get some for my little guys

[@norbittsadventures]

Indian Almond Leaf

[@Seiyu77]

I have a very urgent set of questions Is it the same with all catfish? What does it mean when their on their backs and u can touch them?

[@norbittsadventures]

Sounds like you might have abit of an issue you’d have to problem solve to find the cause

[@Seiyu77]

@@norbittsadventures What shouldve i done?

[@norbittsadventures]

@@Seiyu77 I would have done water changes and maybe even put them into there own tank to watch closely depends on what the problem was

[@Seiyu77]

@@norbittsadventures I Just saw her in the tank getting pushed around by the filter and eggs hanging from her body, and we changed out the water that day, and took out all the dying plants

[@lindasidor7165]

The trouble here it's cold out...Pennsylvania USA

[@norbittsadventures]

Always put containers under the lights or on top of tanks they will keep warm

[@brent3611]

On top of the fridge is warm

[@louisemartin2394]

What did you call leaf you put in. I have some that I put in my beta breeding tank. Is that it?

[@norbittsadventures]

There called Indian Almond leaves or IAL and they release tannins into the water

[@YT-Hades]

I just watched this guy use a metal scrapper and another with a credit card, popped 3 eggs, fingers is best I reckon too

[@norbittsadventures]

It’s been suggested to use things like that but I feel you don’t get enough control

[@donnamorris4058]

Oh

[@norbittsadventures]

oh

[@stephenkillen4842]

Hi mate, do you do any water changes for the eggs?

[@norbittsadventures]

You can add and take water but i do it from the tank they were laid in. But you dont have too.

[@stephenkillen4842]

@@norbittsadventures good man, thanks for the reply!

[@simonbagel]

I use same size cup as in video. I do 2 water change per day. Use water from aquarium the eggs came from. Use turkey baster for water changes. Add couple drops of hydrogen peroxide on each water change to prevent fungus on eggs. Should hatch in 3 days. If not hatched after 5 days then throw eggs out.

[@lexiisgayfork7327]

My albino Cory cat is pregnant and is in a tank with mixed fish and she was getting chased so I put her in a mesh breeding tank. Would she still lay her eggs in there? And can I leave The eggs in the breeding tank?

[@norbittsadventures]

Definitely might still lay the eggs. And should be safe inside the breeding container

[@Soggstermainia]

Got some cory eggs every week or so in one of my tanks, but finally moved on the angels and have a chance to raise them. Get to find out if it's my false julii's or black Venezuelan corys. Just popped them in a tumbler to start them off. Also have lemon bristlenose in the tank and have sold a few of those but hope to make more now the tank is more friendly to them :-)

[@norbittsadventures]

I definitely find moving out the eggs is the best way to get them to survive. But other times things go right and they breed well in the tank

[@SensibleQuotes632]

Some KZbinrs keep Cory eggs in containers outside of the tank, but it lacks a heater. Would you recommend putting a heater in a container or are the eggs fine without a heater?

[@norbittsadventures]

Never needed a heater. Always have been fine without one

[@SensibleQuotes632]

@@norbittsadventures Cool! After they hatch, they will probably need a heater though.

[@norbittsadventures]

@@SensibleQuotes632 Correct. After they hatch I usually put them into a breeding box or a tank by them selfs. As they are rather small they do get picked off as small treats

[@SensibleQuotes632]

@@norbittsadventures 👍

[@piakjellssoniktren]

Basically basically basically…

[@norbittsadventures]

@@piakjellssoniktren usually it’s obviously

[@andyxox4168]

…omelette?

[@norbittsadventures]

Would need alot of them

[@andyxox4168]

@@norbittsadventures good luck, I have corys with my l number (dwarf) plecos but never thought about breeding them …

[@norbittsadventures]

Its a different experience. Like plecos the different types are amazing