corydoras pygmaeus breeding.

[bloskas]

hi there!
i have 4 adult corydoras pygmaeus and lately i've been thinking about breeding them.
last week i moved them from the main tank to a 20lt cube low tech with a bunch of sessiflora stems.
i also put some catappa leaves, increased oxygenation and did cold water changes. Ι didnt thought it would happen so quick! Today 4 days after i moved them, i found 3 eggs.



seriouslyfish site says that the adult will eat the eggs and fry. Other sources from forums say that pygmy corys pygmaeous and hastatus won't eat the eggs nor the larvae.

does anyone have any experience about what's best to do next?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

does anyone have any experience about what's best to do next?

Read this thread <PlanetCatfish: Food for Corydoras pygmaeus>.

cheers Darrel

 

[James O]

For caution I'd remove or segregate the adults

 

[bloskas]

thanks dw1305, thanks James O!
I've read that topic about cory food and another one by the same user who successfully bread corys.

i decided to move some eggs.
29 of them went to a temporary bowl where im gonna put an air pump for oxygenation and a small light with some moss for infusoria culture.

 

[bloskas]

picture from day 1. eggs were on the glass and all over the leaves of sessiflora.

 

[bloskas]

day 4. waiting to hatch. eggs are darker now.