C. Similis spawing

[christiansen, posts: 41]

2 days a go i separated in a 30 liters tank 4 Cory Similis from my group of 11. Today , after i got back from the office i found them spawing . They made a short break for 2 hours , that is when i colected 10 eggs that where deposed all over the tank , on all 4 sides of the tank and 2 on the leaves of some anubias . After 2 hours they stared again and removed another 4 eggs .
They're arrownd 12 months old , water temp 25 C, kh 7dh , GH 8dh , ph ~7.5 .
The first batch of 10 eggs i separated in a plastic container with an airstone, 1.5 l of water from the tank and a drop of metilen blue .
The second batch of 4 eggs i separated in a smaller plastic container with water from the tank, airstone and 2 alder cones .

[Coryologist, posts: 556]

Congrats on your spawning. A nice Cory and one of my favorites. Generally a 100% hatch rate. Cheers. - Frank

[MatsP]

Congratulations!

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Mats

[corybrummie2010, posts: 482]

Congratulations on the spawning

[christiansen, posts: 41]

last night i made a 30% WC on they're tank. this morning found another 14 eggs . this time they are layed in a more compact method . like they're learning how to do it .

thank you for the kinde words. they required something special for hatching and raising or the usual stuff works for them ?

PS. impresive photo Frank , i dono what kinde of camera u've got but is wicked

[christiansen, posts: 41]

a small update.

it took me 3 spawing to learn how to raise the fry past the 4 weeks barrier .
in my case they where more dificult to raise compared with the C.Panda fry.
what i finde out by trial and error is that an "hands off aproach " works better .
the water changes where made trough a small air tube , with a valve at one end to limit the water flow, increasing the time it took to refil the tank . the fry are now 10 weeks old and now share the tank with they're parents.
they where raised with mikroworms and tetramin baby . it took them ~ 8 weeks to develop the color patern of an adult C. Similis.

i attached some photos with the fry and one with the tank of the parents.

[glenngarry, posts: 2]

Good work mate and i agree great photo Frank.