first time fry

[CatWoman5]

Hi everyone.

This is my first post. I have had my corys(bronze) for alittle over a year now. They have spawned 4 times I think. And this is the first time I have had any eggs to hatch. There are only 4 fry, but hey Im happy with that.

I had moved some of the eggs into a five gal. tank.
Four hatch Tues or Wed(I cant remember which). I kept them in the 5g until today. My bedroom is so cold I was worried they would die.

So now I have them in the main tank floating in a sandwich box. I do have an air stone in it. A clump of java moss too. The sticky about raising fry was very helpful. I dont have microworms. I have never seen any. I hav been feeding them liquid fry food and am trying first bites powder food. I siphon out some water and put some in from the main tank everyday.

My ?'s are-
Is there anything extra I need to do for them?
How long do I need to keep them in the floating box?
Can I feed the frozen bbs?

I sure there wil be many more questions I will have, but this is all I can think of now. I really want these little wigglers to make it because all I have been able to breed and raise are guppies

So any help/suggestions would be great.

Thank you and goodnight, Denise

[chris 1]

Why not move the 5g or invest in a heater.

[CatWoman5]

I have an extra heater but since the 5g is only
about a 1/3 full I thought the water would get too
warm.

[MatsP]

CatWoman5,

If you have a good heater with a thermostat, and it's not overly large (ideal is a 15-25W heater), it shouldn't overheat the water (assuming it's fully COVERED with water, of course).

Also, can you fill in a better location than "South" - it's not very specific. If you live in the US, please put your "state" and "USA", if you live elsewhere, be as specific as you feel comfortable. This can be useful if we need to give you advice that is based on where you live (such as places to buy stuff, medication that have different names and legal issues depending on where you live, etc, etc). [And of course, you may find that there are people in your area that like to say "Hi" too].

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Mats

[CatWoman5]

Ok thanks Mats

The extra one I have is a preset 78deg one. Ill try that it. I just thought with barely 2g of water it would heat up too much. But they seem to be doing fine floating in the main tank.

Ill change my profile. I live in the southeast part of USA.

[CatWoman5]

The four fry are eleven days old now. They look like they have doubled in size. How long will it take until they can go into the main tank?

I also found more eggs today and put some in with the fry. But then I thought if they fungus, that wouldnt be good for the fry. So should I take them out?

what causes eggs to fungus? A LFS owner said it was due to air hitting the eggs whil moving them to another tank. ???

Thanks, Denise

[apistomaster]

Either eggs are infertile or the water isn't clean enough and those are the main causes of fungus.
Methylene blue is useful in reducing the spread of fungus to the healthy eggs.

[CatWoman5]

They are three weeks old now. One of them escaped to the main tank (long story) so I have three atleast. How long before they are big enough to survive in the main tank? I dont know if the other one got eaten or not. Ive only saw it once, right after it got in there.

Ive been changing their water everyday. When I do put them in the tank what do I need to do?

Thanks, Denise

[CatWoman5]

Bump

[apistomaster]

What you need to do is read the sticky on raising Corydoras and don't pay any attention to the LFS's bad information.

The only way air is going to damage good eggs during a transfer is if you moved so slowly that they dried out.