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Sticky, sticky eggs!

Posted: 19 Mar 2007, 07:17
by NEONCORY
I knew this gonna happen sooner or later since I got these group of C.Melanotanias. I don't mean to be cocky or nothing but I saw them pretty excited few minutes after I put them in the tank(Saturday afternoon). But I never thought it would happen this quick.
I didn't see them perform but I just collected 62 eggs(Sunday night). And they were beautiful snow white. But boy, they are so sticky. There is almost no way, you gonna drop in the water after you roll them to your finger. Actually, sometime they are so sticky that you need to wipe your finger to the container couple of trys to transfer. But I must say, I like these guys already. Because the female is so considerate that she neatly placed almost all the eggs in 2 spot. Some were almost stacked up. Talk about the easy harvest. She left 43 eggs on the top corner of the front glass about 2~3" from the surface and another 17 eggs on the top corner of the back glass. I also found 1 egg on the Java/X'mas moss and another 1 on the tip of the Java Fern.
Although I have no idea how many eggs would hatch or how hard to raise the frys or how often they spawn.,etc. I am pretty excited about this spawn since this is the first time for this Cory for me.
Also make me want to buy another Corys I saw at the not so local fish store I went today. I saw several C.Metae for $3.99(which is good price around here let alone you don't see them often)and they looked like young adults. I may gonna go back and get some if I can set the tank for them. Of course, I need to research a bit to see what kind of water they prefer first.

I just hope those pearly white eggs would hatch in 4~5 days(since they are floating in the cool tank. :wink:

Posted: 19 Mar 2007, 17:55
by NEONCORY
I just went to change the water of the container which keeps eggs and feed the fish. I noticed that they left more eggs. I guess they were not quite done yet last night. They must made those eggs after the lights out. And I suspect these eggs came from different female.
Anyway, I found 70 eggs(3 on the leaf of the Anubias which is located near bottom with a stone tied to, and rest of the eggs were on the bottom and side of the container I placed on top of the tank)
They were less stickier than the eggs I collected yesterday evening. I imagine they lose stickyness over the time, I must collected not long after they were laid yesterday.
They are not fungused or nothing but they do look sort of milky white. I hope they are good enough to hatch. Although I have no idea that this is my first time I get eggs from them. I guess I just have to wait and see. If not, that would be a shame.