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Just a couple of questions:

How long before the eggs turn a tan colour? They are now 48 hrs. old and are still completely clear. None have fungused and none are opaque. Are they fertile if they're not tan yet?

I have 3 females and 1 male. The male is just over an inch not counting his tail. Does his size affect his ability to fertilize all of the eggs?

Tks

I understand that this is an extremely boring question for the serious breeders here but please don't forget that you were once new to this as well and how excited you likely were when you had your first batch of eggs. For the other newcomers on the board who could have benefited from an answer please say so and if anything happens with these eggs I'll post an update. By the way, a few fungused but there's quite a few that look like they may be developing. I can't find my magnifying glass and it's hard to tell. I'm keeping the tank lights off, except for when I check on the eggs. Don't know if this helps at all.

That being said, you have an amazing site here. The gallery is outstanding and you don't charge for people to use your resources. For that I thank you.

If your eggs are fertile you should see them developing by now. Under normal aquarium conditions paleatus eggs hatch in about 4 days. Once the eggs hatch, you will have to wait 3 to 4 days for the yolk sacks to disolve before feeding. If you have any other questions there are many here who are glad to help.

Mark

Thank-you so much for the reply. I pulled out another fungused egg this morning and that leaves me with 15. If one hatches I'll be thrilled. The remaining eggs are now a tannish colour and I think there's a little black inside but it's hard to tell. They're not white and opaque though. It's day 4 now and my water is at room temp. Judging by the size of these eggs I can't believe how tiny the babies will be and these are large eggs in comparison to other fish! I can't imagine how tiny tetra fry must be. As you can tell this is my first experience hatching any eggs and I'm fascinated by the whole thing.

My experience is that the fertility of young Corys is low but improves considerably with age.

Some of the eggs hatched tonight and I was lucky and got to watch them come out tail first. Amazing! I've not tiny albino fry.