Cory fry or something else?

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gryffin
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Cory fry or something else?

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Two days ago, I found 2 small fry in my tank after a water change. The fry have been swimming in the top part of my tank- I have never seen them near the bottom. I thought that they must be cory fry because the tank has 4 panda cories and 3 otos and no other fish. However, there behavior seems inconsistent with what I would expect and the pics I have found of cory fry on the web. I estimate that these guys are only a 2-4 days old- they have doubled in size since I found them 2 days ago. The only other possibility is that some other type of egg came in with a small bunch of java moss that I added to the tank over 2 weeks ago- this just doesn't seem likely.

Is it possibly that they really are cories?
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Re: Cory fry or something else?

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Where did you get the Java Moss from? could they be killie eggs? Cory fry would not double in size in two days.

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Re: Cory fry or something else?

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Hmm. The java moss came with some brigs I got from someone on another board. I don't think that he has killies, but he does have rainbows- I wonder if that is what they are. I'm sending him a message to see what he thinks. Thanks for the tip!
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Re: Cory fry or something else?

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Rainbows make sense.

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Re: Cory fry or something else?

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I have a friend that got some rainbows from plants he bought on an auction, so thet is a good bet :)
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