Peppered Corydoras Eggs
The eggs will begin to hatch in around 3 5 days and the newly hatched fry can be fed baby brine shrimp or microworms.
Peppered corydoras eggs. About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy safety how youtube works test new features press copyright contact us creators. It has two pairs of mustaches on its upper jaw. The pair repeats this process until about 100 eggs have been fertilized and attached ref.
The incubation period for the eggs for peppered corydoras was found to be between 96 hours and 113 hours at 24 2 c with the average incubation period being about 102 hours or 4 25 days. Note that the older a female is the higher the thickness of the eggs. The peppered cory cat is an active peaceful bottom dwelling scavenger that has a black and dark green spotted body.
Adult peppered corys will eat both eggs and fry though generally the eggs tend to be safe for a short while after spawning. It is possible to come across this fish in almost many aquariums. The eggs will be all over the aquarium in small groups of about 4 12 eggs.
The peppered cory cat corydoras paleatus is a species that comes from the lower paraná river basin and coastal rivers of uruguay and brazil. The breeding fish will get in the t position in which the female swims up to the male s abdomen. The female holds 2 4 eggs between her pelvic fins where the male fertilizes them for about 30 seconds.
Breeding corydoras paleatus is fairly easy with a breeding protocol similar to all corydoras. The female then swims off and deposits the eggs often on the aquarium glass or plant leaves. They are thus more resistant and have a better chance of success considerably increasing the number of fry.
The female will release a clutch of eggs at a time and hold them between her pelvic fins where they are then fertilised. He has bone armor on his stocky body and head. The female lays the eggs into her pelvic fin before choosing a spot to place them.
The male will release sperm to fertilize the eggs. It is a small fish species. In one study the average hatching ratio of the eggs was found to be approximately 87 with the overall egg laying period lasting between 20 and 35 days.
They are often referred to by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the blue leopard corydora mottled corydora and peppered catfish. It reaches a maximum of 7 5 centimeters. Corydoras adopt a t shaped spawning position by interlocking their pelvic fins.
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