Cories in love

[fishboy]

I have two skunk or arched cories cats in a 10 gal aquarium with a blue gourami and i have a extra 10gal aquarium for breeding.I think i might get another two of them to ensure the spawning unless i'm really unlucky .Here the questoin does anybody know how to breed these fish?What would i feed the young and is a 10 gal aquarium big enough for breeding? ???

 

[clothahump]

A 10 gallon tank is perfect.
I usually set up using a air driven foam filter,temperature of 78F,neutral to slightly acid.
Feed them well for a week using bloodworm, brineshrimp or any live food you can find.
Start to cut back on feeding and remove small quantities of tank water until the level is down to about a half, then fill tank back up with water at 72F, this will chill the corys slightly but will do no harm, they should breed within 24 hours.
Good Luck. 8)

 

[fishboy]

Thanks a bunch!!!

 

[ryanp15]

That sounds easy enough. I am gonna have to try that. ;D

 

[fishboy]

You have arched cories to? 8)

 

[ryanp15]

No but I have 2 skunks, 2 julii's and 2 albinos. Hopefully two will breed. Does anyone know if two different breeds of corys can inter breed? Thanks. ;D

 

[ryanp15]

What I ment was that you not allowing them to survive was the best thing. I think I confused you on that one. I think hybrids are a horrible thing as most end up with deformities. When I said how will I know I ment so that if they do I can remove the eggs before they hatch so that they can't survive. I know they would look different from the others. ;D

 

[clothahump]

I have to disagree with Fishboy, Corys will interbreed, my Metae's and Deckers interbreed regularly. 8)

 

[clothahump]

I doubt there would be any difference at all with the eggs.
Your gourami should eat any eggs that appear.
If this happens you can then seperate the corys into smaller tanks, and then wait until they breed again. 8)

 

[fishboy]

What do they usually look like  ???

 

[clothahump]

I have never seen the end result as all the eggs are eaten by the other fish.
I would not allow them to live anyway. 8)

 

[ryanp15]

Cloth I don't have a gourami. Where did you get that from ??? I have two flagfish with them. ;D

 

[ryanp15]

Cloth that's the best thing you know. Hybrid fish are not a good thing. ;D I hope mine don't interbreed but how will I tell if they do?

 

[clothahump]

Ryan, its not the best thing I know, but if we allowed this to occur we would end up with another Red Parrot situation.
If yours crossbreed and survive they will probably look quite different from your others. 8)

 

[clothahump]

D'oh, stupid me , it was fishboy's tank that had the gourami. 8)

 

[ryanp15]

Okay then ;D I was like I don't have a gourami...... ;D

 

[fishboy]

Yeah i have the gouramis 8)

 

[ryanp15]

What kind ???

 

[fishboy]

i have ummmmm............ about 5 golden gourami fry,2 golden gouramis , 1 blue gourami,and 1 paradise fish ;D ;D

 

[ryanp15]

I like those blue gouramis. They look good in a community planted tank. ;D