Cory eggs and babies!?

Hi,

I posted a thread about ten days ago about making my corys more comfortable, but I seemed to have judged their behavior wrong since when I came home today after a being away for a few days, I saw eggs, remnants of eggs, and a baby cory darting in and out of my java moss! My question is now what? They laid their eggs in the java moss and seem to be leaving the few that are left alone since some have hatched already. I am not really prepared for more corys but I also don't feel comfortable just leaving them to get eaten. Any ideas on what to do? Is it likely that they will survive?

FYI they are peppered corys that I only got about a month ago so I did not even think they were old enough to lay eggs yet.

 

Hi,

I posted a thread about ten days ago about making my corys more comfortable, but I seemed to have judged their behavior wrong since when I came home today after a being away for a few days, I saw eggs, remnants of eggs, and a baby cory darting in and out of my java moss! My question is now what? They laid their eggs in the java moss and seem to be leaving the few that are left alone since some have hatched already. I am not really prepared for more corys but I also don't feel comfortable just leaving them to get eaten. Any ideas on what to do? Is it likely that they will survive?

FYI they are peppered corys that I only got about a month ago so I did not even think they were old enough to lay eggs yet.
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They look amazing!!

 

do the babies have huge eyes? I have something in my tank that I have never seen before. It does not look like a guppy fry. It hangs about on the bottom near rocks. I so hope it is a cory

 

do the babies have huge eyes? I have something in my tank that I have never seen before. It does not look like a guppy fry. It hangs about on the bottom near rocks. I so hope it is a cory

You should make your own forum on this.

 

You should make your own forum on this.

sorry...did not realize that...Thnx

 

do the babies have huge eyes? I have something in my tank that I have never seen before. It does not look like a guppy fry. It hangs about on the bottom near rocks. I so hope it is a cory

I did not see it for very long cause it swam right back into the moss. I'm curious to see what you have there though! I'll look for your thread.

 

I did not see it for very long cause it swam right back into the moss. I'm curious to see what you have there though! I'll look for your thread.

Lol...I didnt start a thread yet as I only saw it once. I keep looking, but it has not appeared again.My whatever it is was about a half inch long, clear with huge eyes. I have never seen eggs. I know it was not a guppy, and I also have platys, many kinds of tetras and rasboras, and about nine cories.

 

Got some pictures of a baby! They are the only one I have seen out for an extended period of time and may be the only one... I was able to get a shrimp pellet over to them to eat. There they are next to their mom for a size comparison!

 

omg...so sweet and a lot larger then I expected. I have searched and searched and have yet to see my lil guy...whatever it is again. Enjoy...so much fun watching critters grow