Corys Are Breeding

Got this pair of Emeralds from a friend last fall who didnt want them anymore. They were always alone and are 8ish years old. My son wanted them in his bedroom 10 gallon that has a few guppies and a betta, so I figured it could hurt.

Flash forward to last week when I decided they needed to go in one of our blackwater Amazon tanks so I moved them. Its a 20 tall with 6 Peppered, 15 Black Neons and 2 GBRs.

So I'm sitting here and I can see them freaking out, darting all over and I instantly think the worst because these 2 rarely move. I look over and sure enough, she's plastering eggs everywhere.

Grabbed my phone and snapped a couple bad pics. lol

Ive found 7 piles of eggs and counted 76 individuals. My son is going to FREAK when he gets home from school.

 

Current count is 364 eggs. The GBRs and Black Neons are loving them. lol

 

advise : get a new phone hahaha

 

Yeah, I'm actually a photographer but I only use my phone for calls. It was in reach, so I grabbed it. Didnt know if it was my only chance. I DID go get my camera though, and Ill go through the pics and post some. I got some VERY cool s over the 8 hours she was dropping eggs.

I'm SHOCKED at how many she dropped.

 

Here's a neat shot. She is actually "cupping" the eggs with her pelvic fins while finding a suitable location to place them. Sometimes she'd swim around quit a bit before choosing a location. She did this every time.