another new spawn

[madattiver]

I was feeding the fish last night and was peering into the tank that helf the corydoras oiapoquensis.. and low and behold there were eggs in the massive clump of javamoss. I hadn't done anything to trigger them, but they spawned anyways. The moss clump pretty much takes up half the tank and the eggs were burried deep in it. I collected 21 eggs, and I am sure I missed at least a dozen as I couldn't get to the back side of the clump, and there were probably more burried deep inside it. I actually am kind of hoping I did miss some, so I can compare growth rates of the ones in with the parents and the ones I am trying to hatch out.

As of last night, 20 of the 21 eggs look fertile, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that they will hatch out for me...

btw.. here is a pic I took of one of them a while back so you don't have to google this one..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/madattiver/corydoras/corydoras%20oiapoquensis/oiapoquensis01-1.jpg

[Katalyst]

What a beautiful fish! Congrats on the eggs! All of these Spring babies, I'm jealous! Someone needs to have a word with my extremely lazy fish/snails!

[Melody]

Congrat's! They're a nice Cory - add that one to my Mad-Wish-List. :laugh:

[CACAdmin]

What a nice surprise! And yes, it will be interesting the see if the growth rates differ between the ones with the parents and the ones you collected.

[jordonsmum]

Very beautiful!!! Are those Panda's???

[madattiver]

they are not panda's.. they are corydoras oiapoquensis.. :;):

much more rare then panda's.. they are actually decendants of wilds brought in from Germany several years back