Albino Corydoras Breeding & Raising 

When our albinos spawned, years ago, it was easier to take out the fish instead of the eggs. And it was a crazy amount that hatched and survived. They are super cute little suckers! Congrats!

My catfishes just laid some eggs and i didnt expect for it to happen. And now im here

Well done for showing all the process thoroughly, makes a nice change to see someone going the extra distance!

I love the way you take such joy in what you do. Hopefully i can use this information when my pepper Cory breed. Thanks so much for sharing.

Hey Dan. It's always cool watching corys go through their antics. They're a great group of fish

I tried this method and it worked!! I have a lot of little babies starting to hatch. I’m so excited, thank you!!

Well, I have purchased cory cats since I was a child... I'm old now but still purchase and have them in my tanks.. was very interesting to watch this... I have a better appreciation for them and their breeders now. Thank you!

I have about 30 bronze Cory fry right now getting bigger........and just noticed my peppered cories spawning...lol Love it ! Thanks for all your info, great video!

Thanks so much for the video. I’ve tried this method quite a few times now and it works every time .

Wow, you actually gave an update coming back from your trip. Good stuff

I have fry from an albino & bronze breeding. My juveniles look like a a lighter version of their mother who is a green/bronze. The offspring are pale green so far..

THANK YOU for the video! I’ve been doing what you said and first fry just hatched😍😍

Natural environment isn't sterile. The big tank looks like a good balance of nature that will support the corys as they grow. I just subscribed. 💓 You seem like you are a kind person. I enjoyed listening to you. God bless! 😊

Thankyou fella. Gave me a great insight into the process of bringing these little guys up.

albino corys are not rare but they do look so damn interesting

I get so many eggs and never knew what to do! Very informative video, thank you!! I've gotten maybe 15 babies (who grew to full size) out of thousands of eggs just by leaving them in my tank over the past few years. Next time they have eggs, I'm trying this!

I'm trying to spawn my S. barbatus! Thank you for the informative videos on similar species! - Little Bobby

Very interesting, well done!

You whats really cool to see when corydoras spawn is you can see the females holding the eggs between their pelvic fins, they clamp them together and form almost like a little pouch if some sort, to hold the eggs.

My Albino Cory just laid eggs yesterday!!!

Hey, really informative video! I just have a question, did you have any hatchings from the container with the eggs you thought were bad?

Never fails. “Anything” becomes “in-uh-thing“

Followed your recommendations. Day one. Lets see what happens!

Have accidentally spawned green corydoras. Neat process. Thanks Dan!

This was very useful, I have about 75 at 3 weeks old. I need to move to a bigger tank or separate clusters in multi 10,s that I have going on. What do you think ?

Hit the like on the way in and commented during watch, and shared on my Cory Dora and channels I watch playlists...

We have a few hatchling. Usually my Betta ladies eat them...but decided see if we could raise a few.

Thank you so much I had no idea what they were when I saw them I had to Google them and finally figured out why my little albino girl was on the glass on the front of the tank she laid 3 clutches of eggs it blew my mind and had to go and get a round tank at Walmart which I rinsed out thoroughly don't have a bubbler to put in this tank for now hopefully there will hold out for a few days with just some plants in there I do have a very inexpensive heater unfortunately it does not allow you to control the temperature

Very cool video than that but just thought I’d mention that using Malachite green And loading them in a container in the same tank they were hatched in with an air stone work perfectly. All I would do is once or twice a day move the container around so the eggs would keep from Growing fungus.. With that combination I have had a hundred percent success every time they bread.And if you ever get an opportunity, try throwing in a piece of PVC pipe that’s cut in half… They like to lay eggs on that and make it very easy to remove them. And PS… The fungus will spread to the other eggs ..I learned that the hard way On the first batch!

I had a surprise spawning sometime today while I was at work. Ended up trying my egg tumbler.

great video! I have two batches going right now too. I put them in tubs with the daisy's ricefish fry to pick up the microworms and such that hit the bottom . Oldest batch are about an inch long - sold some of them to the small pet store here in town

I used this method worked great. I have too many now lol 😂

I breed bronze and albino cory’s here’s a little trick I do that most don’t lol I used aquarium glue to glue a suction cup to the outside bottom of a small square tub and stuck it to one end of their tank wedged in a corner of the tank that way the lay their eggs inside the tub and have a ledge to lay on then I Just remove the tub and the eggs will have been laid inside the tub so I don’t have to scrape them off and risk hurting the eggs :) may just be me lol 😂

The part where you separated the bad from the good. I just wanna add to that. People say "fungus can't spread and infect other eggs" which as far as I know, it cant. BUT, as the fungus grows it clings onto other eggs and minimises movement and their ability to eat etc. So while the fungus doesn't appear to eat at other eggs/hatchlings, it definitely wraps around them and causes death.

Do you know the ratio for peroxide per gallon? Does removing fungused eggs help prevent spread ?

Great video, thanks for sharing your experience

I’m so glad I found this video!! I have two females spawning and I was planning on leaving them in the tank but they keep getting eaten! So I’ll be following this video step by step and hopefully I’ll have some survivors! Is there a certain water you recommend using when you change out their water so frequently?

I’ve never needed to change the water out 100% out everyday But again I hatch the fry in my shrimp tanks lol

Subscribed! Only 2K subscribers with that fish room!? You’re on your way thanks for the interesting content 👍

Am I correct in saying that you do not need an airstone or heater? I screwed up I think as I didnt put my eggs in a seperate container, but instead put them in a breeder box in the tank that their parents and some other small fish are in. Its now day 2 and I think that all the eggs are dead. Should really have watched videos first, but I didnt want to set up a new tank for the eggs, and was concerned about air and heat. Also, how on earth do you do water changes with them in the water? Anyway your video is awesome, I will watch and rewatch!

Yesterday my albino corys spawned without me even doing anything and l wonder can l feed them crushed fish food after day 6 - 7 ????

They are so cute. I am cycling a 32 gallon right now and I am going to put albino corys in it.

So cute 🥺

My albino corys started spawning 3 days ago. They only had 10 eggs spread around random places. Is something wrong with them to cause them to only have 10 eggs?

hi Dan. i have watched this video maybe 20 times to see what step did i miss. my albino corys are spawning and i have a lot of eggs every 3 days. i noticed everytime i try to hatch the eggs i only have 10% of them hatch sometimes 5% only. i tried your method HP still the same. menthelyn blue/ rain water/ distiled water/tap water/ tank water. with airation/ without airation still the same 5-15%., eggs turning white. just wanna know what type of water you use? soft water to hatch? i have a colony of 12 or maybe just fertilization problems? i hope to hear your advice thanks

I know that these Cory are very common and pretty cheap as far as cory’s go but they are my favorite. I have 15 in a 90 gallon tank that I built myself. It’s 6 ft long 18 3/4 inches wide and 16 3/4 inches tall. Watching them swim back and forth across the length of the tank is comical. They are in the tank with three pairs of white guppies but the Cory are the stars of the show lol. Great video

Hey Dan! Great video and thank you for catching all stages and the pro tips! How often would you change water in a 5G cory fry tank? And how much? Im doing 1-2G amounts, 1-2x/day - is that enough?

Great video Dan. Mine just spawned for the first time 😁

what do you do with the containers? put them back in the tank with the lid? do you need to keep them at a certain temp?

Once I move them to the big tank do I start putting water purifier or just straight water from the tap

Can I please ask Dan, what is the advantage in having snails in the tank? Loved the video.

Hey I really liked the video and that is how I am going to do my next spawn of eggs. I haven’t had a successful hatch from my eggs yet and I am excited to try this! I just had another question, when you have the eggs in the container, do you have an air stone or anything moving the water around in the container or not?

My Cory’s spawned in my community tank and I don’t know if the fry survived because when I found the the eggs where hatched

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At what point do you add an air stone??

Thanks. I got like 200 5 day old albino in my hang on breeder.

Just the video i needed

I just lost all the fry from the last lot of eggs from my oldest bronze corydoras. It was a massive amount and she was huge. The next day after spawning she was dead. One of my housemates (none were brave enough to admit it as they saw how aggro I was) unplugged the heater and air pump to my tank where I hatch/raise my fry to use the outlet and did not plug it back in. We are in spring here, but the overnight cold is still a bit chilly ... all dead. Dan quick question how long do you grow them out for before you feel they are safe to be added to the adult population?

Great info as always -- thanks!

Will they still live without moving them? My fish are laying eggs like crazy but I haven’t seen any fry in the tank yet we do have a couple ornaments that can hide it but I’m not sure if the will?

great video what is the brown stuff along the bottom and do the cory cats eat it, I just hatched about 30 cory cats and learning how to raise and care for them your video has helped thanks

This was a really nice video! Thanks so much for making it. That mulm/microfauna will be tough to replicate for me. One question: my corydoras are in a tank with zebra danios. Do you think the danios will eat the eggs as soon as they are produced?

How much do you feed them? I have baby albino corys (got them from the pet store) and they aren’t even an inch. Should I be feeding them 2-3 times a day? Is that over feeding?

What if you just leave them on the glass? I’m not super interested in breeding them but if a few eggs hatch I would be ok with it. Will they still hatch? Mine laid like 50 today for the first time and my female bettas have no interest in them so I don’t think they’ll get eaten. I don’t really have anywhere to incubate them and I don’t really want like 50 Corys either!

nice i got peppered corydora fry.get vid. they grow fast when fed right

Underrated project =(

Thanks

I loved this video!

Will different Cory's mate? I spotted and albanos.

Start a siphon with an airline. Keep the airline near the card. Have the other end of the airline pass through fish net that is sitting on the rim of a bucket. The net will hold the eggs...

The shrimp wont eat te fry? Soneone said snails and shrimp will eat the eggs and fry?

I just love the albino corydoras, I know they are one of the more common corys on the market, but they just pop with they’re bright color🙂

I know this is an old video but hopefully I'll get a reply. I'm new to the hobby and I have seen those floating plants you have in your 5 1/2 gallon and 30 gallon breeder tank that have the long roots but can't seem to figure out what they are. Hopefully you can help me out?

do you think that a panda cory and albino cory would be able to have a successful spawn being different type of cory?

I'm so glad you brought up the cherry shrimp. I have a cherry tank with mystery snails and cory. I was curious if the shrimp would eat the fry

Hey there can we keep guppies and Cory's together and breed Cory's successfully?

Hey, how old is the parents fish so that they can lay eggs??

So they hatch in 72 hours the reason I ask is because I did a total water change with cold water bye accident and the next day my Cory started laying eggs all over the glass and then she and the male ate them. So I poured maybe a liter of cold water back in there and she laid eggs again literally the next day. so I did what you said, and I pulled them out and put them in a little plastic bowl sort of like yours

Collecting eggs manually, to change water 100% several times a day - at what price do you sell the fish? Can you get some income from it ???

Really good content Sir!!!

We got a 30 gallon tank and we have been in the booting up phase ( plants + substrate and let it sit for 2 weeks). We added good bacteria and have a sand substrate. So we want to get corydora's first. Introducing them to be the first fish in there ( I do have 1 assasin snail in there to deal with the snails that came with the plants). I reckon we might buy like 10? But if we leave those for a week or two before we introduce new fish (maybe neon tetra's) you reckon they can breed? And do we HAVE to take the fry out in order for them to survive at all? We have nice plant shelter (wood + a vern or smth on it). and more plants across the aqarium. Kinda want to know if they can just reproduce and have few fry (the fittest) survive without removing them from the tank

Wow they are so cute

What temperature should water be for those eggs???

How do you tell if your Cory’s are male or female?

Excellent informative video

I have one albino cory in my guppy tank.. couple of days back it laid eggs. .so, basically it doesn't need any male cory to lay/ hatch the eggs?

out of curiosity, why do you need to change the water so often a day?

Didn’t know you could use hydrogen peroxide on the eggs! Is it the same as the blue stuff? 😂

hi, how often do you have to change the water in a day?

Wow great video!

Mine has breed 6 the other day I didn't even take out the eggs I has plenty off plants I am worried off overcrowding max my tank takes 30 is now 22 this year had 11 born how do i stop the breeding will i have to give some away or the mother RSVP

do you just keep the eggs in those jars? no heater or filter ?? I'm a newbie at breeding corys

I have a question for anyone that reads comments. I bought a new type of cory catfish a few days ago and I can't find out what type they are. The pet store said they didn't know. I have searched videos and looked through hundreds of pictures. They are brown on top, white on the bottom, and a light black stripe down each side. If anyone knows what they are called please let me know. I already have peppered corys, bronze corys, albino corys, and panda corys. I would love to know white my new corys are.

Thanks for letting video how many inches

I guess you remove the eggs because the parents might eat the fry? Also is peroxide better to use than Methylene blue?

Do u use tap or tank water for water changes?

Ive just put them in a box breeder with flowing water in and out fingers crossed

Fascinating ❣️

so this is how you make quinoa?

Great video Dan! I believe in another video you mentioned you also use black worms to cycle your tanks. I can’t find a video on how you culture black worms, do you have any advice or information on them?