Cory eggs... doing the right thing?

[Tycho]

When looking at the tanks in the garage tonight I noticed what I can only assume are cory eggs, I rubbed the off into a little tubberware tub that I then floated and put an air stone in, I added a shrimp with the plan being that it will eat the fungus off any eggs that have gone bad.

Is this the right thing to do or is there a setup which would be better suited? Also, does it matter that I used my fingers to get the eggs off the glass and leaf? I always read of people using a bank card but I was struggling to get to it.

[BigBen]

Sounds good to me, I've never used a shrimp though. Not sure if one would nibble on the eggs?

Definitely Cory eggs though

[plankton]

Whatever you do don't put a snail in with them. They will eat the eggs.
I don't think shrimp will, but you can use Melafix or meth blue to keep away fungus.

[Tycho]

Whatever you do don't put a snail in with them. They will eat the eggs.
I don't think shrimp will, but you can use Melafix or meth blue to keep away fungus.

How much melafix should I add? They are just in a small tub... guessing around 500ml

[plankton]

Just a dash, you don't need a full treatment as they should hatch after 3-7 days if they're fertile (and the dark ones probably are).

[Tycho]

Went out the garage to get a beer... little early I know but cooking pancakes (my nan always taught me to put a little dash of beer in pancakes ) so that my excuse and I'm sticking to it...

Any way I was greeted by ...




Am I okay to put them in with week old fry? Also, very annoyingly I forgot to turn the filter down so lost about half the eggs down the bottom of the tank and unfortunately the blend in perfectly.

[BigBen]

I quite often put eggs in with young fry, I don't know of its right or wrong though.

[Martinspuddle]

From what I've seen and read Neocaridina Shrimp seem to be fine fish eggs and keep everything clean and tidy.

[Jon_D]

@Tycho , are those eggs really yellow? All the eggs my Corys lay are white.

[BigBen]

@Tycho , are those eggs really yellow? All the eggs my Corys lay are white.

They generally start white and move to a more beige colour. White after a couple of days are infertile.