Hellp

[smilas]

Hy people, i’m seting up a small breeding 13 l aquarium, and I can’t decide on wich algee and food remain eaters to put in there that would not eat the eggs or fry of CPDs??

[RescuePenguin]

The tank is a little to small for othe fish, you can try otto cats for the algae, and some dwarf corydoras. The problem is, is that they like to be in groups of 3 or more. This is for both the otto cats and corydoras.

Steve

[smilas]

Hmmm, yes than you i did think about this.. I guess that i’ll just have to put one otto or cory when needed, from my biger tank right Next to this small one… Thans Steve, i’ll post few photos in few days so i hope you’ll coment on them!

[RescuePenguin]

I’m looking forward to seeing them

Steve

[BallAquatics]

I don’t see a problem with the Otocinclus, but the Corydoras will eat all the eggs & fry they can find.

Dennis

[RescuePenguin]

@ballpc wrote:

I don’t see a problem with the Otocinclus, but the Corydoras will eat all the eggs & fry they can find.

Dennis

Sorry for the late reply. I personally have not observed corydoras eat eggs. My wife and I have successfully triggered the spawning of 3 species of Corys. They exist in most of our aquariums. We lose most of the eggs to fungus. These eggs do “disappear”, not sure what happens to them. After saying that, we have heard of Corys eating eggs including their own. We have not heard of this or observed it for the dwarf Corys.

Steve

[ged]

Shrimp work well

[smilas]

Here is a first photo of the breeding tank, I have in it 1 male and two females

aquarium is 13L, with java moos, soon to be Niagara 190 hangon filter and Elite heater

http://www.akvarij.net/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=44467.0;attach=105060;image

[smilas]

What do you think, would The apple snail (Pomacea bridgesii ) be good algee and food remain eater?

[theemon]

i heard snails will eat the eggs, i read it here, on this site, yesterday.

apparently shrimp wont bother the eggs.

[smilas]

I had cherry shrimps and they have eaten eggs, i don’t knaw about amano shrimp?

[ged]

I have kept with mine 2 amano and one cherry I collected 60-80 fry a week and that is with the parents in the tank(2 males and 4 females). The most I collected was 110 they may eat some but they are prolific with proper care. If you have a whole colony of cherry it might be an issue. The biggest problem is the size of tank I would use a single shrimp. I imagine an otto would be fine as well .

[theemon]

maybe baby shrimp? they are tiny and also serve as live food for the cpd’s

maybe toss a few preggo rcs in there, then catch the adult rcs after they give birth.

[ged]

I would just use 1 or 2, the more mouths the more eggs in :twisted: jeopardy :twisted: IMO

[smilas]

I think i’ll go with one amano shrimp then! Thenk you so much! That 60 fry per day was from howww many parents and in how many liters, what is your secret?

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