Peppered Cory Catfish Laying Eggs

Just the other day I saw some unusual movement with a few of the Cory's. As I watched one female in particular, she seemed to be "biting" one side of the male. She then started laying eggs. I thought I missed the chance to record it but this routine of chasing, biting and then laying eggs kept going for more than 30 minutes. I got my camera and was lucky to record it laying eggs.

Just found out the male releases the sperm into the females mouth...whoa...

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• laying eggs
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• corydoras
• spawning
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[Pop12646Okami]

Looks like you also had a pregnant platy. O.o

[jochan79]

@Pop12646Okami Good guess! It's actually a pregnant guppy since I only had cory's catfish and guppies at this point.

[Pop12646Okami]

@jochan79 Ahh, I can never tell the difference between those. But beautiful tank! Do you have any of the babies from the brood?

[jochan79]

@Pop12646Okami yes I actually had a bunch until last year when they died do to a blackout for 5 days. Please check out my guppy invasion video!

[Pop12646Okami]

@jochan79 Aw, sorry about your fish fry :( But I guess things like that just happen. I actually had about 17 platy fry and about five are still left.

But I'll make sure to check out the guppy video, and by the title of the video, I can tell there's going to be a lot! :P

[fish4ever24]

i hav d same dec bridge

[jochan79]

@laceylingerie if you bought a young one it might be difficult since they are small, but gradually both sexes will grow to a certain size; usually the male being smaller than the female.

Another way you can tell is that the males top fin (not sure if its called the dorsal fin) is more "pointy" and protrudes upwards than the female. Anyway, i hope your cory does well and if possible maybe you can get a few more because they love to swim in packs!

[laceylingerie]

@jochan79 i just bought ONE peppered cory today so i can't compare this one to the other corys. how can i tell if it's female or male? :/

[lumpia91791]

@rockangel49

I got lucky since I. Live in So. Cali. Most of the fish stores near me are varied. Haciende Aquatics in La Puente is where I bought me pair and still alive.

[rockangel49]

@lumpia91791 where did you find Panda corys?! none of the pet stores have them :-/