Spawning log #0001: Corydoras parallelus
General comments
Bought as a breeding group from Joakim Schön.
Date & Time
Date
2022-01-26
Spawning time
after noon to afternoon a week later
Water parameters
Temperature at spawning
23 - 24°C / 73.4 - 75°F
pH
7.2-7.2
kH
120 ppm
dH
500 ppm
TDS
208 ppm
EC
No value given
Nitrate (NO3)
0 ppm
Food & Triggers
Food Fed previous 7 days
- Live food - Grindal / Enchytraeus / White worms
- Live Food - Baby Brine Shrimp
- Gel Food - Repashy Grub Pie
- Gel Food - Repashy Spawn & Grow
- Sinking Pellets - Omnivore
Other Foods
Bugbite
Spawning Triggers
- Lowered Temperature
- Lowered Hardness
- Water change with RO / Rain Water
- Normal Water Change
- Passing Low Pressure / Storm
Other Spawning Triggers
Spawning group
Females
4 females
Males
4 males
Active Females
4 females
Active Males
2 males
Size Females
No value given
Size Males
No value given
Age Females
No value given
Active Males
No value given
Origin of Breeding Group
- Males - Bred
- Females- Bred
Eggs & Hatch rate
Eggs laid
500
Eggs laid at a time
- 1 egg
Unfertile eggs at spawning time
Hatched eggs
200
Hatch rate (approx.)
1-25%
Fry surviving 2 weeks
25
Egg Placement
- On glass - high
- On glass - low
- On silicon seams
- On leaves on the bottom
- On Filter / Pumphead
- In cave / Under root
- On cave / Root
- On Snail
Egg Handling
Type of Antifungal
- Alder Cone(s)
- Methylene Blue
- Salt
Number of Cones
1
Drops of MB
2
Amount of Salt
1 pinch
Hatching Container Size
1.5 l / 0.4 gal
Egg diameter
2.8 mm / 0.11 in
Comments to Hatching
Divided into 3 containers. Salt in one, MB in one and 2 cones in one. 2 first did not go well. The last hatched very well but killed all the fry (and some C. sipaliwini) by over-feeding when I was going a way for 24 hours!
Feeding
First Fry Food
- Micro Worms
- Baby Brine Shrimp
- Fine "Dust" Food
Fry started Eating
6 days
Spawning Tank Setup
Size
80 l / 21 gal
Length
60 cm / 24 in
Height
35 cm / 14 in
Water Level
30 cm / 14 in
Type of Substrate
- Fine sand
- Sand
- Leaves
Decorations
- Leaves, large
- Leaves, small
- Caves Small
Type of filtration
- Spongefilter Small - High Flow
- Spongefilter Medium - High Flow
Water Flow
Medium
Type of Lighting
LED light
Lighting Period
00-04 hours
Lighting Intensity
Medium
Comments & Additions
Reported by
Reported by
Kristian Adolfsson
Country
Sweden
Web site
YouTube Channel