Mystery Fry

[Tiffany]

Spotted 2 large fish eggs on one of my moss balls and put the moss ball in a breeder net 2 days ago. They hatched today and I have no idea what they are. They move pretty fast and stay under the moss ball. I have 2 siamese algae eaters, 2 roseline sharks and 4 panda corys that could be the proud parents. Has anyone ever raised these kinds of fish? I would appreciate any advise on raising fry from the egg. I have only raised live bearers.

[Sandy]

That sounds very cool. Keep us up to date on what they are.

[Gerwin]

well damn.... the title got me,

I thought you were having some sort of cook out but we did not know yet what was going to be fried. I am betting Cory Catfish btw. Have seen them breed in captivity and with 4 the odds of having a pr are increased over the other species you have. Just using a little logic to hedge my bet

[Tiffany]

Well if I can keep them alive we will see if you are correct. If not, well then I guess it will remain a mystery.

[Tiffany]

Well unfortunatly they did not make it more than a week. I believe Master G was correct in his assumption, they had a vertical black stripe like the panda cory's.

[Tiffany]

Ok, found another egg 3 wks ago on a moss ball and floated it in a cup this time to keep the angelfish from trying to suck the fry through the bottom of the breeder net. Well this one hatched and I released it into my 2.5 gal baby tank with some baby cherry barbs. Never saw it and assumed it didn't make it. Finaly spied it last night for the first time and yes once again Master G is correct. It is a 1/4 inch replica of its parents, a cute little baby panda cory.

[Gerwin]

cool, need a pic

[Redfish]

Congrats to you

[Tiffany]

Would love to get a pic but the little sucker darts into the java moss as soon as I spot it. Will keep trying. Wish me luck.