Help on care for Leopard Corydoras fry

[Tony]

Bros out there, pls help! My leopard corydoras in 2ft low tech planted tank with 5 fantail goldfish spawned 2 weeks ago, literally close to a hundred eggs. Upon my return, only managed to scope up around 15 eggs that are hidding in crevice or under nana leaves.

The eggs have since hatched and I've been feeding them daily drips of solution meant for new born that I got from LFS. I've also setup a separate tank for 1 week that is still cycling with water from the main tank waiting to receive the fry. (the thank under cycling, has GEX green soil, think moss on coconut shell and some very fine pin leave bushy plant (not sure the name but very good cover).

Need advice how long can I continue feeding the drips. My place does not have LFS and I prefer to feed processed dry food. Please advice what type and brand of processed dry food can I feed these fry and when to start?

Thanks.

[celticfish]

Do you have them in a breeding trap?
It would make feeding a lot easier.
Add some java moss as these have some micro-organism they can feed on too.
You can try feeding them crushed flake food.
If they take to it then it should be smooth sailing.

[Tony]

Hi celticfish,

No, I've scooped the eggs out and left them to hatch in a "tau huay" bowl with some spikey moss. Been feeding them with commercially packaged drips for fry from LFS for 2 weeks now.

My 2ft tank is too small to house a breeding trap so I've set up a nano tank as mentioned earlier and is cycling it for 1 week already. Waiting to transfer the fry there till they are grown up. Today I noticed my bushy needle-like plant actually melted and had to clear them, will siphon out the water and put a moss carpert tonight instead. Will be collecting a SF-601 external filter from a bro tonight and put the bio-homme that I've been cycling for a week into the new canister.

Should I continue to cycle for another week or will it be better to put the fry inside the nano tank tonight? I've been only doing weekend water top-up of the "tau huay" bowl using water from the 2ft tank where they were born. I read about the need for clean water and is not sure how long more can I keep the fry healthy in the "tau Hua" bowl. Any advice or suggestion is welcome.

I try to crash some flakes and see if they will bite it, so far done seem to notice them eating but they have grown in size alittle from 2 weeks ago.