Cory Diary : Sterbai Eggs

Been a long time since I last breeded Corydoras from my hectic schedule. This is a batch of 4 sterbai. They are quite small size maybe 1.5" inch and I would say stunted growth due to limited space with full grown plants.

The eggs are quite small maybe 1.5mm only. They start appearing after I do a more thorough cleaning of the dirty old sponges and sucking up debris at the bottom ( half the tank ). In-addition I did 35% water change. Due to the hot weather, the newer water is actually higher.

Glad to see eggs which mean continuity but I won't be giving special care for the babies, if any.

Cory

2022-0714

Cory Diary : Thinking of mini setup filtration system - Part 2

Got it done in a mini-tank. The water is quite cloudy so did a 50% water change. Adding Seachem Stability daily for a week.

As above the design is cylindrical shaped and much smaller than the square box design. Right behind this UGF filter, I have a mini-sponge filter for maintenance needs.

Cory

2022-0713

Cory Diary : Thinking of mini setup filtration system - Part 1

 After watching Shrimp Mania YouTube video, I like the under gravel filter setup a lot. However, I am thinking of DIY one myself to cut cost.

There are soils in reserve which I could use. It is somewhere deep in the storage. Maybe the size is not perfect but it can still works.  There is also some spared standalone UFG design cylindrical flat filter box. See picture below.

With the cotton filter media removed to avoid clogging

What I can do is to fill the soils on top of this filter. Probably a net mesh between them. Think I can use the cloth mesh use for cleaning my toddler. I would also need a vertical pipe to guide the bubbles up through the soils. 

Next, I need to find a cylindrical container that can fit the filter setup nicely. The height needs to allow probably about 4 to 5 inch of soils. The whole system will be placed inside the tank.

Finally, my plan to fill the bottom of the container with filter stones to lift up the UGF about an inch.

Part list

1. Soils

2. Vertical tube

3. UGF Standalone filter

4. Mesh separator

5. Cylindrical Container

This setup can be use for mini tank, shrimp tank or even corydoras tank.

Cory

2022-0703