# My Panda Corys have bred **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957 "2016-05-17T02:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/21 "2016-05-18T23:14:41Z")
I love panda cories so I don’t see the problem here. Mom and Dad get some fun and your angelfish won’t let the spawn live for more than a day before they complete the Circle of Life. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/22 "2016-05-18T23:45:09Z")
I don’t have any angelfish. I don’t care for them, and anyway, I don’t think they like RO water. What I probably need is a loach that likes RO water. ETA: my loach “Digger” eliminated my pest snail problem, because he loves him some snail eggs. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/23 "2016-05-19T00:05:26Z")
Had a kuhli loach that lived in the under-gravel filter and only came out to eat. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/24 "2016-05-21T01:08:14Z")
> [@Bruce\_Wayne](#): > > Congrats to the OP. Baby fish means your doing something right and it’s really rewarding. > > I have a 29 gallon African cichlid tank that’s gonna be upgraded to a 75 that’s currently being cycled. I bought an RO unit specifically for this new tank to deal with phosphates and algae growth on Texas holey rock. When I went from a 20 gallon to a 40 gallon, I didn’t need to cycle, because I used all the gravel, decorations, and plants from the old tank, plus, I put the old filter on the new tank along with the bigger filter. It was essentially like doing a 50% water change. I didn’t lose a single fish, or plant. Using the old filter is a big deal. When I wanted to set up the old 20 gallon again as an RO tank, I used the old filter, with all its bacteria, and some plants and decorations from established tanks. I ran it for just a week, adding Seachem “starter” every day, and the added (hardy) fish. Didn’t lose one. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/25 "2016-05-21T02:05:09Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > When I went from a 20 gallon to a 40 gallon, I didn’t need to cycle, because I used all the gravel The beneficial bacteria does the work of starting up. I low fish load helps. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/26 "2016-05-21T02:20:30Z")
A low fish load helps. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/27 "2016-05-21T11:04:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > A low fish load helps. 🙂 It was a low fish load for a 40 gallon tank. High load for 20. That’s why I upgraded. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/28 "2016-05-22T19:58:44Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > For some reason I assumed Panda Corys were dogs. Which really brought me up short when I read that they were egg layers. A panda-colored Corgi sounds adorable! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/29 "2016-05-26T00:05:42Z")
Well, they’ve done it again. The two from the last “litter” or whatever are about 1.5cm, and now some teeny-tiny little corys have shown up. They’re about 5mm long. I tried to catch the 1.5cm fish to take them to them store, and couldn’t get them. I’m going to have to take all the decorations, and possibly the plants out in order to catch them. I think I figured out what I must’ve done, though. About 3 months ago I put in a plant with broad leaves that the corys like to sit on. That’s probably where they are laying. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/30 "2016-05-26T01:13:46Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > The two from the last “litter” or whatever are I believe it is a “spawning”. 🙂 I am surprised that you take them to the pet store when they are so small. I would want to watch them grow up, following their parents around like baby ducks. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/31 "2016-05-26T01:20:37Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I believe it is a “spawning”. 🙂 > I am surprised that you take them to the pet store when they are so small. I would want to watch them grow up, following their parents around like baby ducks. Panda corys don’t get as big as other corys, so that’s actually pretty big. I don’t want them to get so big that I lose track of which ones the new ones are. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/32 "2016-05-26T01:51:40Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Panda corys don’t get as big as other corys, so that’s actually pretty big. You amaze me, Sir. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957/33 "2016-06-05T23:45:27Z")
The first two went off to the fish store a while ago. Right now I have one that is about 1.25cm, three that are about 6mm, and four or five that are teeny-tiny. I’m feeding cory pellets, freeze-dried brine shrimp larvae, and a high-quality flake food. There are tetras and rasboras in the tank as well, who are not spawning, thank goodness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957.md?page=1)