Help Needed - Cory eggs rescued but don't have separate tank

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    Dinky

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    @DoubleDutch - I’ve got Sterbai and two lone bronze ones. Disaster struck with my last batch. Came home to find my female bronze Cory inside the breeding box, and not a single fry in sight! Felt like crying! How on earth did she manage to get into the box?? Resqued some more eggs earlier today. Hoping for the best.
     
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    Awwww she ate all ?

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    Don't want to steal your show, but super excited....

    I was checking my tank with a torch earlier to try and sneak a peak at some nocturnals, when I found this....
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    It's not very clear as I was balancing a torch in the one hand, while trying to keep the cellphone in the other hand and snapping a pic.
    The substrate is Seachem Flourite Black and the plants in the foreground are Crypt Parva, while the fish is a baby Panda.
    How long it has been in the tank I have no idea.
    There are 5 adults in the tank, and I have in the past occasionally rescued some eggs, but have never had a successful hatching.
    This little guy was about 1cm in size, and swimming around under the Ludwigia Repens quite happily on his own, as far as I could see.
     
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    I think i must try the same tonight. Only seen mine once :(
     
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    @Pezulu - Please join in, the more the merrier! Congratulations with your little one!

    I put my eggs into a breeding box, no lid on and with an air stone in. I also don't stick it to the side, but leave it to float. The air-stone keeps it from drifting away, but still allows for movement.

    My cory started breeding after I stopped doing daily water changes, and shifted to one big change a week.

    My batch from March 12 was eaten by a Cory that somehow ended up in the breeding box. Had another batch hatch last night. Hoping for the best with them.

    Keep me posted about yours.
     
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    Any updates? My bronze cory colony laid some eggs for the first time this week in a community tank. Most went mouldy pretty quickly but next time I'll set up a breeding net or separate tank
     

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