I'll begin by the purchase of my Corys while attending the club's Giant Auction last year, I noticed them there.

When the time came to bid on them, everybody was interested in them. I got lucky and purchased a breeding trio for eight bucks; great deal.

After reading a couple books and talking to different club members, I felt I was ready to give them a whirl. I set up a ten gallon tank, with a corner filter, heater, gravel and a few rocks. I took about seven gallons of water from a tank the fish were already in and three gallons of one day aged water. They seemed quite happy in their new home.

The second day, I siphoned out roughly two gallons and added straight tap water. I also shut the heater off.

The third day went by and all was well. On the fourth day I repeated with another water change, roughly two gallons. As well, I noticed that the Cory's were a light, light, pink in colour.

The next morning at about 6:00 am it was happening. There were roughly fifty eggs stuck to the glass already. I watched for about an hour. The female would hold a couple eggs in her fins. The males would come sit beside her for about thirty seconds and then she'd be off to stick them on the glass walls of the tank.

Around noon I decided to have another look. I was surprised to see so many eggs, I lost count. I removed the parents at that time. I set my heater to 78ø F and completely darkened the tank. I also added an airstone for more circulation.

Four days later, I had fry all over the place. I still couldn't count them to see how many I actually had. I fed them crushed flake food, and later on newly hatched brine shrimp.

As the weeks went by, I could finally count my new young Cory's. I had one hundred and sixty-three to be exact.

My breeding trio have spawned for me four times now. The number has risen to approximately 450 young Cory's.

Not much more I can tell you, except that it was $8.00 well spent.