Feeding pygmy cories?

[mtncrux]

I have a 10 gallon tank with 3 guppies and 3 Corydoras pygmaeus. I have a newbie question about feeding the pygmy cories.

The pygmy cories are very small. I would guess that they are about 1/2" not including their tail.

I am feeding Tetramin flakes and Tetracolor crisps. Two feedings per day, and I try to keep the feedings light, but "light" for a newbie may not be as light as I think.

Ammonia, NItrite, and NItrate are all 0. (I have several bunches of fast growing anacharis plants which I suspect are keeping the nitrate low)

The cories are very active and constantly foraging for food, but I never see a cory actually eating food. If there is a pea size piece of flake food, the cory will swim right over it without noticing. I never see them nibbling bites off of the food.

How do I know if the cories are getting enough to eat if I never see them actually eating?

Do I need to be feeding them a different food?

Do they only eat particles of food smaller than their mouths, or should I expect to see them nibbling on a bigger piece of food?

Should I just relax and assume that they are getting enough leftover particles of food to keep them happy?

 

[mtncrux]

I forgot to mention that I cycled the tank with just the guppies and then added the cories a few days ago. Trates,

 

[Scottyhorse]

They are new, therefor scared. It will take a few days before they feel comfortable enough to eat. I feed mine Hikari Sinking Waffers, and they eat little bits of leaves that have fallen off. I will also supplement them with veggies.

 

[mtncrux]

OK Thank.

I will give them a few more days before I worry, and I will pick up some of those sinking wafers the next time I am in the fish store.

 

[librarygirl]

Try some shrimp pellets too, my corys go nuts for those. They're probably still getting used to their environment. Plus it's hard to see corys actually eat....they'll go over a bit of food and stop and if you look closely you can see them nibbling something, then they'll move on.

 

[Ozy]

Baby brine shrimp gets massacred by my habrosus cory’s frozen or live. They didn’t eat much the first 2 days I had them though.