This is my weekend for random "chatty" posts.
I have 4 corys in my 25 gal tank and I just adore them. Even my roommate who has glanced at the tank maybe half a dozen times was taken with them. Everything I have read here says that they are nocturnal and to drop the sinking wafers in after you turn the tank lights out. After forgetting to feed them entirely for several days in a row, I just got into the habit of dropping all of the food in at once and letting the fish sort it out. Of course, the balloon mollies have to nibble at EVERYTHING... but the corys soon got into the action, even though they get fed a good 2-3 hours before the tank lights get turned off. They normally just hang out in the corners of the tank behind the big plastic plants. I have a terra cotta pot in 2 pieces that make "caves," but no one uses them... Even the pleco is mostly out in plain sight when all the lights are on. This morning I caught it upside down on the heater....
Now the corys are just as active as the other fish at feeding time, and they search the bottom of the tank as soon as the lid is opened. The same with my pleco, which I have also read is a nocturnal fish. It will actually chase away the mollies when they gather at the bottom, in order to see if they've found anything edible. If it does find something, it "nurses" on the wafer chip and flares it's fins at any mooching mollies. They're really wonderful to watch!
Just had to share...
I have 4 corys in my 25 gal tank and I just adore them. Even my roommate who has glanced at the tank maybe half a dozen times was taken with them. Everything I have read here says that they are nocturnal and to drop the sinking wafers in after you turn the tank lights out. After forgetting to feed them entirely for several days in a row, I just got into the habit of dropping all of the food in at once and letting the fish sort it out. Of course, the balloon mollies have to nibble at EVERYTHING... but the corys soon got into the action, even though they get fed a good 2-3 hours before the tank lights get turned off. They normally just hang out in the corners of the tank behind the big plastic plants. I have a terra cotta pot in 2 pieces that make "caves," but no one uses them... Even the pleco is mostly out in plain sight when all the lights are on. This morning I caught it upside down on the heater....
Now the corys are just as active as the other fish at feeding time, and they search the bottom of the tank as soon as the lid is opened. The same with my pleco, which I have also read is a nocturnal fish. It will actually chase away the mollies when they gather at the bottom, in order to see if they've found anything edible. If it does find something, it "nurses" on the wafer chip and flares it's fins at any mooching mollies. They're really wonderful to watch!
Just had to share...