Feeding Peppered Cories

[Nick06]

I just added some peppered cories to my community tank. They are the only bottom feeders in this tank. While they aggressively go for the flakes I am feeding the other fish every other day, I am trying to make sure the cories are well fed. Aside from leftover flakes every other day I am feeding them one shrimp pellet each and one quarter algae wafer each on alternate days. Is this enough food for the cories?

 

[RackinRocky]

Sounds good. Also, I feed mine the sinking wafers too. I rotate the three. It gives them a little more variety.

 

[keegster803]

Yeah, I feed mine the flakes and then they get a day of black worms, every other day. But they love those worms that's for sure


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[Edelman12]

My cories do just about the same thing. They'll clean up any flakes that don't get eaten at the top. They enjoy the shrimp pellets more than anything else I have tried.


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[Stacey W.]

I feed my six panda corydora Hikari sinking wafers. They are small, soft, and dissolve easily. They get around 6 every night so my loaches can have some too.

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[Coursair]

Using a turkey baster, you can target feed frozen blood worms and or brine shrimp as well. Just thaw them in a little cup of tank water before you suck them up and then aim them at your fish


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[stooker]

Mine get hikari sinking wafers. For some reason they ignore algae wafers which I thought weird because everyone recommends them.

 

[Coursair]

Mine get hikari sinking wafers. For some reason they ignore algae wafers which I thought weird because everyone recommends them.

Well they aren't algae eaters. They may nibble on them if you are offering Algae wafers to other fish. But I know of Cories dying that were fed Algae wafers exclusively.

Cory breeders feed a meat based diet. Mostly live worms.


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[stooker]

Well they aren't algae eaters. They may nibble on them if you are offering Algae wafers to other fish. But I know of Cories dying that were fed Algae wafers exclusively.

Cory breeders feed a meat based diet. Mostly live worms.


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Yup. Guy at the LFS said algae wafers would suffice, go figure.

 

[keegster803]

Peppered corydoras are carnivores, that's why I use blackworms, they go crazy during feeding time


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