Algae wafer questions

[Travis32]

Just would like some people's opinions. I have 6 cories in my tank and feed them with 1 algaev wafer every other day (along with flakes). I am just curious if you through whole wafer in tank, cut it in half, or break into pieces, or crush it completely? Thanks everyone.

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[brennae]

Corys are more meat eaters than algae eaters so if you only feed algae you will starve them. Try Hikari sinking wafers they have more protein

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[Travis32]

Sorry, I am using the correct wafers, I just said algae wafer as it was just easier to type. I am looking for opinions on how you feed the wafers to them

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[Coyne]

It depends on the size of the cories and the size of the wafers. The wafers I get are about the size of a U.S. penny. For my six Panda cories I put a whole wafer in, but broken in half so they aren't all crowded around the same place. For my seven Pygmy cories I only give half a wafer as they are much smaller.

I think cories would be classified as omnivorous, so they need a little bit of both meat and plant in their diet. Double check your food to see what its ingredients are.
I can't say this is true for all brands, but the wafers I get are also made with fish protein. Kelp and spirulina are the primary ingredients, but there's krill, shrimp and salmon in there too.


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[Travis32]

Mine has fish meal as first ingredient then a lot of vegetable stuff and toward the end it lists krill meal and spirulina.

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[Travis32]

Specifically, mine is the Hikari Algae Wafers (green and white package)

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[brennae]

Ok. You need the orange and white package. These wafers are small and I feed several a day. Not one per cory but more than one so everybody gets some. These wafers have vegetable matter and algae and protein from fish.

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[Travis32]

Okay, thanks Brennae.

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