What type of food best for Corys?

cmartin

Extra tanks - no place to setup :(
Mar 14, 2007
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I have 4 little bronze corys - who are absolutely great. They are in a 10 gal with a male betta.

The betta chases them from time to time, but there has been zero damage done over the last 2 weeks so I think it is safe - the corys are too fast LOL.

My problem is that the betta eats everything I put in the tank - and try to eat it all before it hits the bottom. I went to one of my LFS and asked what I should use - and was given algae wafers.

I looked around a little and decided that I would take "freeze dried tablets" Tropical fish food. They seemed interested in it - but then again they are Corys - everything is interesting.

Should I be feeding them the freeze dried formula (bloodworm, brine shrimp, tubiflex) or go for the veggie algae wafer?

Sorry - just learning about Corys and thought this would be the best place to get a straight answer.

Thanks.
 
We drop in algae wafers and shrimp pellets.........:)
 
A little bit of both. My cories eat leftover flakes that sink to the bottom, algae wafers, frozen or dried bloodworms, frozen blackworms.......you name it. They like a varied diet.
 
I use hikari bottom feeder wafers and shrimp bits and algae discs. Every third day they git a couple slices of zucchini as well.
 
It would be best to give your cories a variety. A veggie wafer along with some meat (like bloodworms or shrimp pellets) would be sufficient for them.
 
Thanks for the advice everyone -

I didn't know that hikari made wafers. I feed hikari frozen bloodworm to my BGK. I was told that they had great quality and from the way he is growing, I'd have to agree. I will have to keep an eye out for them on my next shopping trip.

What other veggies do they like? Zuchini is not something that you usually find at our house. Would Cucumber work? peas? green beans? broccoli?

I like to vary their diets and to watch their reactions when I introduce something new.
 
Hikari Micro Wafers. They're awesome for bottom feeders.
 
I use hikari bottom feeder wafers and shrimp bits and algae discs. Every third day they git a couple slices of zucchini as well.
Yup, essentially what I do as well. They love me for it! ;)
 
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