Feed my cories

[kamikaze_fish]

Ok, I expect to get some people mad at me for even asking but I've been researching what's best for feeding my cories. Every once in a while one of my guppy fry will die which I believe is normal. They end up at the bottom of the tank. After reading about cories, I know they will eat dead, non diseased fish, as part of their diet. Assuming I'm keeping a close watch on my ammonia, is there anything wrong with letting the cories eat the dead fry?

I'm also open on suggestions on what else to feed them, I know sinking pellets, but what and how often do you feed yours?

[Blueiz]

Nothing wrong at all with letting them scavange, personally I would remove the dead if there was a lot of them, just for the sake of having to look at them.. There again too, if you have a lot of fry dying, you need to figure out why..:)

I feed my cories when I feed my other fish, about every other day.

[saram521]

I feed my cories every day with sinking pellets, alternating with frozen foods like bloodworms and mysis shrimp once a week and sometimes less frequently. I do fast my fish once a week, including the cories, but that's a bit off subject. Do feed your cories as often as you do your other fish, and also with as much thought as to what you're feeding them.

[grannylvsfish]

why are your fish dying?? Also that would raise your amonia levels and nitrites . whats so hard about feeding them pellets, and puttign tubifex ( my cories favorites) and cucumber on a clip and dropping it to the bottom of the tank? really cories are easy to feed. dump the dead fish in the toilet and find out why your guppies are croaking :)

[kamikaze_fish]

It's the fry. Only the strong survive. I usually have one or 2 that die within a month after birth. I don't deal with it as a frequent occurance. I'm more or less wondering if it's a treat to them, since it's natural to them, and it would mean a tiny bit less for me to worry about doing. When counting 20+ fry each day, it can become tedious to have to search in a tank full of fry and decorations to find the missing one. Why not let nature take it's course. And I do watch my levels very closely.

[Blueiz]

Just to make sure everyone that has posted here about dead fish rotting in the tank and water parameters, there is zero difference in allowing the cories to scavenge on a dead fish and feeding them worms, of any kind. Fish food will rott in the tank as well. So removing the dead fish and in turn feeding the cories another food is contradictory. The main difference is that the size of the dead fish cannot be controlled as the portions of food given is, therefore any uneaten dead fish parts need to be removed in a timely manner, just as you would if you were feeding anything else.

[Dwarf Puffers]

I feed mine shrimp pellets and they get other things that drop from above. Mine have never touched a dead fish?

[kamikaze_fish]

I was just thinking it might be ok instead of trying to rush a dead fish out of the tank. Yeah, it sounds non traditional, but if i wanted traditional I'd have a puppy.

[leeser28]

I've never really fed my cories anything special - they swim around and eat the regular flake food when I feed the rest of the fish. They've lived for over 5 years and seem happy and active - but after reading some of the above I might look into some sinking pellets.