Corys stealing food from loaches

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spencerguy1

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hey, i have a slight problem. my corys are hoarding all the food, and my lizard loaches arent getting any. any suggestions? ive put extra pellets in but either the loaches dont notice it or the corys get that too. the loaches are to shy to hand feed, and i dont have another tank for them right now, but i will in the near future. any suggestions?


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spencerguy1

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37 gallon.

its got

8 serpae tetras
7 black phantom tetras
2 lizard loaches
5 albino cories
1 bulldog pleco
2 bamboo shrimp
1 assasin snail
lots of pond snails
and a bunch of plants.
 

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maybe the loaches dont feel comfortable enough bc they dont have enough friends. try adding 1 or 2 more. if you cant try feeding the corys on one side and the loaches on the other side of the tank. or spot feed them. take a tub and direct the food right in front of the loaches
 

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thx, im gonna get 2 more soon. ive tryed both of those, but neither seem to work. theyre too shy to spot feed.
 

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nobody?
 

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Start adding more food and more frequent. But I believe they are getting something that is falling off into the substrate. After all they are not dying.
 

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Try feeding in the places where you see them hide? But if they r still alive, then it should be okay.
 

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ya. aperently their species is known to eat algae, so they must be getting some of that.
 
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