How much to feed my cories?

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Hi,

I picked up 25 cories today at the cinncinnati fish auction and I am wondering how much I should feed them. Planning on alternatively using shrimp pellets and/or bloodworms.
So how many pellets?
For my other fish, I figure the food should be totatlly gone after a minute or two--what is a good rule of thumb for bottom dwellers like cories?

thanks
nterry

 

rocker92

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what kind of corydoras are they?

 

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orange shoulder cories

 

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• Oct 11, 2009

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I've always gone with one pellet or wafer at a time, but I've never had to feed 25 corys!

Are they the only fish in the tank? How often do you clean the substrate?

 

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I usually go with 1 shrimp pellet/stick per 2 big cories (or 3 smaller ones) and see how fast they're eating them.

 

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I agree with theredchaser. A stick for every 2 cories for the large cories, not the pygmies. Except for growing out young cories. Young cories seem to be insatiable! I have two young ones in my shrimp tank so I see exactly what they eat and they each get a stick a piece each morning and overnight. It is so gone in the morning! What type of cories do you have?