Feeding corys

[Paul]

I bought some of those sinking wafers for my two corys, but whenever I drop them in, the swordtails eat them first. Is there any other way I can feed the corys or will they have to live on whatever they can find in the gravel?

Thanks.

 

[stoopid]

Having the same problem here... if they aint dead they're getting enough food, so don't sweat it.

I also use shrimp pellets because they break apart and the cories find the scraps later...

 

[TKOS]

For my tank I put the sinking tablets and flake food in at the same time and the cories get theirs and the other fish spend their time trying to get the flakes. I actually have one cory that does his best to swim to the top and eat the flakes as they fall. Sort of the opposite problem.

 

[WolfPup522]

I have danios in with my cories and I feed them mostly flake food, but also treat them with frozen foods occasionally. I feed them first (they will go after the tablets if I put them in first) so they are pre-occupied with "their" food when the tablets get put in. The cories then get their fair share of the tablets and also eat the flake/frozen food that manages to get past the danios and fall to the bottom.

 

[JSchmidt]

You can also feed right at lights-out; the cories will scrounge around and find the food eventually.

Mine are remarkable at finding enough to eat.

Jim

 

[TKOS]

double post

 

[WaterBaby]

I agree with JSchmidt. I also had this problem with thieves. I feed the cories at night, just before I turn out the light in the tank. Seems to work.