Feeding Peppered Cories

tara brown

tara brown

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Hi guys,

I just put 3 peppered cories in my tank yesterday. They are living with 6 guppies at the moment.

I have both sinking shrimp pellets and spirulina algae tabs. I usually feed frozen food like blood worms and mosquito larvae as well as flake to the guppies.

I just fed some algea flakes this morning and i noticed a few did fall to the bottom. Should i drop some sinking food in for the cories as well or will they find stuff in the gravel to eat?

How much should i feed 3 cories?

I must say, i've only had them for a day and i already love them - they are the cutest little fish!!

Tara
 
everything you listed is also good for the cories. a couple algae tabs or the equivalent is probably enough. if it's all gone overnight, then feed more. if there's still some left in the morning, feed less. just depends upon your fish.
 
tyhey find the leftovers in the tank and they could benifit from having an algea wafer or other sinking food dropped into the tank once in a while.
my black skirts eat pretty messily and some of the flakes fall to the bottom, sometimes whole flakes fall, and then my two schwartz's corydoras eat up all of whats left, but if nothing falls, i give them some sinking pelets that only they will eat (the other fish dont like them)
 
glad to hear that you went with the pepp. cories. they must love it.
i just let mine scavange, but when i do feed them it is usually w/ shrimp pellets and/ or frozen foods that i carefully tuck under the java so the other fish wont get to it. it was a large sized cube, and the next morning they (only two!!!) ate it all.

good luck, and best of wishes, Black_Wolf :dive2:
 
I feed the rest of my fish and the cories usually get some that falls to the bottom. Then at night (maybe 3 times a week) I drop in 2 or 3 small sinking shrimp pellets after the lights are turned off. You can probably get away with less pellets if your cories are still small/juvenile fish.
 
It really isn't much of an issue. Corys are by nature meant to forage the substrate. They will get more than what they need just from the flake debris if you feed adequately.

Yes, every few days a sinking pellet is nice. I tend to lean towards the more carnivorous for corys, as they are largey omnivores and don't require a significant plant element beyond that which is already in the regular pellets. Spirulina tabs are better for otos and plecos.
 
Hi,

I feed my Cories flakes, veggie flakes, veggie wafers, New Life Spectrum Wafers, shrimp pellets, and once a week some bloodworms. Also sometimes some brine shrimp. They seem to be very happy on that diet. Just remember, the more the variety, the better.

Cory Lover
 
Thanks for the great advice on cory feeding. Now that i only have the guppies food is falling to the bottom so i will let them eat that for now. I will also do as you all suggested with the sinking pellets only a few times a week.

I put some sinking pellets in today and both the cories and guppies were eating it at the same time. The 2 species seem to get along really well.

The cories are great - i love it when they swim up and down the side of the tank or in mid water! I can see why they are such a popular fish!

I would like to get some albino cories (they would stand out a lot better on my substrate - the peppered ones blend in as its a mix of black and light brown), but i only have room for 2 more max. Would they hang out with the peppered?

Tara: becoming a cory lover!
 
It's a good chance they will hang out.

FYI: Albinos are a morph of the aeneus cory.

If you have a large tank you might consider stepping up to brochis. The "emerald green cory" is actually a brochis species and they are so adorable! They look especially cool when surrounded by a more numerous school of corys - seeing the little guys swimming passed the bigger guys is just nice to me. I don't know why. I just like it.
 
I am a fan of Panda Corys. They look cool and are great at keeping the bottom clean. I have even had a chance to see them breed when I once had some in my tank.
 
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