How much to feed them?

[Shaz]

I have two cories. A Pink Cory (although it was sold to me as a ghost cory) and a Peppered Cory.
The food i got from my lfs is Catfish Pellet Food and they are tiny!
I am not too sure how many i should be giving my cories?
They get fed twice a day and i drop in about 2/3 pellets per feed.
Is this enough/too much?

Also, the pellets came with free algae wafers. I've tried them on these tonight. The wafers just float there and they took no interest so after 5 mins i scooped it out and feed them their normal.

 

[ChilDawg]

As you've found out, Cories aren't too fond of algae wafers.

In order to tell you if you are feeding the correct amounts, we need more info on these pellets.

I would be remiss if I didn't tell you that Cories like to be kept in larger groups than just two. Four is usually the absolute minimum that people recommend, but six or more is even better.

 

[Shaz]

The pellets are Catfish pellet Food with immuno Health Booster with algae and vitamin C by King British

 

[Shaz]

Anyone??

 

[Ewee the Arab]

JMO but for dry food i prefere to use Tera Prima. My corys love it and go on a mad search the minute it hits the water. For 2 corys i would only add 5 or 6 pieces of this. Sorry ive never use the BK stuff.

 

[Archangel]

If the food is really small, you shouldn't feed them any more than they can eat in about 5 minutes. As to the wafers, try soaking them till they sink. Mine love them (I have some in a 10 gal)

Also, be sure to break the food up and spread it out. One of my cory's is twice the size of the others because I never thought about breaking up the wafer, and she ate all of it herself.

 

[Shaz]

Ok cool, thanks for your replies!
xxx

 

[cloud]

I put in Hikari Algae Wafers, initially for my pleco, but my Bronze corys go crazy for them. They also like bloodworms, chicken, and veggies.