I have been trying to get some food (bloodworms/pellets) to the bottom for my corys and betta but everytime I drop some in the school of neons swarms in on it and devours it. I've had them for 1 week now and they are getting fat!! I ended up attaching a chunk of frozen bloodworms to a stainless washer with a rubber band to sink it fast but they were still after the worms, they were so crazy they were dodging attacks from my betta and swimming between all the corys to get more. Is there any danger of them becoming sick?
Will my neon tetras eat too much?
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Same thing happened with a female danio I had feed a varity, like pellets-sinking type the neons will be occupied at the upper levels with more of a floating food while the cories eat the sinking stuff. And yes your fish can over eat, If you feed it they will eat.
A couple things to try...
1. The old "create a diversion" tactic. Doesn't always work, but it often does for me. I get some flake food in one hand, and try to get the attention of all those fast little fishes, and drop in the flakes at one side of my tank. Once it is clear all the fishes realize I'm feeding over there, without stopping my flake dropping there, I drop a sinking pellet, tablet, whatever at the complete opposite end of the tank. 90% of the time my zebra danios (the fast ones) are so involved in their flake feeding fest that they completely miss the drop.
2. Most bottom feeders like corys find food by smell, whereas most top feeders like neons find it by sight. So wait until you have turned off the lights (both in the tank and in the room the tank is in) for a half hour or an hour, and the neons will likely all be asleep. Then drop in your food intended for your bottom feeders. Even in the pitch black, they will find it by smell.
1. The old "create a diversion" tactic. Doesn't always work, but it often does for me. I get some flake food in one hand, and try to get the attention of all those fast little fishes, and drop in the flakes at one side of my tank. Once it is clear all the fishes realize I'm feeding over there, without stopping my flake dropping there, I drop a sinking pellet, tablet, whatever at the complete opposite end of the tank. 90% of the time my zebra danios (the fast ones) are so involved in their flake feeding fest that they completely miss the drop.
2. Most bottom feeders like corys find food by smell, whereas most top feeders like neons find it by sight. So wait until you have turned off the lights (both in the tank and in the room the tank is in) for a half hour or an hour, and the neons will likely all be asleep. Then drop in your food intended for your bottom feeders. Even in the pitch black, they will find it by smell.
I'll try those ideas. Thanks guys. My cichlids would stop when they were full so it was much easier, I just had to scoop out the remaining pellets.