Calab

I've been watching my fish lately and I'm starting to wonder if all of my critters are getting enough to eat.

When I put flakes/pellets/bloodworms/pea in the tank most of the fish go nuts trying to get their share. I'm sure that those fish get enough to eat. Nobody seems to like the lettuce though.

Unfortunately I never see some of these guys, like my schwartz cory, algae eater and snails, actually eat anything. I don't see algae in my tank, so I'm not sure what they'd be eating. The cory is usually zipping up and down the glass, and sometime sifting through the sand, but he just passes over any pellets, etc. that are there. The algae eater is usually sucking on the tank glass, or driftwood, or other stuff, but there isn't anything that I could see that he'd be eating. As for the snails, I just never see them anymore.

I guess that there isn't much I can do... I am going to try some zuccini tomorrow. Other than that I guess it's just wait and see.

Anyone have any suggestions as to what to do here?


Tank details:

- 10 Gallon -----
2 Albino cories
5 Neon tetras
1 Male betta
4 Male turquois guppies
6 Malaysian trumpet snails
Cabomba
Mixed fake plants
2 ceramic barrel decorations
2 1" airstones
50 watt heater
Whisper 15 HOB filter + undergravel filter


- 33 Gallon -----
1 Schwartzs cory
1 Golden chinese algea eater
2 Blue danios
1 Male silver molly
1 Female black molly
1 Female blonde guppy
2 Female tuxedo(?) guppies
4 Male blonde guppies
2 Male tuxedo guppies
1 Male red albino sword
2 Female red albino sword
1 Red glass rosy barb
12 Malaysian trumpet snails
Cabomba
Java moss
2 Driftwood
Mixed fake plants
Various rocks
5" airstone
150 watt heater
Aquaclear 70 HOB filter

COBettaCouple

Veggies slices is one thing. Another thing is to break up veggie/algae wafers and drop the pieces in spots around the tank a little while after the lights are out.

Blub

Please don't put a Betta in a community. Neon tetras just love ripping his fins off - even if they don't do it now they will discover how fun it is for them! Please, please get him a seperate tank to himself. They also hate overstocked tank like the tank he is in!

Corys don't eat algae. Don't even touch it. They need bottom feeder pellets, so try those. Bear in mind most fish will take bottom feeder pellets. Remember, fish can go for 2 weeks without food with ease!

Butters

I feed my cory algae waffers and he loves to eat 'em! He's extremly active and always swimming around rapidly on the bottom with his nose in the gravel.