Cory diet and food to feed?

I am currently feeding my Pygmy Cories only algae wafers and shrimp pellets (both Omega One). What else can I add to their diet? Will Cories eat fresh veggies?

 

You can try the veggies, but mine don't touch them. Something you might want to try though to trick them a little is to push some of the shrimp pellets or other pellets into something like zucchini. They will probably go after them trying to get the sticks out, and will be eating a little zucchinI while they try! Mine also go apey over the Omega One tubifex worms. Push the square against the glass just above the gravel line and watch them go, but don't do this more than twice a week. These worms are very fatty, and can really mess up a tank. They are quite messy! You can also keep your eyes out for other kinds of sinking sticks like earthworm, veggie, and plankton sticks. Variety is the key. kens fish is a good place to find different kinds of foods.

 

So, basically I just feed them whatever other sinking foods I can find? And tubifex worms...where do you get those?
I'm actually kind of relieved that they won't eat veggies, because I am planning to add Otos to that tank and I was a bit worried there'd be a war over food...

This is way off subject, but I don't feel like starting a new thread. Right now I think I have 3 Pygmy Cories (that is, 2 died :'( and 1 has like disappeared...keep in mind I can't see a thing in that tank, it looks like pea soup there's so much algae... Don't worry though it's starting to go away, hopefully lots of water changes will do the trick...) Hopefully I can get more, but idk when my lfs will stock Pygmies again, they're kind of rare. Anyway, one of them looks a little swollen or fatter in the belly, as well as just a little bit bigger. They're all pretty much full grown. Could the fat one be a female full of eggs? Or are female Cories just fatter in the first place? (little confused about that) If she is a female, and the others are males, is there any chance of spawning? And if I should ever have catfish spawn (I think I'm also getting Otos and Panda Cories for that tank), what the heck do I do?

phew lost of questions!

 

You can get tubifex worms just about anywhere you buy fish food. I do not recommend the Wardley brand though. My fish would not touch them! They usually come in squares. Here's an example.



I would recommend the Omega One or HikarI brand.

As far as telling the males from the females, I believe the females are usually plumper than the males. You may be right about the "fatter" one being a female.

 

Don't worry, you couldn't pay me to buy Wardley...

Thanks for the help.

 

Mine just eat the occasional worm plus flake food and shrimp pellets and are fine. The only problem is the betta trying to eat the shrimp pellets whole...

You might want to get a snail to keep that algae down. I have a mystery snail and I never have any serious algae problems except in a couple of inaccessible areas I have to clean myself.

 

I am planning on getting a mystery snail, though I am also probably getting Otos and they will probably get the algae first. Hopefully the dumb algae will go away soon, I can't see my cute little fishies. :'( *pout*
I found Omega One tubifex worms at Petsmart, however they only come in a larger sized can so I think I will wait to get them until I have more Cories.

 

Just curious what y'all feed your Corys. I love them! I just got them today and I just love watching them trying to pile onto each other.

 

In addition to left over flake food, I give mine sinking pellets and algae discs.

 

I feed mine flake, sinking veggie pellets and occasional blood worms.

 

Mine get everything:
Shrimp pellets, flake, bloodworms, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, tubifex, spirilina sheets (LFS special, haven't seen 'em anywhere else), algae wafers and live mosquito larvae (when in season).

Just curious, what species did you get?

 

I don't feed my corys. I feed my tank, hoping NOT to see enough fall to the bottom to have a noticeable amount for the corys. They do just fine and they always find something, and I know my tank is cleaner for it....

I always feed a variety of foods though, so I'm sure they get plenty. I have three of them in three different tanks, all growing and happy. l

 

Cool! I feed my sinking shrimp pellets and an occasional algae wafer and whatever is leftover from the other fish. I just love them...they are so fun to watch!

 

Jacko, How do you keep those sheets down? Or do they just sink over time? My LPS has a bunch of them for 50% off.

 

I usually pinch the sheets/flakes and put them in the water then let go for the bottom feeders.

 

Shrimp pellets, algae wafers, sometimes throw in a few flakes (sshhhh don't tell the platys!). Will be starting them on more live food once I start breeding.

 

I feed them sinking pellets once a day.

 

found this on youetube.

 

its videos like that ^^ that show not even the best of aquariums compares to what goes on and what is seen in the wild

 

wow! that is so cool!

 

They look so sweet!

 

I love watching the films on the fish in their natural habitats! How cool!

There is a show that came on Discovery that showed Oscars eating fish, Discus in their natural habitats, plecos it was so cool! I have one recording this week that my husband said they show convict cichilds.

 

I love watching the films on the fish in their natural habitats! How cool!

There is a show that came on Discovery that showed Oscars eating fish, Discus in their natural habitats, plecos it was so cool! I have one recording this week that my husband said they show convict cichilds.

Since I watched Planet Earth, I am obsessed with getting a bamboo shrimp...

 

It's amazing how fish look in the wild.

 

Now that is what I want for a tank, just a flat but large tank, filled with just cories, in their natural habitat type of tank.

Since I watched Planet Earth, I am obsessed with getting a bamboo shrimp...

Which Planet Earth?
Tom

 

Now that is what I want for a tank, just a flat but large tank, filled with just cories, in their natural habitat type of tank.



Which Planet Earth?
Tom

same here that's what I want to do as well

I wish I had a big tank with lots of corys like that

 

Beautiful love that video

 

wow!!!!! i've decided it's time to work on installing an olympic sized pool at my house.....

 

That's soooo cool. They remind me of cute little mice. I wish mine would do that. I have had 6 peppered cories for a year and they never school like that. They just pick at the gravel all day, completely unaware of each other.

 

After seeing this, kinda makes me want to bump up my number of corydoras in my tank.

Remember folks, this is the reason why people here suggest keeping them in groups.

 

That is awesome! I need about 1K more corydoras

 

Definitely awesome

 

Yeah, seriously. How many pandas can you fit in a 500-gallon indoor pond, I wonder? ;D

 

Awesome vid AP. I love how you can see the same movement behaviour in the vid and in my tank, how they kind of leap frog over eachother as they work the bottom.

 

Awesome vid AP. I love how you can see the same movement behaviour in the vid and in my tank, how they kind of leap frog over eachother as they work the bottom.

Very cool. Makes me want a leaf litter corydora tank.

 

Yeah, seriously. How many pandas can you fit in a 500-gallon indoor pond, I wonder? ;D

Maybe 50? It would have to be just cories though, and have a giant footprint.

Now I feel like I need more cories too. My schools down to 4 now, and I can't find any healthy ones.

 

Now I feel like I need more cories too. My schools down to 4 now, and I can't find any healthy ones.

That's my problem too. I only want to add a few more, but on aquabid they seem to sell them in large groups and the ones I see near me aren't in great shape or the other fish aren't in great shape, so I'm nervous to buy from them.

 

Well my school sure seems a little light by comparison lol

 

I would like to add another type of Cories in my tank, but I think it is better to increase the same type of Cories especially watching this video.

 

Nice video! It's a very good one. They aren't normally so spread out. It's great, if you lay very very still they'll come and swim over and around you. Terrible if you are ticklish, especially with those little whiskers of theirs ;D.