Could my Bronze Corys be eating tiny bladder snails?

[lobobrandon]

I feed my Corys twice a day usually, but I only fed them last morning and I plan on feeding them this evening. I did feed the other livebearers some flakes this morning and almost nothing got down to the bottom, I was watching. Not enough to make my corys to have "filled" stomachs.

My corys seem to have nice stuffed bellies, just like what I see after feeding them some sinking tabs or frozen worms. Over the last few days, I've been having a burst in bladder snails (lots of algae growing on the plants). Some of them are really tiny, others are small too but too big for the corys I would guess. I was wondering whether the corys could be eating the really small snails? Could this be the reason they seem to have full bellies?

If yes, I'd be super glad because that's going to be a good source of food for them if I were to take a vacation for a few days with no one to feed them. I know the livebearers could live off the biofilm for a few days.

It is of course possible that I just never took a look at their bellies before feeding them before and I'm imagining stuff, but I thought I'd throw this out here to see what others have to say about it. I do know that they eat smashed up snails, but whole tiny snails? Why not right.

 

[foxtrot]

it is very possible that somthing else is killing them but corys are known to eat the dead flesh of sick or dead things within the tank

 

[lobobrandon]

I just made a short video so you can see them, was impossible to get a pic of the tummy using my phone as they were moving too fast.

 

[foxtrot]

they're gorgeous and in great shape how long have you been a fish dad?

 

[lobobrandon]

they're gorgeous and in great shape how long have you been a fish dad?

5 weeks since I got the first guppies (the female makes an appearance in the video), the cories, platys and mollies are in there for a little more than 3 weeks now.

 

[foxtrot]

so your new to the life? oh I've had five years on and off

 

[lobobrandon]

it is very possible that somthing else is killing them but corys are known to eat the dead flesh of sick or dead things within the tank

I'm not saying that I have noticed bladder snails disappear, they are booming right now so I would not notice if any disappeared. I am surprised that my cories seem like they have been fed a few minutes ago, even though the last time I fed them was over 24 hours ago. When they scavenged earlier (before the boom of the snails) I don't think they seemed so satisfied (full tummies).

 

[foxtrot]

awww thats cute but a would keep an eye on them jtbs ( just to be sure)

 

[lobobrandon]

so your new to the life? oh I've had five years on and off

I did have a pair of guppies which then became around 70 grown-ups in a 30-liter basin when I was in my teens before I threw them into the well when I left home for college. They lived in the well for quite a few years together with the catfish who kept their numbers in check.

I did also have catfish (as you would have guessed by now) in our well which were around half a meter (got them as babies from a pond that forms during the rainy season). The catfish did not really need tending to other than occasional feeding. The guppies needed weekly complete water changes, they were strong though. I did not add anything to the water and they went through the nitrogen cycle without worries (did not know about it back then hence the 100% water changes and the basin was washed with soap each time). I did have floating plants though water lilies, hyacinths, and some other kind of water lentil.

If I were to do something like that with these guppies, I'm sure they would not survive.

awww thats cute but a would keep an eye on them jtbs ( just to be sure)

Yeah I'm going to feed them tonight anyway I don't want to risk it.

 

[A201]

Might be a good idea to buy a few YoYo Loaches to rid the tank of snail invasion. The Cories won't be able to take down the big snails.

 

[foxtrot]

more then likely

 

[lobobrandon]

Might be a good idea to buy a few YoYo Loaches to rid the tank of snail invasion. The Cories won't be able to take down the big snails.

I was planning on getting an assassin snail to help. Just one though because I don't want one snail problem to be replaced by another.

 

[foxtrot]

thats very smart and I would agree with your idea but theres always possible cross breeding to be careful of

 

[mattgirl]

I was planning on getting an assassin snail to help. Just one though because I don't want one snail problem to be replaced by another.

Should you decide to get an assassin snail you may still need to help the little guy out by removing as many of the pest snails as you can. Assassins only kill to eat so will only be able to eat a few a day. The pests may produce many more each day than the assassin can eat.

thats very smart and I would agree with your idea but theres always possible cross breeding to be careful of

Assassins cross breed with bladder snails? I really don't think that is possible.

 

[foxtrot]

any same species can cross breed i mean look up wholphins, narlugas, loepons, and ligors! oh and the zorse and coydogs!!!

same goes for snails and fish

 

[lobobrandon]

Should you decide to get an assassin snail you may still need to help the little guy out by removing as many of the pest snails as you can. Assassins only kill to eat so will only be able to eat a few a day. The pests my produce many more each day than the assassin can eat.

A male guppy from my LFS had camallanus worms so I have to do the second treatment tonight, I guess nematol would kill quite a few of the snails. The last time I had just 3 snails, I removed them because I did want a few to help me with the algae. This time I won't be removing any.

I would definitely help out the assassin snail. I'm going to be getting some cherry shrimp along with the guy too. I did read that in some instances assassin snails could attack shrimp, so it would be nice to have a lot of easy prey until the shrimp set up a colony.

 

[lobobrandon]

I have a strong feeling that foxtrot is just trolling since the start of this thread.

 

[foxtrot]

why do you say that??

 

[foxtrot]

I do no such things I love research and have been looking for answers and doing research since i was five!!! Im smart and an all A's and B's student and I work really hard to succeed i have gone through a lot in my life and research give me purpose!!! I mean heck im in a program waiting on a group home to except me in geese way to come off as rude and arrogant!!!

p.s I was just trying to help. Im actually really anti social in real life and depressed as ever so im sorry if I offended you but you definitely just offended/insulted me!!!

 

[lobobrandon]

why do you say that??

Fish and snails interbreeding across kingdoms, that's why.

 

[foxtrot]

I don't get what your trying to say

 

[RockinRy]

I took his comment to mean that fish and snails will interbreed with similar species, not fish and snails breeding together. I was thinking he was referring to your cory catfish interbreeding with each other.

 

[UnknownUser]

I don’t think he’s trolling, he’s probably just young and also using improper grammar.

Does anyone else think the female guppy in the video is pregnant? She looks pretty fat to me haha

 

[DoubleDutch]

I seriously doubt your Corys are eating snails. The tummy of the left one is thicker cause eggs are evolving there.

Do you know the albino one is a different species (Peppered)?

They all look awesome and in great shape

 

[lobobrandon]

I seriously doubt your Corys are eating snails. The tummy of the left one is thicker cause eggs are evolving there.

Do you know the albino one is a different species (Peppered)?

They all look awesome and in great shape

Wait, what! The store sold them to me as Corydoras aeneus. Either way, I have 3 bronze and 3 albinos so even if they are peppered (Will look this variety up after work) they should be okay I guess, a small group now though

Eggs you say That cory is the tiny guy/gal compared to the others. I'd be super glad if it were eggs though hehe.

I doubt the snail-eating too, that's why the thread here Thanks for your input and help.

 

[lobobrandon]

I don’t think he’s trolling, he’s probably just young and also using improper grammar.

Does anyone else think the female guppy in the video is pregnant? She looks pretty fat to me haha

She is pregnant and due any day now. I posted about it the other day: 33 Days Pregnant today - Is she close to delivery? | 462225 | Guppy

I had to put in my second dose against camallanus (got it from the LPS) last night, I was hoping the guppy would have delivered last week to give the fry a week so that they are not killed by the medicine (nematol). I had a baby guppy which was one week old when I first treated the tank and it survived and is doing great, so I hope if the guppy does deliver by tomorrow (48 hours of medication) they are all fine. I hope she does not deliver though, but probability isn't on my side.

If I were to wait a week, my molly and the next guppy could be due.

 

[lobobrandon]

I don't get what your trying to say

I thought you meant to say that snails and fish can interbreed

 

[DoubleDutch]

You making me doubt now hahaha.
Could you place a pic of the albinos ?
Or another vid?

I see now what you mean about their belly.
What you see (Under) is the breastpart / skute. In one that is more pronounced than others

 

[lobobrandon]

You making me doubt now hahaha.
Could you place a pic of the albinos ?
Or another vid?

I see now what you mean about their belly.
What you see (Under) is the breastpart / skute. In one that is more pronounced than others

Haha. I will post a video or pic of them on Thursday as I need to keep the tank dark during the camallanus medication according to the pamphlet. Yes, one of them has a more pronounced skute for sure.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Haha. I will post a video or pic of them on Thursday as I need to keep the tank dark during the camallanus medication according to the pamphlet. Yes, one of them has a more pronounced skute for sure.

Think I am a bit fooled by the angle / video.
Watched the vid multiple times and think it is an C.aeneus allright hahaha.

 

[lobobrandon]

Think I am a bit fooled by the angle / video.
Watched the vid multiple times and think it is an C.aeneus allright hahaha.

Haha thanks! I was ready to believe that the LFS was wrong because they sold me a platy as a female guppy, it was still a baby with light red on the tail when I got her. I did not know about platys back then and I was wondering why it was not hanging around with my other guppies. Fast forward a few days and I found out that it is a platy and so I bought a pair of platys just in case it was not a platy I did not want to buy another single fish. Fast forward a month and the gonopodium forms! My female guppy changed identity faster than the weather to a female platy and then a male platy xD

 

[DoubleDutch]

Haha thanks! I was ready to believe that the LFS was wrong because they sold me a platy as a female guppy, it was still a baby with light red on the tail when I got her. I did not know about platys back then and I was wondering why it was not hanging around with my other guppies. Fast forward a few days and I found out that it is a platy and so I bought a pair of platys just in case it was not a platy I did not want to buy another single fish. Fast forward a month and the gonopodium forms! My female guppy changed identity faster than the weather to a female platy and then a male platy xD

still place some extra pics to be sure hahaha

 

[lobobrandon]

still place some extra pics to be sure hahaha

Will do