Do I Need to Feed My Fish?

So I have a tank with juliI corys, 1 (soon to be 2) scarlet badis, oto cats, and ghost shrimp.
I have pond snails (not sure how many, but I've seen a few around, so no doubt there will be plenty soon if there aren't already) and I'm hopeful that the shrimp will breed.

Do I need to feed the corys and the badis, or will they eat the snails and baby shrimp?

I do drop in an algae wafer here and there occasionally for the otos and the shrimp, but they don't usually go for them.

I have a dish in there with pellets for them to eat as well as freeze dried bloodworms that I drop in sparingly, but I've yet to see anyone take interest in them.

Anyways, back to my question, do I need to give them anything or will they be able to live just fine off the snails/snail eggs and baby shrimp?

 

Yes, please feed your corys a good diet of high protein foods like shrimp pellets (can be a staple) and live/frozen foods! They would not eat snails or ghost shrimp. They should be fed daily and not just sparingly or occasionally.

They should really be in a group of at least 6 or more since they are shoaling fish, however, I'm afraid if this is your 10 gallon it is too small to house them. Your otos need a bigger tank as well. Would you be able to upgrade to a 20g?

Here's an excellent care sheet for corys:

 

I do feed them daily, I meant that I only feed feed them the bloodworms sparingly. I do feed them pellets every day, I didn't mean to make it seem like I'm not feeding them.
Nope, can't upgrade any bigger.

My main question is about the scarlet badis though, because I know those are very picky and often will only accept live food. Will the shrimp and snails be enough for that?

 

Your question was whether you needed to feed the corys and badis. I'm not familiar with the dietary requirements for badis but I would expect they would need their own diet as well.

 

Yeah, sorry I meant it as a do I need to continue feeding them the amount I feed them now or if they'd be able to just eat the snails etc. I worded it all weirdly, sorry.

Okay, thanks I'll look into that more then.

 

Yes, feed them daily with a good variety of foods.

 

okay thanks

 

Scarlets need very small live food; Daphnia, live bbs, and/or microworms. You have to practically treat them like very young fry of other fish. They may be able to handle small mosquito larvae, but those tend to stay at the surface, and might not get noticed.

 

Scarlets need very small live food; Daphnia, live bbs, and/or microworms. You have to practically treat them like very young fry of other fish. They may be able to handle small mosquito larvae, but those tend to stay at the surface, and might not get noticed.

okay, thank you. I'll look more into that for sure, and probably make a trip to the store tomorrow

 

Corry cats need a group, should maybe return it or rehome, just sayin

 

Corry cats need a group, should maybe return it or rehome, just sayin

I agree, if OP is unable to provide a large enough tank the otos and cories need to be returned. They both need groups of 6 at a minimum and a 10 gallon just isn't big enough.