Feeding Corys

I'm planning on having a shoal of panda or pygmy cories in my 27 gallon, but they will be sharing the space with a betta.
The betta is a fatty, and will eat until hes sick if you let him. Would grinding up the coryadoras food in a pepper grinder be a reasonable solution?
Ive tried dropping in algae wafers after dark, in the area of the tank with the most current and he still finds them. X.x
I figure spreading out small bits of food in a wide area might slow him down.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Also, shrimp pellets and algae wafers are what cories should eat, right? Any other staples you use?

 

I use a bottom feeder pellet. I will give each pellet a short quick downward throw into the area of the tank I want it to fall. I spread them out because my mollies would eat them all otherwise. I also feed the mollies their food first to distract them from food targeted for other inhabitants.

 

This is one of many reasons that I don't suggest bettas in a community setting. Your betta loves food which I would worry would lead to food aggression (I've seen it in my bettas with mystery snails, never dared to add fish to them) which could lead to attacks on the corys or the corys not getting enough to eat. Mean while your betta is over eating which could lead to him getting a bloat. When I feed my corys I spread the pellets out over the tank (its a 55 gallon so there is plenty of room) so they have room to get some should the angelfish decide to snack on them. I feed them shrimp pellets.

 

This is one of many reasons that I don't suggest bettas in a community setting. Your betta loves food which I would worry would lead to food aggression (I've seen it in my bettas with mystery snails, never dared to add fish to them) which could lead to attacks on the corys or the corys not getting enough to eat. Mean while your betta is over eating which could lead to him getting a bloat. When I feed my corys I spread the pellets out over the tank (its a 55 gallon so there is plenty of room) so they have room to get some should the angelfish decide to snack on them. I feed them shrimp pellets.

I'm hoping it will work out, but I'm planning on keeping the ten gallon up and running for a while just in case.
I think he'll enjoy the space, and won't mind the other fish, I'm just hoping I can come up with solutions for his gluttony.

 

Betas are right little piggies alright. I get around that by feeding at each end of the aquarium at the same time. The corys have learned to eat fast at their end.

 

Betas are right little piggies alright. I get around that by feeding at each end of the aquarium at the same time. The corys have learned to eat fast at their end.

Does yours ever get bloated with that method?
And what do you feed yours?

 

Does yours ever get bloated with that method?
And what do you feed yours?

No. We have betas in three tanks. The feeding is as follows: Monday Tetra flakes. Tuesday frozen brine. Wednesday Omega One flakes. Thursday frozen brine shrimp. Friday Tetramin flakes. Saturday frozen brine shrimp. Sunday blood worms.

 

Corys will eat zucchini, right? You could get a clip and stick it right down by the bottom for them. The betta couldn't care less about steamed zucchini.

 

No. We have betas in three tanks. The feeding is as follows: Monday Tetra flakes. Tuesday frozen brine. Wednesday Omega One flakes. Thursday frozen brine shrimp. Friday Tetramin flakes. Saturday frozen brine shrimp. Sunday blood worms.

Thank you.
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I believe so, but I don't think zucchinI alone is a balanced diet for them They need protien as well if I am nor mistaken.

 

Corys will eat zucchini, right? You could get a clip and stick it right down by the bottom for them. The betta couldn't care less about steamed zucchini.

Yeah, that brings to mind that they also love the Marineland algae wafers, and the betas don't seem to care for them.

 

Corys will eat zucchini, right? You could get a clip and stick it right down by the bottom for them. The betta couldn't care less about steamed zucchini.

My corys only started eating zucchinI last week (I feed it to my pleco) and I have a betta that loves zucchinI if I remember correctly corys are omnivorse slightly on the carnivorous side but I could be mistaken about that

 

Yeah, that brings to mind theat they also love the Marineland algae wafers, and the betas don't seem to care for them.

What an adorable photo! I have hikarI algae wafers and my betta goes nuts for them. Maybe I can try your brand and see how it goes.

 

I feed mine Omega One veggie rounds, NLS H20 stable wafers, and algae wafers. And Thunder_o_b, as usual beautiful picture.

 

if I remember correctly corys are omnivorse slightly on the carnivorous side but I could be mistaken about that

You are correct. Mine will vacuum up blood worms in a heartbeat.

What an adorable photo! I have hikarI algae wafers and my betta goes nuts for them. Maybe I can try your brand and see how it goes.

Thank you Corine

I feed mine Omega One veggie rounds, NLS H20 stable wafers, and algae wafers. And Thunder_o_b, as usual beautiful picture.

Thank you tropicalfishlover

 

I've never had corys. Always done Plecos and Otos. I think I want some Corys this time. they are super cool. I'm curious about how to feed them....

I'm using NLS small fish pellets. They rarely make it to the bottom without my fish getting them on the way down. When a pellet or two does make it past the top feeders it doesn't hit bottom because my current pulls it back towards the bubble curtain and pushes it back up top. I guess if enough food isn't making it down I need to feed heavier but the current issue still exists. What's the trick? Wanna make sure I can feed the lil guys before I consider buying em.

BTW Thanks for tolerating my millions of questions. I seem to have forgotten a whole lot LOL

 

As far as a good food goes, HikarI Bottom Feeder rounds are probably one of the best to give them. My cories love them!

I've never tried feeding them pellets so I can't say for sure how to weigh them down for the cories to eat them.

 

As far as a good food goes, HikarI Bottom Feeder rounds are probably one of the best to give them. My cories love them!

I've never tried feeding them pellets so I can't say for sure how to weigh them down for the cories to eat them.

Them I'll get the Hikari. Problem solved

Thanx for the info

 

No problem!

They really like sinking shrimp pellets I hear, but stray away from Wardley. They're very messy.

 

HikarI is not available around here. Only the algae wafers. How about NLS H2O Stable Sinking Wafers?

 

You can order that stuff via Amazon.com.....that's where I get my cory food

 

But my lfs sells the NLS. Is that not good Cory food? I prefer to support Sandy's Pet Shop whenever possible as they are the local little guy and I want to keep them in business. Everyone swears by the NLS pellets so I was thinking the wafers would be tops too.

If you folks tell me the HikarI is better for my fish then I'll buy it, else I prefer to shop local before supporting online economy even if it costs a bit more

 

How about NLS H2O Stable Sinking Wafers?

I use that along with omega one veggie rounds and my cories love them.

 

I always feed my cories when the lights go out at night. By then, the rest of their tank mates have calmed down for the night (and cories are pretty active at night). They learned pretty quick where the HikarI sinking wafers will be dropped as now they wait in that area of the task every night.

 

So 2 nights ago I put 6 small JuliI Corys in my tank. So far so good. ( Ammonia and Nitrite are still 0. No spike at all ). I gotta say I adore these guys. Can't believe I've never had them before. They are soooo entertaining.

Feeding: I purchased the NLS sinking discs. They are 12mm ( About the size of an aspirin ). They sink and it seems like about 10 minutes before they touch it ( I assume it needs to disolve some ). After that, 2 or 3 of them started munching on it. Of course half of them never found it. They stay on the very left of the tank. I assume if they are hungry enough they will find it. My question is how long do I leave it in there? I'd say there's no possible way these guys can eat that whole disc in a reasonable amount of time. The usual 2 minute rule doesn't apply when it takes 10 mins before they can even eat it.

Educate me please.

 

I have had the same cory fish (6 very entertaining fish ) for four years now. They eat the other fish food but they also get shrimp pellets which was recommended by the pet shops. The pellets sink to the bottom immediately. They also get the veggie disc wafers made for plecos. Feeding them close to their hide out seems to be their favorite spot.
Cory fish like a place to hide. Ours stay on the back left side of the tank when sleeping. They prefer cover from the other fish so I stacked large flat rocks sideways for them.

 

Still really lost on this one. I'm assuming the what they can eat in 1-2 minute rule doesn't apply to corys and wafer type food but if I drop one of those little NLS discs in it will be there all night before they finish it. Seems like that's way over feeding. I really don't understand how to feed with the discs/wafers. Do you just leave it and not pull it back out? Isn't that way too much food?

 

I don't think I would worry about it unless it starts clouding the water. Some people even say that they bury their wafers in the substrate and the cories eventually dig them up. If a single wafer seems like too much, though, then maybe you could try breaking one in half? My cories always made wafers a team effort and polished them off in a few minutes.

 

Thanks Silod
I guess I'll leave em in there and see what happens. Just worried more about overfeeding than clouding up. I'd like to stick to a whole wafer as a half doesn't have the weight to stay put in the current.

 

With pellets I usually hide it in my sand substrate at night or during feed time. As long as you don't have sharp edge substrate which can damaged their barbs, corys will eventually find it and dig it up. .

 

My Corys for the most part don't move off the left wall of the tank. Trying to get them to eat in a different spot but only one or two have ventured across the tank. They are not "hiding" In that spot either. They are zipping up and down the side of the tank non stop. It's comical. I hope they decide to venture out soon lol

 

Haha, cories are great. I've never had any do that for more than a few minutes at a time, but I wouldn't put it past them to play with their reflections or race each other up and down... or to say "Hey, let's play 'confuse the hooman'!"

 

Hello, I just got some aqueon shrimp pellets for my peppered corrys (3). They love them! but I'm not sure on how much to feed?Ive heard one pellet a day per cory. Is this correct? thanks

 

I feed shrimp pellets but I tend to overfeed as I also have panda loach and dwarf gourami. Your profile does not say what other fish that you have in with the cory-that can make a difference.

 

How big are they? So long as the shrimp pellets don't hang around and dirty the water, you're ok. It's really by feel. I'd feed as little as possible, slowly increasing till I found the sweet spot.

 

I was about to make a thread asking the same thing. I've got hikari's sinking wafers, and their little micropellets too. Eight corys. (Actually, my tank is in my profile.)

 

I was wondering the same thing for mine, thanks

 

And then the truth is revealed - none of us actually know how much to give our corys because all the other tank mates are such theives. Curses!

 

And then the truth is revealed - none of us actually know how much to give our corys because all the other tank mates are such theives. Curses!

Endler's love shrimp pellets, and I've caught my neons eating the dissolved algae wafers, so yes, there's no way of knowing exactly how much the corys are eating

 

If I ever figure out how to smuggle that 5G tank into my house, I might move my corys to it just to see if they don't get humongous from the sudden lack of food competition. (I know, I know, Eight corys, five gallons, not doable once they grow up. It still makes me wonder how my 35g would have turned out if it had been all corys and shrimp though.)

Waiting more information much like our opening poster XD

 

I feed flakes and sinking pellets. The flakes keep most of the fish busy on top while the sinking pellets are being gobbled up by the corys. The algae wafers are up for grabs by anyone, usually I'll see the fish grab them and swim around awhile with them in their mouths.