Feeding Different Fish, Getting Frustrated

[Ouse]

All good have you ever kept corydoras? if so how would you avoid the honey gouramis eating there food? Also What brand food do you feed them, IF you have them.

I do have cories. Honey gouramis eat food from the surface while cories eat food from the substrate. Feed the gouramies floating food and feed the cories sinking food and there should be no competing over food.

The occasional frozen cube will be good too.

I feed my cories King British sinking catfish pellets and frozen cubes of brine shrimp and daphnia. Unless you’re in the UK, I can‘t recommend much if not anything at all.

Contrary to popular belief, cories aren’t algae-eaters and they’ll not accept wafers. They’re carnivorous.

 

[JacobPh8m]

I do have cories. Honey gouramis eat food from the surface while cories eat food from the substrate. Feed the gouramies floating food and feed the cories sinking food and there should be no competing over food.

The occasional frozen cube will be good too.

I feed my cories King British sinking catfish pellets and frozen cubes of brine shrimp and daphnia. Unless you’re in the UK, I can‘t recommend much if not anything at all.

Contrary to popular belief, cories aren’t algae-eaters and they’ll not accept wafers. They’re carnivorous.

SO should I feed the cories different brand foods or 1 brand food and frozen bloodworms. BTW, hikari sinking wafers is a wafer but it has no algae so will it be ok?

 

[Ouse]

SO should I feed the cories different brand foods or 1 brand food and frozen bloodworms.

I’ve had success with using one brand and occasional frozen foods. Bloodworms, well, don’t feed these often. These should be fed lightly as they’re full of fat, so prioritise lighter frozen foods over bloodworms.

So, feed the pellets to the cories once a day, feed the frozen food once a week and feed the bloodworms on occasion as a treat.

BTW, hikari sinking wafers is a wafer but it has no algae so will it be ok?

Could you please send a link to these? I feed Hikari Massivore Delite to my big fish, but Hikari also does round, green wafers, which are indeed algae wafers.

 

[Fisch]

Cories need variety as well as every other fish. Mine are competing with Neons, so that is a whole different story.
Cories get Hikari sinking wafers, Omega1 Shrimp pellets, but they nibble on the Hikari, API and Bug Bites BN wafers as well. Then Frozen Bloodworm, Brineshrimp, Daphnia I will put with tweezers into the lower region of the tank (and sidetrack the Neons until the food reaches the bottom). Leftover flakes and pellets are eaten as well. So with Gouramis just het the food past their region, either with tweezers or with a turkey basker or a syringe. Cories are scavengers, so it will work out.

 

[JacobPh8m]

I’ve had success with using one brand and occasional frozen foods. Bloodworms, well, don’t feed these often. These should be fed lightly as they’re full of fat, so prioritise lighter frozen foods over bloodworms.

So, feed the pellets to the cories once a day, feed the frozen food once a week and feed the bloodworms on occasion as a treat.

Could you please send a link to these? I feed Hikari Massivore Delite to my big fish, but Hikari also does round, green wafers, which are indeed algae wafers.

So these are the two foods I want to feed them. SO frozen bloodworms once a day?

Cories need variety as well as every other fish. Mine are competing with Neons, so that is a whole different story.
Cories get Hikari sinking wafers, Omega1 Shrimp pellets, but they nibble on the Hikari, API and Bug Bites BN wafers as well. Then Frozen Bloodworm, Brineshrimp, Daphnia I will put with tweezers into the lower region of the tank (and sidetrack the Neons until the food reaches the bottom). Leftover flakes and pellets are eaten as well. So with Gouramis just het the food past their region, either with tweezers or with a turkey basker or a syringe. Cories are scavengers, so it will work out.

Ok So should use tweezers? I have aquascaping tweezers.

 

[CrackerboxPalace]

Sinking wafers are suitable for cories generally my danios nibble at them a bit, but ultimately they're big enough that the cories end up getting most of them. I can also shoo the danios away with my hand because they're a lot more skittish than my cories.

 

[JacobPh8m]

Sinking wafers are suitable for cories generally my danios nibble at them a bit, but ultimately they're big enough that the cories end up getting most of them. I can also shoo the danios away with my hand because they're a lot more skittish than my cories.

So the two foods showed above, should I get both or choose one and feed them frozen bloodworms?

 

[CrackerboxPalace]

So the two foods showed above, should I get both or choose one and feed them frozen bloodworms?

If you could get all three that would be best, But if it's not within your budget just pick one and use bloodworms too.

 

[JacobPh8m]

If you could get all three that would be best, But if it's not within your budget just pick one and use bloodworms too.

DO you use any of the two? Im not sure which one is better.

 

[CrackerboxPalace]

DO you use any of the two? Im not sure which one is better.

I use sinking wafers, they are fine but they have a little too much starch for my liking. The corys will be much more likely to get a good feed from the sinking wafers though because they're more than one bite. Your other fish can just eat the small pellets pretty easily.

 

[Fisch]

So these are the two foods I want to feed them. SO frozen bloodworms once a day?

Ok So should use tweezers? I have aquascaping tweezers.

The Hikari and API I feed as well. Again, variety is the key. If we would live only with the same food day-in and day-out, we would have deficiencies. The same is true for fish. Once a day bloodworms may be a bit much...if you can interchange with other frozen foods you may be better off. I cut a little sliver off the frozen cube, and put the cube back into the freezer. It is not as costly as you think. Yes, the Aquascaping tweezers are my favorite tool to bypass hungry scavengers. Good luck.

 

[JacobPh8m]

The Hikari and API I feed as well. Again, variety is the key. If we would live only with the same food day-in and day-out, we would have deficiencies. The same is true for fish. Once a day bloodworms may be a bit much...if you can interchange with other frozen foods you may be better off. I cut a little sliver off the frozen cube, and put the cube back into the freezer. It is not as costly as you think. Yes, the Aquascaping tweezers are my favorite tool to bypass hungry scavengers. Good luck.

I use sinking wafers, they are fine but they have a little too much starch for my liking. The corys will be much more likely to get a good feed from the sinking wafers though because they're more than one bite. Your other fish can just eat the small pellets pretty easily.

do any of you have experiences with bettas? I have a 5 gallon tank with one and Im wondering if I should feed them once or twice a day?

 

[CrackerboxPalace]

do any of you have experiences with bettas? I have a 5 gallon tank with one and Im wondering if I should feed them once or twice a day?

I had several at one point. I fed them 2-3 pellets in the morning and some frozen or live food in the evening. Best to feed them twice a day, but once a day is also fine.

 

[Fisch]

Back to the food and Bettas, play it by ear. I noticed that my little guy is doing better with feeding twice a day.