Feeding dish for Corydoras?

I’m currently battling a planaria problem which may have been caused by overfeeding and not vacuuming the gravel properly. I’ve recently added a feeding dish for the amanos to make cleanup easier and was wondering if I can do the same for Corydoras? I also have aquasoil substrate so I was thinking maybe adding sand to the Corydoras’ feeding dish and perhaps lessen the chances of the amanos stealing their food. Will that work? Has anyone tried this before?

 

You can give it a try but my experience with Cory’s are they like to shovel their noses around so I’m thinking about 2 seconds after the food being on their plate it’s gonna end up on your substrate anyways

 

You can give it a try but my experience with Cory’s are they like to shovel their noses around so I’m thinking about 2 seconds after the food being on their plate it’s gonna end up on your substrate anyways

Yeah... you do have a point. So I guess my main issue is how to prevent the amanos from stealing the wafers I drop for the corys. I dropped 1 last night and saw one big amano get the whole thing. So I drop another one for the corys (I have 6) since I don’t think they’re getting enough. Which is probably what’s causing my overfeeding

 

Don't feed anything for a day or two and your cats will start eating the worms.

 

Hi, crush the pellets/wafers as small as you can, that way the amanos can’t steal them all, the corys will find the smaller particles.

 

Don't feed anything for a day or two and your cats will start eating the worms.

Oh wow! I didn’t know they ate planaria too! Will they still eat them even if they’re dead/dying? I dosed fenbendazole last night and just did a water change tonight.

Hi, crush the pellets/wafers as small as you can, that way the amanos can’t steal them all, the corys will find the smaller particles.

Then just sprinkle them on the substrate? Will they be able to find it through the aquasoil? Or use a feeding dish for them too?

 

just break a couple up and sprinkle them throughout the water and get them to sink. They will find pieces

 

I’m not familiar with the Aquasoil but as long as the grains aren’t so large that food drops down between them then the corys should be fine with finding the food.

 

I’m not familiar with the Aquasoil but as long as the grains aren’t so large that food drops down between them then the corys should be fine with finding the food.

Here’s a photo of the substrate with dwarf sagittaria for scale reference. Unfortunately 3 of the corys (the smaller ones) are missing their barbels. The other 3 big ones still have them.

 

Does anyone think a large feeding dish with some sand might work? Even if you buried it, they would like to shovel in the sand. You could grow plants like in the feeding section too. The problem is the gravel is deep. Its very hard to get to the bottom of that.

I have a 120 gallon gravel tank going for 10 years. I've had to tweak things as I scaped the tank and the substrate got deeper and I just couldn't siphon all the way down.

 

Does anyone think a large feeding dish with some sand might work? Even if you buried it, they would like to shovel in the sand. You could grow plants like in the feeding section too. The problem is the gravel is deep. Its very hard to get to the bottom of that.

I have a 120 gallon gravel tank going for 10 years. I've had to tweak things as I scaped the tank and the substrate got deeper and I just couldn't siphon all the way down.

If I understood this correctly, kallililly said adding sand in the dish might not make a difference since the corys will shove their food around anyway, so food might still end up outside of the dish. I just started out this tank a month ago and I don't think I'll be changing substrate in the future (too much work hihI )

 

I was thinking a larger feeding dish with sand to make a sandy area. I think they'd rather shovel around some sand over larger particles. Excess food sits on top of sand, whereas it sinks into gravel and gets caught.

I wasn't suggesting to change substrate, but to add a feeding/sandy/beach area where the food pieces wouldn't break down deep into the gravel. Maybe some pieces would end up in the gravel, but was thinking it might help at least. Just a thought.

 

I was thinking a larger feeding dish with sand to make a sandy area. I think they'd rather shovel around some sand over larger particles. Excess food sits on top of sand, whereas it sinks into gravel and gets caught.

I wasn't suggesting to change substrate, but to add a feeding/sandy/beach area where the food pieces wouldn't break down deep into the gravel. Maybe some pieces would end up in the gravel, but was thinking it might help at least. Just a thought.

And a good one. Good thinking.

So weird we have seen the same issues with this substrate in more threads.

 

And a good one. Good thinking.

So weird we have seen the same issues with this substrate in more threads.

Ooops sorry for the misunderstanding. So the suggestion is to add a bigger “bowl” of sand right?

 

Ooops sorry for the misunderstanding. So the suggestion is to add a bigger “bowl” of sand right?

A deeper one, so sand won't go over the edge.

 

A deeper one, so sand won't go over the edge.

I’m thinking of using those microwavable/take out bowls, one that hasn’t been used yet, fill it with sand and bury it in the gravel until it’s level with the substrate. Will that work?

 

I’m thinking of using those microwavable/take out bowls, one that hasn’t been used yet, fill it with sand and bury it in the gravel until it’s level with the substrate. Will that work?

Think it will

 

I’m thinking of using those microwavable/take out bowls, one that hasn’t been used yet, fill it with sand and bury it in the gravel until it’s level with the substrate. Will that work?

Yeah, I would use a glass baking dish like for shepards pie if it fits. Can't remember tank size and that's what I have already. Plastic should work too, just make sure it's food grade.