Feeding panda cory cats

So I got 4 panda cory the other night! they are little but I am worried...

I tried feeding them today, I have HikarI minI Algae wafers and This other minI wafer by hikarI that has a picture of panda cory on it.

I tried feeding them, but my harlequins get in the way, then I drop the food infront of panda cory but they don't eat it!

My drift wood used to have this ligt brown stuff on it wasn't too much though now its clean and my cories like the driftwod.

Maybe they are eatting that? or are they just still not used to the tank to eat?

I tried

1) Feeding harlewuins ontop then putting in wafers but the Harle's eat so fast the stalk the pellet not letting the cories eat. So after 15 min I took out the wafer...

2) Turning off the lights but the harlewuins still bother my pandas

3) made ditch in substrate cause cories like that, put crushed wafers in there... Cories don't even go near it... 15-20 min nothing...

4) So I took the wafer that isn't algae and crushed it in my fingers while spreading it around sand, hopefully the cories will sift it out...

I'm worried, what do I do if they don't eat?

the frozen bloodworms I have only float at the surface so the cories can't get them...

maybe its because they have only been in my tank for a day?

hopefully in the morning the wafers are gone!

any advice? Ill be adding 3 more pandas on thursday because I bought these for last thursday need bio filter to catch up, though they are babies, the LFS said I could put them in all at once but didnt want to risk it.

do you think they will, eat more if I make there group bigger?

My water params are fine though maybe I should add the other cories sooner?

what do you think!
help please don't want them to starve! I don't know what they are eatting!

heres a vid if you didnt see it in last post...

 

I have always just feed corys with flake food for the most part. They will also eat sinking shrimp pellets. They may from time to time nibble on algae wafers too. They will eat frozen blood worms. Them them thaw in some warm water first, then put them in the tank.

Even though the rasbora were going after the wafer too, the cory was eating. They really don't need as much food as most think. There is always leftover food somewhere they can find.

The more of them the better. They are so small I would add more as soon as possible.

 

Once they settle in they should get a bit more bold about eating. Feeding them at night will help keep the other fish from stealing food, and you can wait a while after the lights go off so the other fish have time to settle down. You can also try hiding one by the base of the driftwood where they hang out.

Also, cories really need food with an animal protein source. I know a lot of algae wafers show cories on the packages, but it really isn't the most suitable food for them. Shrimp pellets or pellets with fish as the main ingredient would be better.

Adding at least two more pandas would also be a good idea, since they should be in schools of six or more.

 

Once they settle in they should get a bit more bold about eating. Feeding them at night will help keep the other fish from stealing food, and you can wait a while after the lights go off so the other fish have time to settle down. You can also try hiding one by the base of the driftwood where they hang out.

Also, cories really need food with an animal protein source. I know a lot of algae wafers show cories on the packages, but it really isn't the most suitable food for them. Shrimp pellets or pellets with fish as the main ingredient would be better.

Adding at least two more pandas would also be a good idea, since they should be in schools of six or more.

but yeah maybe they need to settle... do you suggest I get the other 3 tom? theyd all be from the same tank and then id have 7 pandas, but I just got the 4 technically 2 days ago...



I have these they aren't algae!
@ I have hikarI blood worms but they don't sink... how do you get the flakes to the cories? they float o.o

so If I get the frozen ones and break it in pieces and put it on the bottom they should eat it?

how often would you feed them and how much? my lfs said they like tubifix worms best, but feeding them 1 or 2 times every 3 days is best o.o

als0 how long can you leave the wafers I posted in the tank for? I know algae based ones your supposed to takeout pretty quick so they don't spark nitrite and nitrate peaks....

for no there's some smooshed up wafers I spread around the substrate where the cories go...

 

Flakes will end up on the bottom. The flow from the filter and fish eating them will cause them to sink.

 

You can thaw out the bloodworms in dechlorinated water then dump it into the tank. Make sure the water is the same temp as tank though.
When I first got my corys they didnt eat algae tablets for the first week or so but the did clean up my driftwood.
Also You can take a pinch of flakes and hold it under water in front of your filter and let it go and it will spread them around your tank.
They will get used to shrimp pellets after a little while aswell.

 

First : Corydoras are 95% carnivorious. Please DON'T feed them algaewafers aso.
Also (only) flakes / left overs aren't a good idea. To stay healthy and live a long live (10 to 15 years is possible) feed them a variation of live / frozen / corypellets of their own.

 

First : Corydoras are 95% carnivorious. Please DON'T feed them algaewafers aso.
Also (only) flakes / left overs aren't a good idea. To stay healthy and live a long live (10 to 15 years is possible) feed them a variation of live / frozen / corypellets of their own.

It's not like cory will go to the top of the tank to eat. And if they are, they are probably starving. If they are kept in a community tank, like most are, they are going to eat whatever ends up on the bottom of the tank. Even if kept in a species tank, they will eat what's on the bottom. That's why they are called bottom feeders. She is not feeding them algae wafers. And even if she were, as long as that is not the only thing being fed, variety in their diet is best. They are omnivores. Not carnivores. Quality flake foods give them the balance they need in their diet. Adding shrimp pellets and blood worms as already stated are also good things to feed them.

 

It's not like cory will go to the top of the tank to eat. And if they are, they are probably starving. If they are kept in a community tank, like most are, they are going to eat whatever ends up on the bottom of the tank. Even if kept in a species tank, they will eat what's on the bottom. That's why they are called bottom feeders. She is not feeding them algae wafers. And even if she were, as long as that is not the only thing being fed, variety in their diet is best. They are omnivores. Not carnivores. Quality flake foods give them the balance they need in their diet. Adding shrimp pellets and blood worms as already stated are also good things to feed them.

To my believe she does feed algaewafers (post 1). Most conmon mistake made is thinking they are algae-eaters. That's why I mentioned that. I don't understand the remark about them being bottomfeeders. Did I tell otherwise??? Keeping about 100+ Corys I know that. Also I know they are onnivores but on the carnivorious side (as said 95%). Veg / algae they almost can't digest. Success keeping the pandas which are great (as all species are). Cheers Aad

 

btw : Corys bottomdwellers hahaha. My Peppered are surfacefeeders hahaha

 

View attachment 149511 btw : Corys bottomdwellers hahaha. My Peppered are surfacefeeders hahaha

That female looks really full of eggs, have they spawned yet?

 

No these didn't my Aeneus did !!

 

To my believe she does feed algaewafers (post 1). Most conmon mistake made is thinking they are algae-eaters. That's why I mentioned that. I don't understand the remark about them being bottomfeeders. Did I tell otherwise??? Keeping about 100+ Corys I know that. Also I know they are onnivores but on the carnivorious side (as said 95%). Veg / algae they almost can't digest. Success keeping the pandas which are great (as all species are). Cheers Aad

hI hi^^

I have micro algae wafers they are half the size of your pinky nail finger, I did lots of research so I know that panda cories do not eat/ get much beneficial nutrient from algae^^ but I'm desperate getting them to eat and figure maybe they want a snack o.o Though my drift wood is clean hahah

** I take the uneaten parts of the algae and other wafer out too if I nottice it still there not eatten after a while

I primarily have been feeding them HikarI sinking wafers made for bottom feeders! which is 36% crude protein, 9% fat, 4% fiber, 10% moisture etc etc,
this wafer is made of Spirulina, silkworm, krill, seaweeds and etc...

the size of these wafers is a little bit bigger than the algae ones,

I only feed half and algae wafer and a whole other type wafer, Ill call it protein wafer!

I read that pandas need lots of protein expecially bc mine are so tiny! Maybe I should try using more than one protein wafer to give them a better chance!

Its just me getting them to eat them/ letting them find it/ keeping my harlequinss away...

I'm guessing since my drift wood is clean they have been eatting and aren't starving...

Though I will try to get frozen blood worms or tubiflix <- cannt spell, and break off a piece for them...

 

Okay !! brineshrimp or even better decapsulated brineshrimpeggs. Those are tiny and good food for tiny Corys. I feed a kind of protein-powder when they are still small. Understood from a Scottish specialist small pandas can have problems digesting bloodworms. Bigger ones haven't for sure !

 

Have a look at this buggers (small Aeneus species)

 

Have a look at this buggers (small Aeneus species)View attachment 149515View attachment 149516

I wish my cories did that... maybe when I get 3 more they will be more brave bc there will be 7!

if I got 3 more tom. being that my water parameters are 0ppm ammo, 0ppm nitrite less than 10ppm nitrate 7.3 pH (bounces between 7.2-7.4) and my temp is at 72!

do you think its too soon to add 3 more? I got these ones thursday night, so itd be approximately 3 days since adding the four, but then the ones at my LFS will have been in the store for a week. I think my biofilter could handle it...

any suggestions?

 

Okay !! brineshrimp or even better decapsulated brineshrimpeggs. Those are tiny and good food for tiny Corys. I feed a kind of protein-powder when they are still small. Understood from a Scottish specialist small pandas can have problems digesting bloodworms. Bigger ones haven't for sure !

oh so then can I ask you how do you give them the protein powder? and where do you put the eggs? in the sand layer?

 

oh so then can I ask you how do you give them the protein powder? and where do you put the eggs? in the sand layer?

The protein / breedingpowder I put on the watersurface. It will divide and sink to the bottom. The decapsulated brineshrimpeggs have to be soaked in warm water and will sink !(divided) to the bottom as well.
I'll try to make some pics later.
If you soak food befor you put it in, it will sink very fast. They'll find the tiny bits !!

 

Artemia Quick are the brineshrimpeggs. It's like powder as well. Didn't feed those to this batch of fry, but so now and then soak some and put them in all my tanks. Corys, Oto's, BN's, cardinals, aso love them !!!!

 

Hi! so I got my hands on some minI cube frozen bloodworms... My pandas like them but some seem too big for them?

like they try to suck it up then they let go try again then give up... they suck up the smaller ones, and one doesn't seem to be a preoblem... I tried grabbinga few blood worms and splitting them...

Any one have any ideas as to what I can do?

Isthere way to make the worms smaller or should they be able to handle it?

Though btw my pandas do seem bigger from when I bought them!

 

You could cut the bloodworm up for them, do wear gloves though if you do it

 

You could cut the bloodworm up for them, do wear gloves though if you do it

oh with just regular scissors? I feel so sad cause they are struggling and its my fault T.T

but at least they are eatting... when they get bigger will they be able to gobble the whole thing up?

 

You can use scissors or a sharp knife, whichever is easier.
Once they get bigger they should be able to manage whole ones ok.

 

ah so should I take out the uneaten bloodworms later?

 

Corys are more active at night so I'd put the bloodworm in after lights out & remove any uneaten ones, if there are any in the morning

 

oh but I fed them now... is it okay to wait that long? its 530pm I wake up at 8am...

oh and thanks for all the help coradee^^

 

It'll be fine, I doubt there'll be any left, I've yet to see a cory that could resist bloodworm

 

It'll be fine, I doubt there'll be any left, I've yet to see a cory that could resist bloodworm

ok one last question though... do you think they will manage to eat the bigger worms in there?

can they like nibble pieces off or something?

 

No they can't bite pieces off as they have no teeth, if they're too big they'll just spit them out