What Do I Feed My Panda Cories?

I found that one of my cories has passed away. I suspected that it was due to malnutrition

 

Sorry for your loss. How are the others looking?

 

Looking good.


I'm thinking of having a dozen cories in my tank so with a big group, they can find food easier. What do you think?

 

I don't think the number matters as far as the corys being able to locate the food. However, a bigger shoal is always a good thing for them.

 

I'm thinking of going to the LFS I bought them at and see what the employees there feed them.

 

You could also feed them frozen foods like brine shrimp and bloodworms. Mine go crazy for them.

 

What if my molly and tetra go crazy for them too?

 

They probably will. What I like to do is thaw a cube of brine shrimp and a cube of bloodworms in a cup of some tank water. Then pour it into the tank. The brine shrimp tends to float a lot longer in the water column to keep the top/mid dwellers busy while the bloodworms sink straight to the bottom for the corys.

 

Are you feeding the whole tank at once? Maybe you aren't feeding enough at a time? Try to make sure there is enough food floating around for the mollies and tetras as el pointed out.

 

I'm feeding whole tank at once. I feed enough, 2 pinches of flakes and some Betta bits.

I went to the LFS today and they said that they feed there panda cories HikarI Bloodworms. This should work because I bought cories at that LFS

Edit: Since bloodworms are frozen, do I melt it or just put it right in a frozen state? LFS suggested to melt it. LJC6780 el337
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Edit: I fed them and my tetras were crazy for them. My cories didn't get a chance to eat it.
I'm thinking of feeding a cube (LFS suggested 1/3 but my tetras are crazy for it) and do I feed it one or two times a day?

 

I'd melt it first. It doesn't take much. You can try putting it in a little tank water to dilute it down and feeding with a baster to target the bottom feeders while the others are occupied in the top area ...

 

Thanks. I saw some of my cories sucking some worms up. One or two cubes a day?

 

Aaagh, didn't see your mention yesterday or the update to this thread on my alerts. Still not used to this new layout on the forum.

Yeah, I usually thaw them in a small cup of tank water. I mix 1/2 cube of brine shrimp and 1 cube of bloodworms for my community tank just once a day.

 

Thanks

 

Just want to clarify that I only feed them frozen food once a week though as it's really meant to be fed as a treat. I feed dry foods the rest of the week.

 

Lets see if they can eat the wafers and shrimp pellets.

Edit: LFS (one I bought cory from) said that they only feed them HikarI Frozen Bloodworms. The LFS has good reviews but I wonder why I'm always the only person in the store.

 

Well, keep in mind they only have them there temporarily.

LOL, well maybe it's the time of the day you're going? Sometimes if I go on a Monday during the day, I'm the only one in there as well.

 

I went there on Wednesday morning and there was only me and another person. Came there yesterday at Saturday and there was only me and two others.

Edit: the youtuber jacobs aquarium did a tour at that LFS and there was only the youtuber and a family at the store. It's called Jans Tropical Fish

 

So, I have a problem feeding my mollies. I have three of them, and they always stay at the mid-bottom level. When I feed my fish, they don't go up to the top to eat the flakes and instead they just swim around the mid-bottom level not eating any food. They stopped eating for about 2 weeks now and I'm a bit worried. What should I do, el337?

 

Have you tested your water parameters? The fact that they haven't been eating might be an indication of either water quality or an illness. Have you noticed any other symptoms? White/clear, stringy feces?

 

No symptons/disease. No white feces. Ammonia, 0. Nitrite, 0. Nitrates is 40-80, so Matrix is on it's way from Amazon.

 

I'd suspect the high nitrates that are affecting them. What are your tap nitrates again? Do you still have Nitra Zorb in your filter?

 

40-80 ppm, other fish come up to the top and eat, how come they are not affected?

 

Maybe it hasn't affected them yet. Can you get a picture of the mollies?

 

I'll do it once I get home

 

 

Are all the mollies female? The one on top looks pregnant. Maybe that explains the behavior.

 

Oh, never knew that

Is it really?

I think the bottom one is a male. Why don't the bottom one (male) come up to eat? Also, last night, I saw the top one resting at the bottom, could this be pregnant cause?

 

my mollies lay on the bottom of the tank when slleping, so that's what they were doing, also does your male go under the female and just follow her like that?

 

Yes! I thought it was just trying to be annoying.

 

nope they were breeding, that's how my two females are pregnant right now

 

So, is this the cause the molly isn't eating? Even the male?

 

maybe, mine still eat even when breeding

 

So your nitrates are that high out of the source water/tap?! Matrix can help with nitrates but it's not an instant fix. Live plants can also help. Do you have any Pothos (vining house plant)? If so you can break off a few pieces and stick the stem in the tank and let the end hang over the side outside the tank. This will help suck up some nitrates too.

 

No pothos in there, coincidentally Matrix arrived from amazon 2 days ago, and I installed it yesterday night

This morning, I saw my mollies eating some flakes