What do you feed your Cories?

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I wanna know what you guys feed your cories so I can get some more ideas. Would they eat peas? Thanks!
 

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My daughter feeds hers HikarI algae waffers and occasionally cucumber or zucchinI as a treat.

I would imagine they'd eat peas. Frozen, thawed, shelled and cut into tiny bits.
 
I wanted to buy my pleco and my cories those waffers.... but wowowowow it's expensive! So now I'll just give them zucchinI and flakes - oh well.
 
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All my Freshwater fish loved frozen brine shrimp including my cory. I would give that a go and see what happens. Post some pics.

Hope That Helps.

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Thank you Matt!!
I have some frozen brine shrimp and I use it to feed my betta and my guppies (which are in the same tank). Do you think that my cories ate the leftover brine shrimp that fell on the gravel? Or should I just take some and dump it just for them?

Usually a mix of the Omega shrimp pellets and HikarI algae waffers...that and whatever flake scraps fall to the bottom.
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I feed mine Aquarian shrimp pellets and algae wafers, but I guess they got bored =P Hmm I wonder if Aquarian is a reliable brand.
Thank you!!

My daughter feeds hers HikarI algae waffers and occasionally cucumber or zucchinI as a treat.

I would imagine they'd eat peas. Frozen, thawed, shelled and cut into tiny bits.
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Would I have to do anything to the veggies? Or do I just attach a raw slice onto the veggie clip?
Ohhhh maybe that's why they did eat the peas. They weren't shelled. Haha
Thank you!!

I wanted to buy my pleco and my cories those waffers.... but wowowowow it's expensive! So now I'll just give them zucchinI and flakes - oh well.
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Hahaaa yeah that's what I thought too. I gotta buy some zucchinI later. =P
Thanks for replyingg!
 

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Would I have to do anything to the veggies? Or do I just attach a raw slice onto the veggie clip?
Ohhhh maybe that's why they did eat the peas. They weren't shelled. Haha
Thank you!!
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You can blanch them or microwave them briefly just to soften them up.
Remove the leftovers with 24hrs or they can pollute your tank.
 
I would just let them eat the scraps because then they are always eagerly awaiting food and also then they clean your gravel aswell.

I am only glad to help.

From Matt
 
I feed mine pellets and whatever the other fish eat. All my fish like leaf lettuce, even the barbs. I asume the also eat the algae growing on the rocks and gravel. Ive also noticed most of my fish like meaty foods.
 
I have five cories (4 Pandas & 1 Pepper) and they mostly eat the TetraMin tropical crisps, pieces of the HikarI sinking wafers and occasionally frozen bloodworms which is an exciting treat for them - they look like the dogs in the Disney movie "The Lady and the Tramp" in the spaghettI scene!
My cories don't seem to care for peas or veggies and they aren't even really that interested in the algae wafers.
When I feed them the crisps I make a point of tapping each with my finger to make it fall to substrate immediately so the cories don't have to wait and they are definitely like puppies when I lift the lid and they feel the movement in the water they all start scurrying about (this feeding procedure drove my older son crazy I'm sure when he was in charge of feeding this tank while my other son and I had to do a stint in the hospital for surgery - he looked at me a little weird when I explained the process!
 

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I feed my two the HikarI sinking wafers. They love those. They also go crazy for frozen bloodworm too, but if my Betta is around, they know better than to go near it lol. When I have bloodworm in the tank, he thinks it's all his.
 
Yesterday I purchased 3 False JuliI Cory Cats online and am waiting for them to arrive. I'm curious what everybody else feeds their Cory (Corydoras) Catfish. I plan on feeding frozen bloodworms, frozen tubifex, sinking catfish pellets, tropical flakes, tropical pellets, frozen brine shrimp and live mealworms.
 
That variety sounds good though I'd only use mealworms as a treat & chop them up first, btw corys should be kept in groups of at least 6
 
Yeah as Coradee said they need at least 6, but if they are for your 300gal you could put in considerably more.
 
Great pics but corys get little to no nutrition from algae though they will eat them if there's nothing else on offer, they shouldn't be fed them as a regular diet
 
Great pics but corys get little to no nutrition from algae though they will eat them if there's nothing else on offer, they shouldn't be fed them as a regular diet
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Agreed. We feed omega one flakes, tetramin flakes, frozen brine, frozen blood worms. But since the OP already listed them I only mentioned the wafers.
 

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I’ve purchased the minI mealworms (they are very small). I may order some more cories, but for now I’m just waiting for my 3. I’ve ordered several more fish and I already have some in my tank. I tried feeding my betta shrimp pellets once, but she didn’t like it. I had no idea they would eat algae wafers. I don’t give algae wafers to any of my fish. I don’t really have any herbivores.
 
I’ve purchased the minI mealworms (they are very small). I may order some more cories, but for now I’m just waiting for my 3. I’ve ordered several more fish and I already have some in my tank. I tried feeding my betta shrimp pellets once, but she didn’t like it. I had no idea they would eat algae wafers. I don’t give algae wafers to any of my fish. I don’t really have any herbivores.
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I was surprised at the number and type of fish that love algae wafers. About the only ones in all our tanks that show no interest are the schooling tetras, danios and the Australian rainbow fish. Oh, and the betta shows no interest. But every one else just loves them
 
I just give mine bottomfeeder pellets daily and a half a cube of frozen bloodworms once a week. Mine don't seem to like algae wafers or freeze dried brine shrimp, but then a lot of other people's cories love them.
 
I was surprised at the number and type of fish that love algae wafers. About the only ones iJn all our tanks that show no interest are the schooling tetras, danios and the Australian rainbow fish. Oh, and the betta shows no interest. But every one else just loves them [/QUOTE
Both of my gouramies refuse algae wafers, I've read that algae should be part of their diet.
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My gourami likes the hikarI algae minI wafers that I feed my young BN Plecco as do the cories. so in the corner of the tank where I feed the bottom feeders I put a piece of a veg such as zucchini, a couple of Wardley Shrimp pellets for catfish, and a couple of the algae wafers broken into 3 or 4 pieces. I used to put the wafers into a slit in the veg but my flame honey gourami kept taking them out. I think by doing that he also decided he likes fresh veggies. So he gets the flakes with the rasboras then every body piles into the corner and has a feast. Even the rasboras take a nibble of the veg, shrimp pellets. Then BN, Cory cats and the gourami all share. Alison
 
Alright I have six False JuliI Corydoras, I have tried feeding them a massive variety of food and I have never seen them flock to any of it, most of it looks like it breaks down and sits in a dead spot in the tank. I have tried the following foods,

Tetra Granules
Omega One Veggie Pellets
Omega One Shrimp Pellets
Omega One Frozen Brine Shrimp
Brine Shrimp (grew them in my own hatchery)
HikarI Sinking Wafers

I know cories are not necessarily aggressive eaters, however my tanks are right in front of my couch and I can sit there and watch them forever and they never seem to eat, I do not over feed, I try a very small amount then sit and watch. I obviously haven't fed them all of these foods in one day, it has been over the process of nearly three months now and they just don't seem to hit food or even get excitable when food gets into the tank.

I have tried holding off food for a day and them feeding a small amount, the results weren't any different, food sank to the bottom and broke down into small chunks that piled up in the dead spot.

I didn't feed the tank yesterday, today I put in half of the Omega One Frozen Brine Shrimp block, it sank to the bottom the fish swam around and pretty much ignored it, over an hour went by the food hadn't even been touched so I removed the shrimp pieces from the tank.....

I love these little fish, they are so much but I cannot seem to get them to eat, they all look slI'm to me and haven't appear to but on any girth since purchasing them.

What have you done for feedings?
Whats normal eating behavior your have observed?
Any advice for a novice cory keeper?

(Bare bottom 20 high tank, HOB filter, no abnormal water conditions, only the six cories)
 
I feed mine Bug Bites in bottom feeder and tropical formula (all my Corys are with other fish and they get tropical formula). They also get shrimp and blood worms. All of mine in every tank go crazy when I feed them.

Corys love sifting through sand to find food, although I can't imagine a bare bottom would stop them from eating. What type of Corys, what temp, what are the parameters exactly?
 
I use some tablets from Tetra for my albino corys.
They go crazy over them, and the bristlenose loves them too.
 

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Mine eat the omega one shrimp pellets, the sinking sticks, varaciously. They'll swarm the pellets as soon as they hit the ground. I also use top fin algae wafers and they'll eat those as well but I try to give them both.
 
I feed mine Bug Bites in bottom feeder and tropical formula (all my Corys are with other fish and they get tropical formula). They also get shrimp and blood worms. All of mine in every tank go crazy when I feed them.

Corys love sifting through sand to find food, although I can't imagine a bare bottom would stop them from eating. What type of Corys, what temp, what are the parameters exactly?
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I feed my cories HikarI sinking pellets. I followed DoubleDutch‘s advice and I crumble their pellets before dropping them in the thank. My cories remain very active during feeding now since the food doesn’t go directly to the tank’s dead spot. If you could post the tank’s temperature with the exact numbers of the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels then maybe that can explain their odd behavior
 
I feed my cories HikarI sinking pellets. I followed DoubleDutch‘s advice and I crumble their pellets before dropping them in the thank. My cories remain very active during feeding now since the food doesn’t go directly to the tank’s dead spot. If you could post the tank’s temperature with the exact numbers of the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels then maybe that can explain their odd behavior
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Temperature, 76 F
Ammonia, 0
Nitrites, 0
Nitrates, 15 ppm

I plan to not feed the tank today and see what they do tomorrow when I feed, I have tried feeding with the lights on and the lights off and there is no change in behavior. Food can literally hit them on its way to the bottom and they don't care, I have been dropping food in the middle of the tank and I have not changed that.
 
Try Repashy Grub Pie, very pungent odor that is attractive to corys (and other fish). I have a few schools of cories (Aenus , Similis , Sterbai) ; all of which freak out for the food. If you have gravel and not sand this is an excellent option as the corys won't have to sit around gravel and potentially damage their barbels just to get a bite to eat.
 
I use hikari sinking wafers along with frozen brine shrimp, live daphnia and whatever other live foods I have in the works. Plus any tropical pellets they can get before the danios get them.
 
Similar here Hikari Sinking wafers, Omega One Shrimp pellets, Tetra pellets and flakes sinking to the ground, frozen Daphnia, bloodworms, mysis shrimp and brine shrimp. They also love to snack on the sinking algea wafers intended for the pleco. I am not sure if they have a favorite, though bloodworms seem to get slurped up pretty fast.
 

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I used Repeshy gel food goldfish and solvent green blends, omega one catfish pellet, extreme nano pellets, Hikari vibra bites, Northfin mini pellets, Hikari veggie pellets, shelled boiled peas, frozen blood worms, frozen brine shrimp, and frozen daphnia. I feed two times a day. I just rotate through with Sunday being a fast day for them.
 
I am new and tried API Bottom Feeder Shrimp Pellets and Top Fin Pro Seres Sinking Algae Crumbles (I know, horrible brand but the ingredients were in line with what I liked). They were both too hard and they didn't seem to like them. I switched to alternating Hikari Sinking Wafers and Omega One Catfish Pellets. They also get Hikari Freeze Dried Brine Shrimp and Freeze Dried Blood Worms because that's what I give my Betta. My Betta also gets New Life Spectrum Betta Small Pellets and occasionally Top Fin Pro Series Betta Crumbles, so the Corys receive a highly varied diet. I bought live black worms for the first time yesterday and they all loved them.

I have an 8 gallon tank with one Betta (Lenny) and three Spotted Corydoras (Squiggy, Laverne, and Shirley).
 

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Also, get a pastel and mortar and grind up your hard pellets. The cories will like them much more.
 
Also, get a pastel and mortar and grind up your hard pellets. The cories will like them much more.
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Thank you for the mortar / pestle suggestion. Right now I do something similar for the Top Fin Betta Crumbles, so if I do that for the sinking pellets, they'll probably get eaten by my Betta because they will then float at first as opposed to sink. My Betta doesn't go after the sinking wafers / pellets right now. The Corys really go after the 2 brands that I use now, so I think I will stick with those for now, but thank you!
 

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