Hi there

I have 2 bronze cory's, and peppered cory - all three are quite small say, 2.5cm (1").

I've been trying to feed them Hikari Sinking Wafers by breaking it up before feeding them as their mouths are really small.

I've found that they've been having trouble trying to eat them - they have more success in eating my goldfish flakes - but thought it's not good long term diet eating goldfish flakes.

While they are this small, is there anything I can feed them besides g/f flakes, and wafers?

Can they nibble on a piece of cucumber or mashed peas (without shell)?

And my tank doesn't get green algae growth even though it's near a window with indirect sunlight. Can I make my own algae? Like put an aquarium-safe rock in a jar of water near a window or something? then put it into the fish tank?

I have four real plants in the tank with some fake plants and a castle for decoration. Will the plants attract algae growth?

All help appreciated! I dont want them to starve

Thanks!
Julz

Just fed them some brussel sprouts - and the danios, cory's went crazy

Alot more easier for the cory's to nibble on - could they eat the brussel sprouts and g/f flakes as a staple diet?

I've also tried small shrimp pellets - but also too big for their mouths, they just keep sucking on it, but doesn't look like they are actually eating anything - could I be wrong?

I heard someone feeding tomatoes, and chopped spinach as well.

What do you people out there think?? Love to hear from ya's!

Cheers,
Julz

Fortuntely, corys aren't too picky. Mine are happy eating whatever ends up in the bottom of the tank. GF flakes, remnants of peas, algae . . . they do a great job keeping the tank accessories clean. I just love them!

My corys eat mostly flakes and frozen daphnia. I am new to these kink of fish. I have recently lost a couple of corys and was blaming the substrate of my tropical tank, the people at the LFS told me they use the same substrate w/o problems... Do you have to provide a hiding place for them?

I have a hollow castle in the middle of the tank. They like to hide in there. And also have a fake grass plant that is square in shape at the base. I made a little 'bunker' and put the fake grass plant over the top, they like to hide in there at times

I've found that my bronze cory's are more active than the peppered cory.

Maybe cos the Dr Pepper (peppered cat ) is very small compared to the bronze's.

I also found Dr Pepper being sucked against the filter uptake tube this morning!!!

Poor little bugger was almost dead - i've now turned the water flow down. And he's just hiding in his little bunker underneath the fake grass plant breathing very fast Perhaps i should have a gotten larger one.

Does anyone know if they are a nocturnal fish? and do they like bright light tubes? I have a 30W Sylvania Aquastar tube - mainly white light with a slight tinge of purple.

Gday Kingyo,

So what sort of substrate do you have with your cory's?

I have gravel that is half the size of a pea, and rough'ish

I read sand is better cos it doesnt hurt or destroy their barbels? is this true?

And i also read the sand can create can be hard to vac cos it can be really compressed.

I also have golden alage eaters - shy fellas. Do you own these too?


Cheers,

Julian

Sand is better, but some corys do just fine with normal gravel. I'm getting a few of these once my tank with danios is cycled, so I've been doing research. I have a bare-bottom tank, but that's not good either because they like looking around on the bottom for food, so I'm using a bunch of glass aquarium "marbles".

I know people who have sand, and it is hard to vac. You can't do it the normal way because you'll suck up a lot of sand. But they just wave the vac near the surface and the food and poop and whatever gets sucked up. Things can't fall in between the sand grains, so it all lands on top. I'll stick to gravel or nothing for now.