Do You Feed Corys Or Let Them Handle It?

[PaulQ]

Sorry for all the questions. This forum has been immensely helpful.

When you have Cory catfish, do you feed them that special bottom-feeder food or do they just survive on all the food that settles at the bottom of the tank?

Thank you!

 

[Katty]

My betta is hand-fed 4 pellets a day, so there's no chance any of his food is left over for my cories, I have to feed them. I throw in a quarter of a sinking algae wafers (not a whole one because they are huge). Some nights I take some micro pellets and put them in the tank, then slap the floating pellets with a finger so that they sink for them to eat.

 

[karin]

I feed mine algae wafers 3 or so times a week when I shut the lights off in the tank so the congo tetras don't get them. Those tetras eat everything. It will depend on many things. I try to feed lightly so I'm not always convinced my corys get the food once the rest of the community has a go. So yea, a bit of specific food is a good idea.

 

[OldMan47]

All of my cories are assured enough good quality food at every feeding. If I am feeding flake, I make sure to feed it faster than the surface feeders can eat it, plenty ends up on the substrate. If I am feeding a sinking pellet, I may back off a bit since the cories will have the advantage at getting their fill. If I am feeding frozen foods, the cories are always assured a good chance at the food because I feed it all at once, not a bit at a time. That way the surface feeders can't eat it all before it falls to the bottom for the cories. In my cories only tank, the feeding is tailored to the fish I am feeding.

 

[PaulQ]

Thank OldMan.... for ALL of your replies.