Feeding corys properly

[YaYgoldFish]

I dont understand why your putting the paper clips? Bloodworms will sink. You should feed the bloodworms 2-3 times a week.

[tropfish]

Well thanks for assuming I don't know what I am doing. My goldfish are kept for 30days before they are fed to the piranhas.
When did I ever say all I gave them was goldfish?
What is your source on the gut analysis? What species of piranha was it referring to? What season was it conducted?

i don't think he meant you don't know what you where doing, he wanted to make sure you were doing the right thing. Dave knows what he's talking about with fish.

[shockshockshad]

I dont understand why your putting the paper clips? Bloodworms will sink. You should feed the bloodworms 2-3 times a week.

I thought that bloodworms should only be fed once a week, because they are either fatty or they give digestive problems- i cant remember which. And in the first post they used weights to weigh down tubifex, so why wouldnt i weigh down bloodworms?

[NickFish]

lol ya this really did get off topic. Corys to pirahna.

You don't have to feed as much as the post suggests. Everybody has there own feeding schedule that works for them. I feed 1 shrimp pellet per cory in the morning and 1 cory pellet for every 2 corys in the evening. This must work since I have eggs after only 2 weeks.
if you have lots of other fish competing for the corys food then you may have to put more in so the corys get some.

[YaYgoldFish]

I've heard the Tubifex worms will foat, and people do weight them down. But it isn't the case for frozen bloodworms, they will sink themselves. If your talkign about free dried ones, then your right, they do float. And sicne corydoras diet in nature consists of mostly worms and other small insects, they need more worms than other fish. If I remember right, it was Dave that told me this, so im pretty sure its accurate.

[shockshockshad]

Yes I mean freeze dried- sorry for the confusion. I will feed them 3 times a week. Shrimp pellets daily, and tablets every other day.

[robnepper]

to yaygoldfish. I have been buying hikari algae wafers for my plecco. my two fantails go absolutely squirrelly over them though so the plecco rarely gets any. I have found my fishes overall appearance to be outstanding when feeding them hikari products. I also feed frozen brine shrimp and regular flakes, which my two new peppered cory's really like.

[shockshockshad]

I hope you dont have the goldfish and cories together- one is coldwater and he other is tropical. you cant have them together.

[Ty]

I have had my cory and 2 gold fish in the same tank for about 9 months with no problems, but it is on the warm end for the gold fish, but they dont seem to care.

[mitcore]

i give my corys 1 pellet per fish
it works great and the other fish in my tank will clean up the stuff left behind
great article