Cory Catfish eat the freeze-dried, live, or the frozen bloodworms. Before serving frozen food, keep it at room temperature to get to the average temperature. Feeding frozen food to the Cory Catfish would make them ill. Cory Catfish love the blood worms. As soon as you put the bloodworm in the water, they will attack them and try to eat as much as they can consume. Bloodworms are high in nutrition and protein. You should occasionally mix the food with other fish food to provide complete nutrition to the fish.
Cory Catfish equally enjoy other worms found in the natural habitat of the fish. You can feed them glass worms, white worms, Tubifex, etc. Cory Catfish is the bottom feeder, so you should know that the dry worms sold in the store mostly float on the water when you are feeding them. You may have to arrange the fish feeding net placed in the bottom section so that Cory Catfish can reach the food and eat them. The fish usually eat something that looks like food to them in the water, but they spill it when they realize that it is not edible.
But sometimes your Cory Catfish will pick up poop and spit it out, sometimes they can pick it up and forget to spill it. Yes, you can add aquatic insects. NO, they do not need any special food because they are omnivorous fish they can eat anything depending on food availability.
So it would be hard for them to eat that stuff. Cory catfish are can eat betta food without any problem. Since these fish are scavengers and omnivores, they can eat anything they can find. But the key problem is that the betta pellets diet includes high protein, and Cory catfish need a more healthy diet. So long term feeding with betta food is not recommended.
Cory Catfish is known as beginner fish because they do not require much caring. The fish manages her healthy, eating and also keeps the water clean. If you are a beginner and looking for fish that require less attention, the corydoras catfish is the right choice for you. It is the easiest fish that you should have in the aquarium.
Some see the Cory Catfish as the armored catfish. They usually have a hard plate-like exterior on them. They are very calm, gentle, and get mixed up easily in the surrounding. Live bloodworms will be too hard for the fish to catch and eat. Frozen bloodworms should not be fed to them daily.
It should be fed to them as treats and should be given to them 3 times a week at the most. When buying frozen bloodworms, buy only high-quality food.
Cory catfish do eat brine shrimp, but only frozen or freeze-dried brine shrimps. They would love to eat live brine shrimp, but they are not fast enough to hunt them. Brine shrimp have excellent protein content, especially baby brine shrimp. However, like the bloodworms, you want to only give it to them as treats. When buying freeze-dried brine shrimp, make sure to only buy high-quality food. Frozen brine shrimps are popular and there are many manufacturers that make them.
For that reason, some will offer low quality or low-grade frozen brine shrimp. To ensure the health of your Cory catfish, buy only high-quality frozen brine shrimp. Cory catfish are slow and will not chase after their food. They will wait for the brine shrimp to come down and hover over it and suck them up.
Besides, the usual fish foods that you feed them, vegetables can be fed to Cory catfish as well. Vegetables have a lot of nutrients that make a well-balanced diet for your fish. Some of the vegetables you can feed them are zucchini, squash, romaine lettuce, and cucumber. This will make it easier for Cory catfish to eat them.
Another option is to cut the vegetables in slices and take a fork and fork the vegetable. Then drop it into the tank for the Cory catfish to feed on.
Feeding them vegetables 3 times a week is perfect for Cory catfish. For Cory catfish fry, the best food to give them is a food high in protein. Baby brine shrimp is great for Cory catfish fry. They are small and packed with proteins.
When feeding Cory catfish fry, you should give baby brine shrimp to them as much as they can eat in 5 minutes. If they still seem hungry, add more baby brine shrimps to the tank. You want to give them as much food as possible while they are growing.
Corydoras , Brochis and Aspidoras species inhabit smaller streams and rivers, backwaters, oxbows, ponds and marshy environments.
The water is clear, slow moving and relatively shallow. The bottom is typically made up of sand or detritus, and the shoreline often has dense plant growth, offering them cover. Corydoras , Brochis and Aspidoras species are found in soft water with a low pH in the wild, however, many species sold today are commercially raised and tolerate a much wider range of water chemistry. A pH between 7. Wild caught fish may require a pH of 5. Pristine water quality is essential to good health in these catfish.
They should never be added to new aquariums or those that have been neglected. Don't forget to treat tap water with Aqueon Water Conditioner before refilling your aquarium! A gallon aquarium is best for most species, although pygmy Corys such as C. For dwarf species, a gallon aquarium may be suitable, but we recommend 20 gallons or more for most other varieties.
As a relatively small fish, they crave safety in numbers, so a group of six corydoras or more all of the same species is highly suggested. Cory catfish like to shoal together or swim loosely in a group , so get at least six of the same species so they feel safe and comfortable. Corydoras have wispy barbels or whiskers to help them find food, so smooth sand or gravel is preferred.
That being said, our CEO Cory McElroy visited their natural habitat in the Amazon and found the substrate to be quite sharp, as seen in this video. In the wild, corydoras can be found on sharp substrate, so if their barbels start to erode, it may be caused by other factors like poor water quality.
Speaking of diet, corydoras are not picky eaters and will eat anything small or soft enough to fit in their mouths. They love worms of all types, so try live blackworms, frozen bloodworms, and Hikari Vibra Bites tiny food sticks that look like bloodworms. They also enjoy Repashy gel foods , sinking wafers , and other sinking community foods. They are not primarily algae eaters, so you will need to specifically feed them to make sure they get enough nutrition.
If housed with more aggressive eaters, it can be easy for cory catfish to get outcompeted during feeding times, causing them to waste away.
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