Cory Cats Not Eating...HELP!

Crassius & Corydoras · Post by **Crassius & Corydoras** » 29 Apr 2005, 02:49

Okay, Hi first of all I'm new to the boards. Well i recently started a 10 gallon tank with three green corycats in it. They seem fine, and I give them an algae wafer every night. But when I wake up the wafer is still there and seems untouched. What do I do?

By the way, me being in middle school, I have limited $$$ so I havnt the cash to buy plants and I already ow my dad 25 bucks. So any help you can give is very aprriciated. I have a few rocks set up in a cave and it is only run on and undergound filter. The temp is between 75-80/ Help!

Post by **corybreed** » 29 Apr 2005, 04:29

As has been discussed in a recent thread, Corys are not vegie eaters. Feeding algae wafers is not the right food. Corys like a more protein rich diet. If you are on a limited budget you can dig for earth worms which can be chopped up into small pieces and fed to the Corys. Make sure to rinse the worms well before feeding. Frozen or freeze dried blood/tubifix worms and Tabimin pellets are also good.
Keep the temperature at 75 degrees.
Mark

Crassius & Corydoras · Post by **Crassius & Corydoras** » 29 Apr 2005, 13:16

Thanks, I have tried tubifix worms, they didn't eat those either. I also tried shirmp pellets. I'll did for some worms after school.

Thanks guys!

corydoras4life · Post by **corydoras4life** » 30 Apr 2005, 03:32

well a good way to feed cory cats (i have this and they eat it) get WARDELY'S SHRIMP PELLETS FORMULA it is a sinking food that spreads out and turns to particles they eat it and a way to get them to eat better you can also have them with just other cories and livebearers because the livebearers will leave them alone and they will eat what they nheed so they all get their fair share and your cories will stay alive.