So i just got two baby cory cats today, the guy tells me they will pick up most of the uneaten food that sunk the bottom and eat unwanted aelge.
but from what iv have been reading online most people say corys do not eat aelge. so do they or do they not eat aelge?
Good For? What do you mean GOOD FOR! To begin with, they are awesome, active, and cute little bottom dwellers. You really should have more than two; 4 as the very bare minimum. They do a great job of eating fallen food, like brine shrimp, bloodworms, cyclops, etc. They are great fish. They do not eat algae though.
well i was at my lfs and was ganna pick up my 6-7 exodons that i ordered, then found out the shop keeper only got 1 of them and told me to come back next week. i figured that i need some kinda fish that would eat all the falled food and algae so i saw these little cute active catfish looking guys ( didnt know what they where still new to the hobby) so i asked the shop keeper if these are good for eating up stuff that feel to the bottom and algae and he said yea they do. so i got my one exodon and my two corys and went home. right now my exodon seems loney but there is nothing i can do about that till next week when i get more. i love the corys right now they are always on the move looking for food, but one they seem to like to seem around the middle alot of the time, one of the corys thinks its a exodon and follows him. i have a 10 gal tank btw and pretty well planted
also what do corys eat, should i just not feed them and let fallen food do its job or should i put a slice of cucumber in the bottom?
They're not intended for "janitorial services" as some people think such as eating off those leftovers. People who do that need to learn the hard way what happens when there are plenty of leftovers in the tank. Cories cannot eat them all up and should not be treated that way. Treat them like you do with other fish. Supplement their diet.
Cories are cute in a way that a person learns to appreciate their behavior which is very entertaining and a far cry from being aggressive as most catfish actually are. I have peppered and panda at the moment but I intend to add more if I can find more.
I second the comments above. They are "good" for all the pleasure they will give you. They are GREAT little fish--docile, active and entertaining. They do not eat algea and will need their own diet although they do eat up some excess food. I have 6 in a 55 gal but I stll need to clean the gravel as usual. Do not overfeed the other fish just to get food down to them. I use Hikari sinking wafers, at night, to supplement their diet. Enjoy them--the more the merrier (within the limitations of your tank size).
corys are like puppies... they will eat prettymuch whatever food hits the floor.. and after a while they learn when feeding time is and sit at glass and swim back and forth looking for you... cute as hell... they love sinking wafers.. they go to town on food but they are not at all aggressive so if you have aggressive eaters they will nip the corys wiskers.. once of the corys most obvious sign of trouble is stumpy wiskers.. ive had several different breeds.. the emerald cory IMO are the toughest.. they will gang up on a wafer and take turns chasing off my 6.5" pleco.. my biggest emerald is just over an inch (fullgrown they are somewhere between 3-4")
ghost shrimp are great for planted tanks.. whatever the corys miss they will get... in my planted breeder tank i only clean the gravel once every 5-6 weeks
A school of 8-9 cories is an amazing thing to watch, they sort of hopscotch over each other as they move around the tank, much like a flock of starling moving across a yard. The larger the school the better.
