Cory's - Do they eat 'everything'?

[mukundam123]

Hi,
I'm not sure if this is in the right section, so sorry if it isn't. Anyway, I've got a couple of bronze cory's, and a couple of peppered corys in what will soon be a malawi. What am I supposed to feed them? I give my plec's cucumber, and they absolutely love it, but I havent seen the corys touch it. They seem to keep the bottom tidy, as there is hardly any waste on the bottom (it's probably under the rock pile). However, I did see one of the peppered eat a really long peice of FAECES (from my angel) from the sand. Is this normal?

Finally, I have 2 upside down cat fish (thats what the LFS called them). What can I feed them (I only ever see them at night, once the tank light is out).

Thanks!

 

[matymic]

the cory's will eat flake food, they will even come to the surface for it. They also love frozen food as long as it fits into thier mouths. I hope this is a help to you, cheers Mat

 

[matymic]

P.s. they dont eat faeces unless really desperate fot food.

 

[mukundam123]

Hmm. Thanks Mat. I feed three times a day, and they've never come up to the surface for anything. I vary their diet from freeze dried krill and brine shrimp, flakes, pellets, to frozen bloodworm. Thats why I was worried when I saw one of them eat the faeces (mind you I had only bought that one 2 days earlier....)

Thanks for your help!

 

[basslover34]

Try some shirmp sinking pellets.. they love those things here

 

[Muske]

Ditto Bass... sinking pellets like NLS will feed the cories and the Synos. (upside down cats)

 

[mukundam123]

Alrite....I'll see if I can find some. Btw, whats NLS? Also, are there any foods which you can buy (like for human consuption), which I could possibly feed them, or any other fish for that matter?

cheers

 

[artemis1]

Algae wafers are great! Mine ate mostly fallen flake food and algae wafers.