Cory cats not eating

[mayreee]

Well all of my fish in my 15gal made it through the night last night :knock on wood:. The only problem is my 2 corys I have left aren't eating the food I have for them. I have TetraMin Tropical Tablets for bottom feeders and O.S.I. Shrimp Pellets. I put one or two in there and the molly just ends up eating them and the corys ignore them. The corys go around the tank and act like they are looking for food so I am not sure if they are eating the tropical flakes that fall to the bottom. I called the LFS (that I will never go to again) and asked what they feed them. The guy said "Uhhhh I'm not sure, can you call back in an hour?" Man they are rude and dumb. I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks

 

[dwayne]

I don't know if this is common, or if my cories are oddities but they eat veggies when I throw them in for my pleco. Peeled frozen peas, cucumbers and zucchini... they don't care for lettuce though. Maybe give that a shot? My cories are piggies, they eat anything, and even scurry to the surfact to eat flakes and blood worms... odd little buggers.

~Tara

 

[Kabong]

You can try dishing out the cash and get sinking waffer pelets. They stay hard for awhile so the Molly wont be able to gobble them down only nibble at them. There pricey but hey so is replacing fish. Also with my corries i noticed even when they seem not to be eating there ussually fine. THere just vacuming up crumbs on the bottom of the tank. Or snacking on one of my plants.

 

[blitzen25bm]

they love blackworms.

 

[Analog Saint]

My cories are always scurrying about wiggling their little whiskers through the substrate in search of food- I used to worry because I never saw them eat- but then again, the food that falls to the bottom always magically dissapears- and they always appear happy and healthy...

My rasboras are larger than the pandas, and will eat EVERYTHING I put in the tank. They're lightning quick and will eat until their stomachs are bulging... But there's always some of the Bio-blend pellets they miss, and algae/plants in the tank in case.

I have some bloodworms that I got for my frog (which NEVER SINK) that I might try, and see if they go for em too...

 

[TKOS]

Try some frozen blood worms or something similar. Really messy to deal with, IMO, but my cories go fanatical. Also try dropping their pellets in after lights out.

Right after I drop my pellets in for my cories they usually start to nibble on them and move on still searching the bottom. I guess they are never satisfied and always assume there is something better just under that next rock.