I have a betta, his name is Leo, I recently upgraded him to a bigger tank and have added a couple of Cory catfish. I feed Leo twice a day but he is very exact with his food. While I feed him, I would out extra food on the side to feed the Cory, since then, Leo has figured it out and will go around the tank and eat all the Cory's food. Not only do I not want to over feed Leo, but I don't want the Cory's to die of starvation. As of now, I have been putting Leo in a cup while I feed the Corys three times a week. I don't think they are getting enough food but I don't want to stress Leo out by pulling him from his tank once a day. Has anyone else had similar issues, what have you done?
Suggestions for care of Cory catfish
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The food I have now is supposed to sink but it doesn't do it fast enough, what sinking food do you recommend?
NoodleCats
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I use a few, loaches & catfish are my fav fish, lol. Omega Shrimp pellets, Repashy gel foods (I use the Soilent Green for my hillstream loaches...& a few corys I have now) but a more carnivorous type would be better for just corys. A few different sinking "wafers", Kens earthworm pellets...etc. My fish are pretty spoiled for choices, they also get thawed frozen foods like bloodworms & brine shrimp as a treat...& very rarely live blackworms. These last have actually colonized in my "river tank". If I uproot plants with some in the roots I give them to my cory tank, feeding mania!! I bet your betta would like them too.
I don't feed tubifex worms in any form (they grow in sewage, ick!) or freeze dried blackworms (very hard to hydrate & IMO lead to constipation problems).
I've used Sera O'nips, a few Hikari wafers (just ok), New Life Spectrum, & just recently I bought Fluval "bug bites" but haven't fed them yet.
Read the ingredients on the label!!! You DON'T want corn, wheat, or soy as any of the first few 1s. Fish, shrimp, fish meal, etc. are much better!
You don't have to offer all of the above...this is a list of many over the last few years for several tanks. You can also freeze food to keep it longer than if kept at room temps.
Like I said before , try feeding corys after lights out. Only a few betta will eat then...
I don't feed tubifex worms in any form (they grow in sewage, ick!) or freeze dried blackworms (very hard to hydrate & IMO lead to constipation problems).
I've used Sera O'nips, a few Hikari wafers (just ok), New Life Spectrum, & just recently I bought Fluval "bug bites" but haven't fed them yet.
Read the ingredients on the label!!! You DON'T want corn, wheat, or soy as any of the first few 1s. Fish, shrimp, fish meal, etc. are much better!
You don't have to offer all of the above...this is a list of many over the last few years for several tanks. You can also freeze food to keep it longer than if kept at room temps.
Like I said before , try feeding corys after lights out. Only a few betta will eat then...
NoodleCats
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If you have sand, (better for cories anyways) you can also powder the food for them, in small pieces the betta may overlook
Bettas are not community fish, theyare very aggressive with very high territory sense. They are not called siamese fighting fish, aren't they? Male will kill male, even male with female cannot be kept as he will kill her. Trouble in community fish is also overfeeding them, where the excess food rots, but overfeeding also leads to dropsy which is a lethal disease in fish and cannot be treated.
Please, just put him in a spare tank with heater and a filter and stop him from suffering.
Please, just put him in a spare tank with heater and a filter and stop him from suffering.