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i'm having trouble feeding my 5 cory jullii. i use stinking pellets and waffers. my h. rasbora and swordtails would eat the pellets before reached the bottom, and with waffers the swordtail red female would dont let anything near them.

so i tried a pipe to drop the pellets to the bottom, the swordtail would either wait at the bottom or flow the corys until the find something then push them out of the way and eat the food. i've also tried at night, but don't think thats working from what i can see.

what food should i get for the corys that might help, and does anybody have any tips.

last thing, people are always saying that corys and other shoaling fish should be in groups of 6+ seeing i have 5 jullii should i add 1 more and can i fit one more into my tank??

cheers for anything
shekoi.

www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk

5 is a good number, but the more the merrier! Feeding after lights out is probably your best bet. Try to feed in the same spot every night, preferably away from the problem fish if at all possible. You could try feeding all the other fish in one area of the tank, and as they are eating drop the pellets/wafers for the cories in another area.

You could try feeding all the other fish in one area of the tank, and as they are eating drop the pellets/wafers for the cories in another area

tried that, didn't work the greedy swordtail would just finish her flakes etc then just chase of the cories.

i'll try bigger pellets so the sword can't eat in one go, what do other people use for cory food?

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I feed mine hikari sinking wafers, hikari carnivore pelleets, shrimp pellets, bloodworms, and leftover flakes.

What my hubby does when hand feeding his fish, is take the food in both hands, insert both hands into the tank one on each end, but lowers one hand in first. The greedy fish quickly swims to the hand entered in first. Then he puts the other hand in while the greedy fish are at the pervious hand. Food from both hands fall to the bottom for the bottom feeders, while the greedy fish are at the top. Doing this he has trained fish like Albino Rainbow shark, tiger barbs, clown loaches, glass catfish, gouramis, mollys of cause, even guppys, to eat out of his hands.

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And in the other hand, the greedy fish.

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You can feed them sinking pellets as soon as you switch your tank lights off. In this way the pellets will reach the bottom & your Corydoras can eat in peace.

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I've had this problem, when I tried to feed my Corys, my platies used to eat the Corys food, so none of my Corys got a bite. The best thing to do is to, wait until you turn your lights off, and break the pellets up into small bits, this way the pellets are easyier for the Corys to eat, instead of having a big chunk to eat and then each Cory will be able to have its own piece without crowding when they eat. Also any food that you feed your other fish, and they do not eat will fall to the bottom and your corys will also eat that for you as well.

I hope this helps you with your problem !

I was having the same problem with my blk skirt tetras. Now I use a piece of plastic tubing so the pellets make it to the bottom. I place the tube in between the lava rock and driftwood so that the pellets are kind of hidden when they reach the bottom. While the pellets are sinking I feed flakes on top of the water. Now, when the fish see the tube they come to the top because they know the flakes are coming. The tetras still get to the pellets occasionally, so I started feeding an extra pellet or two, so when the tetras end up with a pellet, there are still some left for the cories. Hope this helps.

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