My new bronze corys :)
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I found the pics. 
They are adorable. Any names for them?
They are adorable.
Any names for them?
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I'm not entirely sure how to edit pics to make them smaller lol.
No names yet. I'm not sure how to name them as they look so similar. Gonna try and figure out what sex they all are. I've got them slow sinking cat fish pellets. Are these ok and how many do I feed them and how often?
No names yet. I'm not sure how to name them as they look so similar. Gonna try and figure out what sex they all are. I've got them slow sinking cat fish pellets. Are these ok and how many do I feed them and how often?
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I'm curious to see how often and how much cories need to be fed, too.
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I drop in one wafer for my two tiny guys daily.
I almost never see them eat, so I can't follow the "remove what isn't eaten in an hour" thing.
I just put one in whenever I notice there's none left.. (my betta gets a big tummy so I hide it in the plants).
I almost never see them eat, so I can't follow the "remove what isn't eaten in an hour" thing.
I just put one in whenever I notice there's none left.. (my betta gets a big tummy so I hide it in the plants).
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Beautiful little guys you have there, i have always been very fond of bronze cories but the soze and bio load is what put me off as I have a hpabit of choosing smal, less bio losd fish, such as wild strain guppies, pygmy cories, neon tetras, sparkling gouramis, etc,
If I were you I would most likely return them, as Corydoras species..... Even the somewhat larger ones prefer sand and use sand to sift through. Most bottom dwellers actually do prefer sand, there are a few hard bodied exceptions though such as Plecos. But Corydoras have somewhat soft bellies and with constant irritation on them, fungus accumulating is very common, as well as there barbs deteriorating. I would not recommend them in gravel tanks unless the gravel is fairly small such as 1-2 millimeters in diameter,
Also. What do you feed them? I'm assuming that you feed them meatier foods such as shrimp pellets, right? They are mainly carnivorous fish with the acception of eating algae wafers on occasion, they do prefer meatier foods and this is what I would recommend, mine love blood worms mainly but as you know, this is not a staple diet so I would recommend a diet of about 30% shrimp pellets 50% catfish pellets 10% algae wafers 10% bloodworms, brine shrimp, or California black worms
The gender of bronze cories are easily determined, I usually know the gender by the plumpness of the fish. Mainly females are slightly plumper, and males are thinner. Females are especially plumper when filled with eggs
If I were you I would most likely return them, as Corydoras species..... Even the somewhat larger ones prefer sand and use sand to sift through. Most bottom dwellers actually do prefer sand, there are a few hard bodied exceptions though such as Plecos. But Corydoras have somewhat soft bellies and with constant irritation on them, fungus accumulating is very common, as well as there barbs deteriorating. I would not recommend them in gravel tanks unless the gravel is fairly small such as 1-2 millimeters in diameter,
Also. What do you feed them? I'm assuming that you feed them meatier foods such as shrimp pellets, right? They are mainly carnivorous fish with the acception of eating algae wafers on occasion, they do prefer meatier foods and this is what I would recommend, mine love blood worms mainly but as you know, this is not a staple diet so I would recommend a diet of about 30% shrimp pellets 50% catfish pellets 10% algae wafers 10% bloodworms, brine shrimp, or California black worms
The gender of bronze cories are easily determined, I usually know the gender by the plumpness of the fish. Mainly females are slightly plumper, and males are thinner. Females are especially plumper when filled with eggs
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The gravel I have is fine RED gravel so no I won't be returning them. As reccomended by others I have tested it for sharpness because Kyon likes to sleep at the bottom of the tank and this stuff is smooth. (It actually says on the bag suitable for bottom dwellers and I double checked this with a friend I have who breeds pygmys who uses something similar for her tanks) I will be changing to sand in the near future anyway as I prefer the natural look of sand.
Last night I dropped a pellet each in for them, they didn't find them straight away but they are gone this morning, I hear they are night feeders. Kyon had a go at one but they are to big for him so I don't think he's ate them. I give weekly treats of frozen bloodworm or daphnia anyway.
Last night I dropped a pellet each in for them, they didn't find them straight away but they are gone this morning, I hear they are night feeders. Kyon had a go at one but they are to big for him so I don't think he's ate them. I give weekly treats of frozen bloodworm or daphnia anyway.
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In my community tank I feed all fish on a night time and give 2-3 pellets per cory, and the pellets are great for them because the other fish are too busy having a go at the flake food to notice the sinking stuff
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Kyon will not under any circumstances feed from the bottom of the tank so the sinking pellets are ideal cause Kyon won't eat them, he has had a go while they've been on their way down but they are way bigger than what he is used to. The tetras have no chance so they haven't even bothered trying plus they prefer flake foods. Dan, my other half thinks I'm nuts that my fish all have their own foods. I'm going out to buy some play sand tonight. A 25kg bag is £4.98 and I'd only use a small amount of that for the tank, the rest would go in my daughters sand pit. I've always wanted sand, it's talking my other half into it as he prefers fine gravel.
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