Corydoras not scavengers????

Lexus · 02-05-2005, 11:25 PM

On corydoras world it says cories are not scavengers and should not be treated as them?? Whats the truth? I use mine as scavengers and I supplement them with other things. Do they just mean not to only have them as scavengers?...
http://www.corydorasworld.com/module...tent&tid=2

**Cichlid Man** · 02-06-2005, 04:16 AM

What it means is that cories need to be supplemented with comercial food products just the same as all other community fish. Even though cories eat the food that falls to the bottom, they won't go digging up the whole substrate just to look for a small morsal. Cories are only sometimes refered to as scavengers simply because they eat the food that falls to the bottom, but then again so do most fish.

02-05-2005, 11:25 PM	#1
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,404	Corydoras not scavengers???? On corydoras world it says cories are not scavengers and should not be treated as them?? Whats the truth? I use mine as scavengers and I supplement them with other things. Do they just mean not to only have them as scavengers?... http://www.corydorasworld.com/module...tent&tid=2 __________________ 55 Gallon 2 Blood Parrots 2 Angelfish 1 Fantail Goldfish 46 Gallon 1 Albino Bristlenose 2 Angelfish 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 6 Zebra Danios 8 Tiger Barbs 11 Assorted Corys 29 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids & fry 1 Electric Blue Crayfish 10 Gallon 1 Betta 2 Snails 15 Neon Tetras

02-06-2005, 04:16 AM	#2
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Re: Corydoras not scavengers???? What it means is that cories need to be supplemented with comercial food products just the same as all other community fish. Even though cories eat the food that falls to the bottom, they won't go digging up the whole substrate just to look for a small morsal. Cories are only sometimes refered to as scavengers simply because they eat the food that falls to the bottom, but then again so do most fish. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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