Corydoras as feeders?

[alexleehweesiang]

I was at C328 yesterday (4th January 2014) when I came across several bags of bronze corydoras being sold as feeders. Would be a great bargain for anyone keen on trying out this easy "beginner" species.

Also, would Corydoras make suitable feeders in the first place? Considering their pectoral fin spines are pretty sharp...

I went there also..!!i bought 1 packet!!but i didn't feed my fish..!!i kip it!!but I tink they nt really vry Gd Corys becos the nex day or the day after the nex day gt 12 Corys died..!!


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[Urban Aquaria]

Yeah... fishes sold as feeders are generally the very poor quality ones (hence culled from tanks and sold cheap), and they don't get the proper care either so usually end up very weak once they arrive at the LFS.

[alexleehweesiang]

Guys..!!dnt feed the Corys to ur fishes!!they probs..!!i bought 1 packet 25 Corys died abt 16 Corys alrdy!!


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[RonWill]

Alex, you've gotten the message across. Perhaps it's a good time now to edit your posts and keep an eye on SMS lingo.

[bryan]

Yes I saw the feeder packs too. I was quite surprised as well. I've been through the fish stuck in mouth incidents a few times and both parties (eater and eatee) usually don't survive. So I usually shudder at the thought when I see Arowana keepers comm their fish with clown loach.

[alexleehweesiang]

Alex, you've gotten the message across. Perhaps it's a good time now to edit your posts and keep an eye on SMS lingo.

Helow Bro..!!hmm!!dnt mind wat u mean??i dnt really understand
Dnt mind my English nt vry Gd


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[bryan]

Hi Alex,

Go to Settings - General - Keyboard - Auto correction - Select on.

[alexleehweesiang]

Hi Alex,

Go to Settings - General - Keyboard - Auto correction - Select on.

Bro wat's SMS lingo??n also wat's the meaning gotten the msg across??
Hmm..!!is it sumting wrong??


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[KilliNewbie]

Sms Lingos are shortforms for words like you. U.

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[felix_fx2]

Bro wat's SMS lingo??n also wat's the meaning gotten the msg across??
Hmm..!!is it sumting wrong??


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hi there,

please type in formal English.
just stop using short forms that you would not type in a formal email.

what you me and the locals understand as SMS lingo/slang/whatsapp terms. not everyone will understand.

BTW, I'm typing from mobile. (ok. OK... a lot of us are)..



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[alexleehweesiang]

Hello Guys!!now I understand already!!
Thanks Bros..!!


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[RonWill]

Thank you, Alex, and welcome to AQ. We're all here to learn, grow with friends and love our wet wet hobby.

[alexleehweesiang]

No problem!!Bros..!!
Just want to ask how can I sell things here??
Thanks..!!


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[RonWill]

Alex, the rules stipulates "Only members with post-counts of 10 or higher and have been a member for 30 days or more may start new threads."

After qualifying, you can post in AQ's Marketplace but please note; All posts containing SMS or IM lingo will be DELETED without notice.

Now that this is sorted out, we can resume our regular cory discussion. Alex, please look through your previous posts and hit the edit button to correct the SMS lingo. If you need assistance, my fellow moderators will be able to assist.

[alexleehweesiang]

Alex, the rules stipulates "Only members with post-counts of 10 or higher and have been a member for 30 days or more may start new threads."

After qualifying, you can post in AQ's Marketplace but please note; All posts containing SMS or IM lingo will be DELETED without notice.

Now that this is sorted out, we can resume our regular cory discussion. Alex, please look through your previous posts and hit the edit button to correct the SMS lingo. If you need assistance, my fellow moderators will be able to assist.

A Bro


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[alexleehweesiang]

Alex, the rules stipulates "Only members with post-counts of 10 or higher and have been a member for 30 days or more may start new threads."

After qualifying, you can post in AQ's Marketplace but please note; All posts containing SMS or IM lingo will be DELETED without notice.

Now that this is sorted out, we can resume our regular cory discussion. Alex, please look through your previous posts and hit the edit button to correct the SMS lingo. If you need assistance, my fellow moderators will be able to assist.

Thanks Bro


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[gregnng]

Guys..!!dnt feed the Corys to ur fishes!!they probs..!!i bought 1 packet 25 Corys died abt 16 Corys alrdy!!


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As with all feeders, you need to do quarantine before feeding them to your beloved fishes, usually i add few drops of copper sulphate, yellow powder, mix 60 % tank water with 40% tap water with anti chlorine added, those heavily infested drop dead the next day, water will turn cloudy and you repeat the same the next day, those that are well after 3th day should be fine to be fed.

Common behaviours like head shaking in guppies and platies are gill flukes. Other feeders as such culled bettas and cories harbour much worse internal parasites from live feed. Tiger barbs, baby tilapias and mollies are quite safe, because they are cultured in estuarine or salty habitats, most nasties cannot survive the salt.

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[RonWill]

Thanks, Greg. Finally a response that makes some sense out of all this madness.

[Rubycrow]

Don't think the feeder cories are all that bad. I bought two bags of them in feb (hoping to save them ) probably about 20 pieces in total, and 15 of them survived till today. now the bronze female are getting fat and the rest looking healthy. just kinda wonder who actually feeds cories to their fish...

[Kohei]

I have seen juveniles arowanas eat cories in a local fish shop before.