Hi All, I'm brand new to the forum and to Corys and I've got a question about my new little guys. My tank finished cycling on Sunday so I was off to the fish store to begin my stocking. I've got a 29 gallon planted tank and it's the first time (after years of having fish) that I'm learning enough to try to do it correctly (cycling, the right fish for my water, etc.). My stocking plan is a school of Lemon Tetras and a school of 6 Sterbai Corys. I was going to start stocking slowly with the Tetras but the store had sold out so I brought home 3 of the Corys.
The Corys are very active and are swimming up and down the glass and all over the substrate, which I understand is fairly common when they are checking out a new home. I didn't feed them yesterday and today I've given them a few of the sinking pellets for bottom feeders and my concern is that they are completely ignoring them and as far as I can tell, haven't eaten anything. Is this normal when they are a little stressed from the change in environment? I'm not sure how often to try to feed them or how much because I don't want a problem of a bunch of pellets decomposing until the next water change.
Any advice would be welcome!
The Corys are very active and are swimming up and down the glass and all over the substrate, which I understand is fairly common when they are checking out a new home. I didn't feed them yesterday and today I've given them a few of the sinking pellets for bottom feeders and my concern is that they are completely ignoring them and as far as I can tell, haven't eaten anything. Is this normal when they are a little stressed from the change in environment? I'm not sure how often to try to feed them or how much because I don't want a problem of a bunch of pellets decomposing until the next water change.
Any advice would be welcome!