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Do coreys find food by sight, feel, smell or all three?
Posted: 12 Jul 2017, 02:17
by rebeccav
Sorry if this is a stupid question. Can my new Corey catfish find their tan colored food on their tan colored substrate? I don't want to leave them hungry!
Re: Do coreys find food by sight, feel, smell or all three?
Posted: 12 Jul 2017, 03:29
by bekateen
Hi Rebecca,
No that's not a stupid question.
Your corys should be able to find without trouble. In addition to sight, corys use smell, and probably touch also (although I'd think it's difficult to disentangle these since their feelers (barbels) also possess chemoreceptors, meaning they'd be smelling anything they touch with their barbels), to locate food.
Cheers, Eric
Re: Do coreys find food by sight, feel, smell or all three?
Posted: 27 Sep 2017, 14:09
by Tony4143
Yup,Exactly what this man said is on point.
Tony
Re: Do coreys find food by sight, feel, smell or all three?
Posted: 27 Sep 2017, 16:38
by Shane
http://www.in-fisherman.com/catfish/cat ... ibilities/
This about ictalurids, but all catfishes possess similar abilities.
-Shane