Panda Cory Feeding

[corielover]

I recently acquired 4 panda corys. They are in two separate tanks; two in quarantine with fin rot, (improving thanks to Melafix ), and two in the community tank. The problem is, none of them are feeding! I have tried pellets, sinking wafers, freeze-dried tubifex, and algae wafers, but they respond to nothing. All but the most affected fin rot cory are foraging actively, but even if the bump into some food they just swim over it. Every other fish is eating normally; their only competitors are a few cherry barbs, some bronze corys, a burmese loach, and my Ancistrus. The cory in the quarantine tank only has one bronze cory for company along with his sick relative, but the bronze always goes after the food. The panda just swims back and forth across the back glass. All water conditions are perfect, and temperature is 76 F. I've tried feeding after lights out, but the corys bellies are just as small when I wake up. Are the bronze corys out competing them? Should I try to separate them when possible?

[CoryfanAad]

Try some living or defrosted food.

[corielover]

O.K. I tried some defrosted Daphnia, but they didn't take it. Sorry, should have mentioned that in the original post. I'll see if I can get some live food; I'll also try leaving them by themselves as bottom feeders once the fin rot clears up. Do defrosted Daphnia or Cyclops sink? Thanks!

[dw1305]

Hi all,
Grindal worms are easy to culture and very attractive to Corydoras spp.

Cheers Darrel

[corielover]

Thanks, I'll try to culture some. I put some food in a while after the lights turned off when the barbs and loach were asleep, and it was gone this morning, but I don't know who got it. I'm trying to see if the bellies of the fish are noticeably emaciated, but the corys aren't cooperating. Thanks Again!

[krazyGeoff]

Mine just can't seem to get enough of JBL novofect.
When they bump into it, is sort of breaks up, so they can hunt the tiny fragments or hang out and chew off the main bit.

Cheers

[corielover]

Thanks, I'll look next time I go to my LFS; I'm running out of sinking foods anyway, so this is a good time to try something new.