Do coreys find food by sight, feel, smell or all three?
Do coreys find food by sight, feel, smell or all three?
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!
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Re: Do coreys find food by sight, feel, smell or all three?
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
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
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Re: Do coreys find food by sight, feel, smell or all three?
Yup,Exactly what this man said is on point.
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Re: Do coreys find food by sight, feel, smell or all three?
http://www.in-fisherman.com/catfish/cat ... ibilities/
This about ictalurids, but all catfishes possess similar abilities.
-Shane
This about ictalurids, but all catfishes possess similar abilities.
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