Do Cory Cats Eat Shrimp
Can corydoras live with shrimp in the same aquarium.
Do cory cats eat shrimp. Black 5 Macrobrachium assamensis RIng Claw Shrimp 5 Blue Tigers - with no blue other than in the sellers. Will Cory catfish eat shrimp fry. The shrimp pellets are good.
BUT a Cory hunting down preyI would need proof of that. Cory Catfish tank mates can be Amano Shrimp Red Cherry Shrimp and Ghost Shrimp. I wouldnt be surprised to find they eat the tiny ones though.
Hi corys do like brine shrimp but they wont hunt them as theyre not fast enough theyll wait for the shrimp to sink to the bottom then hoover them up. Corys like a variety of the same type of foods insectivores eat. While they dont eat shrimp when theyre tankmates you can feed your Cory cats shrimp pellets.
Brine shrimp have excellent protein content especially baby brine shrimp. And Corys can really be interesting as they feed and interact with different types of snails and shrimp. Cory Catfish are peaceful fish that are good companions for the Shrimp and Snails.
Luckily this shouldnt negatively affect your shrimp population. Most Cory Catfish do not eat Snails and Shrimp Especially when other options in food is available. Corydoras and shrimp are great tank mates.
In some cases cory catfish might nibble on sick or dying shrimp as well. Cory catfish are opportunistic feeders so they may eat dead shrimp that are present in the tank. The shrimp do better with corys than when alone in a species tank because they get fed more often and the corys stir up dust which feeds the baby shrimp.