Snacks for corys

Troy-N-Eli

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Oct 22, 2002
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Some time ago, while trying to get some guppy fry raised, we noticed that there was a lot of food not being eaten.  To counter this, we put 1 albino cory into the tank to clean things up a bit.  He was not very big at the time, maybe 1 1/2" at the time.  We also had a disaster w/ a heat wave and a malfunctioning heater...temps off the scale.  We lost 10 out of 11 fry.  The major problem and the reason for this post is that we only found 4 bodies.  Could they have decomposed that fast or did the cory eat the bodies...or worse yet, did he just eat the fry along w/ cleaning up the old food?  We've never heard of any such thing, but can't rule anything out.  Just trying to prevent any future problems.  Thanks for any and all assistance.
 

Oct 22, 2002
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Yup, cories wouldn't kill, but fressh dead babies, yum!!!!
The bodies could also have decomposed quickly with the heat also.  So I think you are safe to have cory cleanup.