Cory Catfish Eat Guppy Fry

They like to school near the bottom of the tank and help eat leftover food preventing it from fouling the water.

Cory catfish eat guppy fry. Cory catfish short for the corydoras genus are another community catfish that get along great with guppies. Anything is possible but the only times i have had only corydoras species eat any fry was their own newly hatched larvae and those of small larvae of tetras or similarly small and helpless larvae before they became fry swimming. However the guppy fish has to be small enough for them to eat it. Cory catfish will eat baby guppies when the chance arises.

Just so you know you also have to feed the cories they are not only scavengers thou they do eat left over flake and other fish food that hit the bottom. No your guppies will be up n about swimming top midd area while your cories are bottom and dont normally eat their own young. About 5 guppy fry and 9 pepper cory castfish in a 2 5gal tank. Also cories do better in groups a single cory will be lonely.

A variety of cory catfish fry foods such as hikari first bites frozen baby brine shrimp frozen daphnia and repashy community plus gel foods once the fry can eat adult food and they re too big to be eaten by the other fish they can join adults usually around 1 5 to 3 months old. It is a huge genus of fish with many different colors and patterns. If the baby guppies seem too big for them to swallow they ll just leave them alone. I believe you will be fine.

Not even the non parent cories will eat young cory fry. Cory are about 8 days old.