What killed my pepper corydora? I read that they need live food, though I never gave it any. could that be why

Question

It only ate sinking pellets.

Answer 1

I seriously doubt it was a lack of live foods, they do prefer live foods and do better when they get them, but can live well on prepared foods as well. I would be more willing to blame a small spike in ammonia or nitrites, most corys need a quite mature tank to do well. Of course, it could be something else entirely.

MM

Answer 2

Very unlikely that not giving it live food would be the cause however, you may find that it being on its own could be a possiblity theyre very social type fish which should be kept in groups of 5 plus.

Other than that we would need to know the parameters that it was kept in.

AJ

Answer 3

Cories are very sensitive to water quality...chances are your water quality is off. I feed mine shrimp pellets, algae wafers, and other sinking food. I've never fed mine live food (though I'm sure they eat swordtail fry).