Best foods for Peppered Cory
Corydoras paleatus
Group: Cory Catfish • Genus: Corydoras
Adult Peppered Cory do best on a balanced staple food that matches their typical macro needs. AquaIndex scores foods against adult protein, fat and fibre ranges for this diet group.
Diet group: Bottom feeders • Life stage: Adult
✅ Staple focus: These recommendations are tuned for everyday feeding.
Top-Rated Foods for Peppered Cory
Scores are heuristic and explained on each food detail page.
- • Ingredient list starts with Sardines.
- • Protein 46.0% sits within the Bottom feeders target range for this life stage.
- • Fat 8.0% sits within the Bottom feeders target range for maintenance.
- • Pellet size Small matches the small size band.
- • Format Pellet suits bottom-oriented feeding.
- • Ingredient list starts with Black Soldier Fly Larvae.
- • Protein 40.0% sits within the Bottom feeders target range for this life stage.
- • Fat 12.0% is above the maintenance range; this food may be better as a conditioning option than an everyday staple.
- • Pellet size Medium may not align with the small size band.
- • Format Granule is less typical for bottom-oriented feeding.
- • Ingredient list starts with Sword Prawn.
- • Protein 45.7% sits within the Bottom feeders target range for this life stage.
- • Format Pellet suits bottom-oriented feeding.
- • Fat 3.8% is below the target range for this life stage.
- • Pellet size Micro may not align with the small size band.
- • Ingredient list starts with Fish And Fish Derivatives.
- • Protein 46.0% sits within the Bottom feeders target range for this life stage.
- • Format Wafer suits bottom-oriented feeding.
- • Fat 12.0% is above the maintenance range; this food may be better as a conditioning option than an everyday staple.
- • Pellet size Medium may not align with the small size band.
- • Ingredient list starts with Black Soldier Fly Larvae.
- • Protein 40.0% sits within the Bottom feeders target range for this life stage.
- • Fat 12.0% is above the maintenance range; this food may be better as a conditioning option than an everyday staple.
- • Pellet size Micro may not align with the small size band.
- • Format Granule is less typical for bottom-oriented feeding.
How scoring changes by life stage
We score foods against macro ranges for your fish's diet group. Life stage adjusts those ranges:
- Fry: higher protein and energy needs, lower tolerance for high fibre
- Juvenile: higher protein and slightly higher fat than adults
- Adult: balanced staple ranges for everyday feeding
- Conditioning: higher-fat ranges for breeding prep and recovery
How AquaIndex Scores Food for Peppered Cory
Scores are calculated using AquaIndex's nutrition model, which evaluates ingredient quality, protein sources, macro targets, and species-specific suitability factors. How we score foods.
Compatible Species
Reference links to curated compatibility pair pages for this species.
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