feeding cherry red shrimp
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feeding cherry red shrimp
I am considering feeding live adult brine or baby brine shrimp to my cherry red shrimp as a supplemental food. For that matter, I could also consider live brine as a supplement for the orange or crystal red shrimp. Have any shrimp owners done this? I know my ghost shrimp(both marine and fresh water) go crazy when I add live brine to the tank. Jan
Re: feeding cherry red shrimp
I have fed with freeze dried brine shrimp and my "ghost" shrimp take to it quite a bit more than my cherries do. My cherries zoom around when I feed with it, but they usually congregate in areas where some have fallen to the sand.
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Re: feeding cherry red shrimp
This should be done only rarely. They prefer plant based foods. Brine shrimp will foul your water and like majic hydra will appear out of nowhere.
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Good point. Be sure to feed small amounts, feed with reason.badflash wrote:This should be done only rarely. They prefer plant based foods. Brine shrimp will foul your water and like majic hydra will appear out of nowhere.
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Re: feeding cherry red shrimp
I've fed my shrimps frozen ones before and they seem to like it, not as much as the bloodworms though.
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Hydra are small jellyfish, right? I thought they were a saltwater aquarium problem. Jan
badflash wrote:This should be done only rarely. They prefer plant based foods. Brine shrimp will foul your water and like majic hydra will appear out of nowhere.
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Re: feeding cherry red shrimp
Hi Jan, Unfortunately Hydra can become a major problems in fresh water aquariums as well. A quick search on the subject will reveal the many discussions the forum has had about hydra.janbee wrote:Hydra are small jellyfish, right? I thought they were a saltwater aquarium problem. Janbadflash wrote:This should be done only rarely. They prefer plant based foods. Brine shrimp will foul your water and like majic hydra will appear out of nowhere.