Feeding living natural foods to Cherry Shrimp

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:49 pm

I just bought a little can of a new food that is worth sharing about here. I came across it at an out of town fish store and was very pleased to find a new and interesting food for my shrimp.

It is "Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies: Mixed Seaweed Flakes (Porphyra, Palmaria, and Ulva spp.)" produced by Two Little Fishies Inc.

Ingredients: 100% dried seaweed

It consists of finely chopped bits of green, red, and purple seaweed.

My shrimp love this stuff and I feel good feeding them something that is 100% natural with no added anything. Protein content is lower than your average fish food, and I believe that is a good thing for shrimp.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:59 pm

My shrimp love this stuff and I feel good feeding them something that is 100% natural with no added anything. Protein content is lower than your average fish food, and I believe that is a good thing for shrimp.

What type of shrimp do you have and how long have they been fed the new food? If it is that good I might just try it

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Thanks.

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:14 pm

I only have Cherries and have been feeding this food for the past month.

I am feeding it along with the Omega One Veggie Rounds which have whole kelp and spirulina as the first ingredient before the animal based ingredients. I take a tiny chunk from a wafer and crush it into sand sized particles before feeding.

I am big fan of Omega one, as they use only fresh whole fish and other seafood from Alaska rather than the seafood byproducts of unknown origin that others use. They bring the fresh fish to their factory on their own commercial fishing boat! Who knows the origin of or what is really in that "fish meal" that others use in their products?

All in all, I am happy that the processed foods that I do feed are composed of very natural whole foods with a minimum of unnecessary ingredients.

If only I ate as well as my shrimp!

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:25 pm

If your shrimp have been doing well on it for a month it is good enough for me to try. I also feed my shrimp veggie rounds and they like it a lot. Thanks again for the tip and I will let you know how my shrimp like the food, when I find it.

Later.

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:33 am

I do want to add that I don't necessarily think that the 100% pure seaweed food is the ultimate shrimp food, only that it is one good source of unadulterated natural food for my shrimp. Varitey is important and this is just one of the foods that I think is a really good option.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:22 am

Thanks for sharing your experience and I will try the food because I always want my shrimp to have variety in their diet. Besides there may be some benefits to feeding them this seaweed

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JBN · Post by **JBN** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:28 pm

I also use the OmegaOne Veggie Rounds but instead of crumbling it into sand particles I take about 1/8th of it and drop it in the tank. It automatically sinks and the shrimps rush to get it. Since the shrimps eat pretty fast, the food does not pollute the water.

Speaking of growing algae, I was thinking of taking a few rocks (aquarium safe) and placing it in a jar with water. By giving it direct sunlight I hope to grow some 'algae rocks' which could be a useful and beneficial food for the shrimps. I'll try that out and see what happens.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:16 pm

Yes, this works quite well. I've done this under lights. You can use plastic plants too and the shrimp like that even better. A nice algae fertilizer like Pro-Culture works wonders.