Do filter feeder shrimp eat live scuds, gammarus, etc?

[slvrknght8]

Do freshwater clams, atyopsis moluccensis, atya gabonensis and the likes eat things like gammarus, scuds, etc that are alive? Can they grab them while swimming by? I was wondering if this could be a source of food.

[Mustafa]

No...they usually filter microorganisms out of the water. If there isn't much water flow, then they resort to looking for food on the ground like dwarf shrimp.

[slvrknght8]

Yeah I see them fanning around all the time. I just figured that all those little bugs people consider pests could also be grabbed by the fans and used as a food source.