what do you feed your red cherry shrimp?

Dwaffer · Post by **Dwaffer** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:27 pm

My new RCS dont seem to eat a whole lot like my psycho ghost shrimp do.

just wanted to see what the majority favorite food is for em.
thanks.

P.S. Is feeding grindal,(small white), worms harfull to these shrimp?

louieknucks · Post by **louieknucks** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:23 pm

I just feed them regular flake food every other day and they are good.

Polypterus · Post by **Polypterus** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:30 pm

Hi !
Mine get fish food, as the Red Curry spend their tank with a group of small barbs. Sometimes they get some soft algae - to chare with the snails. They also get very little of Banana, but the snails are more fast to eat mostly.
My normal Neocardidina dent. sinensis like to eat banana and algae, Red Crystal and Bubelbee too. Caridina babaulti and * var. malaya are little shy and mostle get some baby - fish food.
It's strange, in some tanks the shrimp of the same species eat the same kind of algae or banana sooo fast, in an tank next they leave it for the snails.
Florian

retardo · Post by **retardo** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:25 pm

flake food (leftovers), crab pellets, algae wafers, chopped spinach (nuked litely), algae on tank walls, microalgae on plants and driftwood and gravel.

TKD · Post by **TKD** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:28 pm

Hi Dwaffer,

15g DPs, Otos, & ghost shrimp

What are DPs?

TKD

Dwaffer · Post by **Dwaffer** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:56 pm

Wow, Thanks for the info!

I never even thought of bannana. I will try that.

DP stands for Dwarf Puffer. There is many names for them but they are the smallest known pufferfish and true dwarfs IMHO.
Thier Carinotetraodon travancoricus and all of mine(15) have been born and raised in my tanks. I know many of you may been concerened about keeping shrimp and these DPs but I have many contacts who have them living peacable together for along time and so far mine are too. I dont keep my RCS with them as of yet. I'm not that trusting. they have a tank of thier own and the ghost shrimp do aswell now. Actually they share it with some small flounders.
Oto=otocinclus

fishcrazee · Post by **fishcrazee** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 10:10 pm

HI DWARFFER!! It's nice to see someone I "know" here. Also WOW cherry shrimp eat bananas?? and snails too? does it make the water really dirty? and do you leave the skin on? thx

Polypterus · Post by **Polypterus** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:37 am

Hello!
No Skin of the banana, just a little piece. You can also try little of tomato.
Florian