Shrimp Diet

patter · Post by **patter** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:28 am

Some addition to the list - frozen artemia (brine shrimp) - at least my cherries like it.

francis · Post by **francis** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:56 am

Terran wrote:I dont feed my shrimp
I just pay attention to the water quality

Are you testing different foods to see if certain types better maximize growth?

Yup.. that's one of the reasons. Apart from that, trying to give our shrimps some varieties. As far as I've read, calcium is one of the key elements for shrimps. Seen somewhere there's calcium blocks for shrimps to feed. Supposed to aid in rebuilding their shells after shedding. Read somewhere that their after shedding their shells, the shrimps eat them back for calcium. However, read a scientific article that shrimps and other invertebras shed their shell to get rid of toxic materials (ie iron, etc).

Anyone care to advise on this? Is it healthy for shrimps to eat back their shells for calcium or should we remove the shells?

francis · Post by **francis** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:41 am

patter wrote:Some addition to the list - frozen artemia (brine shrimp) - at least my cherries like it.

Is this home prepared or off the shelf?

Wonder if there's any genetic defect later on by feeding shrimps to shrimps?

Baby_Girl · Post by **Baby_Girl** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:41 am

I always leave the molts for my shrimpies to dine on at their leisure. If they need the nutrients, they'll eat them pretty quickly. If not, then at least I've given them the option. The only time I remove the molts (exuviae) is when they start to get moldy. But that never happens in my shrimp breeding tanks, only in my fish tanks which contain shrimp.

francis · Post by **francis** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:44 am

The latest updated list of diet is as follows :

1) Organic spinach
2) Organic tomatoes
3) Novo Shrimp pellets
4) Dried leaves (Oak, Hibiscus)
5) Mangoes
6) Dried Seaweed
7) Hakari Crab Cuisine

Garlic (Not tested yet)
9) Frozen Artemia (Brine Shrimp)

Baby_Girl · Post by **Baby_Girl** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:46 am

the garlic IS an interesting idea. At least your shrimp won't get high blood pressure

joachimp · Post by **joachimp** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:43 pm

My RCS and Caridina Gracilirostris really go crazy when I throw in a rock from my turtle take that is covered in Black Beard Algae. It's non-stop eating!
Here is a three hour time laps in 2 minutes:
Timelaps
And a few minutes of the party that they had today, with a cameo from a very berried Ghost:
BlueRock

guntank0079 · Post by **guntank0079** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:41 am

Good one, Baby_girl!

Baby_Girl · Post by **Baby_Girl** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:53 am

guntank0079 wrote:Good one, Baby_girl!

thanks, glad you enjoyed that one

Cactus Bastard · Post by **Cactus Bastard** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:03 pm

joachimp wrote: Here is a three hour time laps in 2 minutes:
Timelaps

That sounds really interesting, but the video would not load for me. Is it working for other people?

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:08 pm

Timelaps will not load for me either but BlueRock will. Great camera work but I spend enough time watching my shrimp eat to watch someone elses eat for 8min29sec

joachimp · Post by **joachimp** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:42 pm

Neonshrimp wrote:Timelaps will not load for me either but BlueRock will. Great camera work but I spend enough time watching my shrimp eat to watch someone elses eat for 8min29sec

Ha, yeah, I guess so...

But when I'm not at home, it's great, I just need to get my live feed up and running, I'll call it "ShrimpTube!"

CB wrote:video would not load

Hmm... yeah, I checked on it,not sure whats wrong, maybe I should try Youtube...

UPDATE:
Timelaps works now! not sure what was wrong, but I doubled up just in case:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7318437238
or
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 4417281726

francis · Post by **francis** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:37 am

Latest update on the list :

1) Organic spinach
2) Organic tomatoes
3) Novo Shrimp pellets
4) Dried leaves (Oak, Hibiscus)
5) Mangoes
6) Dried Seaweed
7) Hakari Crab Cuisine

Garlic (Not tested yet)
9) Frozen Artemia (Brine Shrimp)
10) Beard Algae
11) Apples

Anyone have anything else to share?

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:46 am

francis wrote:Latest update on the list :

1) Organic spinach
2) Organic tomatoes
3) Novo Shrimp pellets
4) Dried leaves (Oak, Hibiscus)
5) Mangoes
6) Dried Seaweed
7) Hakari Crab Cuisine
Garlic (Not tested yet)
9) Frozen Artemia (Brine Shrimp)
10) Beard Algae
11) Apples

Anyone have anything else to share?

Great job on the list francis, let's keep it going everyone

shrimpbaby · Post by **shrimpbaby** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:37 pm

flake food
algae wafers
broccoli
zucchini
fd brine shrimp