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Like many people, family obligations will take me away from the shrimp for about 5 days during the holidays. I expect that being away proovides some complications for shrimp. I don't suppose a 5 day feeder exists for shrimp.

Can you grow a bunch of green hair algae and toss it in before you go? What is to do for the bamboo shrimp?

I feed my shrimp once a week. And they haven't problems. True is, that tank is fully planted and much algae is there. But 5 days is nothing without food for shrimp, they always find some food in the tank.

I agree, you don't have to do anything for 5 days.

Since this topic being raised, I will be away for a month. Is there a way I can make it such that I can leave it alone? My family leave my tanks alone and want no part with them =(

Hmmm...good question. I've never been away for a month. Maximum was about 9 days and the shrimp did fine. I can imagine that in a well established tank shrimp should do ok for a month as long as there is a low population densitity. Otherwise you might might to invest in an automated food dispenser if you do not want to take the risk. Get one that can release some flake food once or twice a week while you are gone.

My frend has C. denticulata in 15Litre tank, well planted, there is aprox. 15 adults and some offspring. She never feed them, they live of algae found.
But dont take it as "guide", I would not be responsible for your shrimp lost

thank for the info everyone.

Just figure I forgot to give out the setup info.

I have 70 shrimps + some numbers of babies in a 20 gallon. Bare bottom, with a spongue filter with a powerhead. with a b ig clump (taking up a quater of a tank at least) of moss sitting at the bottom.

I have 6 shrimps + 10-20 babies in a 10g with a hang-on-back filter, bare bottom with a driftwood overed with moss.

Hope this info. may give you a better idea what I am dealing with here ..haha

Cheers

The smaller should be OK. But Im not sure of bigger one. Amount of shrimps there is to hight I thing. (4 not feeding).

The Ma & Pop LPS that I got my most recent shrimp from was feeding these shrimp some hair algae they said grew in large mats up to several feed wide. The shrimp were eating it. I'm attempting to grow some and this may be something I can toss in to feed them for an extended get-away.

I don't know what this stuff is called, but once I find out I'll re-post.

thanks everybody. I arrange to take the big tank over to my buddy's place to have him babysit them ...hahaha

Why not get an automatic feeder and have it feed them for you?

I finally got around to asking the LFS if they know what these moss balls are called. They didn't but said they came from Hungary. My cherry shrimp like them to hide in and pick at, but they don't eat them. The Amanos and Siamese Algae Eaters devour them.

This stuff is a very fast growing hair algae with hairs up to 3' long. It grows really fast and gets into everything. I just pull out the Java moss & java fern that gets infested with it out of the cherry tanks and drop it in my tanks with the amanos and SAE's. In a day or two it is completely gone and there is no trace of it on the plants. It then the plants go back in the cherry tank for another trip.

I'm also using it in my moina and rotifer tanks. The moina love to be able to hide in it. The moina tend to stick to the edges of the tanks, but with this stuff they spread out and I get more than a bare tank. The stuff keeps the water clean too.

Anyone ever heard of it? It is not a Marimo ball. It anchors itself.

Get some small containers, like empty film roll containers. Put some food in each and label with a date for when to use. Who knows, family may get hooked on shrimp.