Do You Feed?

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:45 pm

How often do you feed your shrimp in heavily planted shrimp only tanks? The shrimps stomachs always appear to be full I just sometimes wonder should I still feed in addition to.

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:29 pm

I usually have fishes in with my shrimps in planted tanks, they will usually eat food that has fallen to the bottom of the tank. No worries there either.

I sometimes throw in some crab 'n lobster bites (HBH) at nite when the lights are out. This way the shrimps don't have to compete with the fishes for food.

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:41 pm

My tank is shrimp-only (not counting the otos and snails

), and I give them a bit of frozen spinach or some Hikari Crab Cuisine every couple days or so. They look like they're getting plenty to eat, but this way I make sure they're getting iodine in their diet, and I get to see them when they come out to eat.

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:46 pm

The Japonica shrimps are never shy when it comes to food, so viewing them at your leisure during their feeding time is no problem but try viewing a VS eating ... hehehahahaha ... then your schedule have to revolve around them when they decide to come out to eat (in your presence, of course)

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:39 pm

With the spinish do you cook it and then freeze it for them or? How do you prepare it, I bought a whole bushle for my babies and I dont know how to cook it. Or just give it to them raw?

Acsuth · Post by **Acsuth** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:33 am

I would boil or freeze it first to make it easier for the shrimps to eat it. I know my snails relish frozen spinach and even my dwarf crays will pick at it. I'd be interested to hear how your shrimp like it.

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 5:53 pm

Does boiling it take away all of the good stuff from it you think? And when u freeze it what do u do just squish it into the ice cube trays?

gnatster · Post by **gnatster** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 7:38 pm

I buy a box of frozen chopped spinach, cut a chink off and microwave it with a few drops of water for 10-15 sec to defrost.

When I use fresh mustard green I just dip them in boiling water for 15-20 sec till it wilts and then cool.

Also feed algae wafers, shrimp pellets, earthworm pellets and cyclops-eze

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 7:42 pm

gnatster wrote:Also feed ... cyclops-eze

Do shrimp eat cyclops? Great! I've got 'em...!

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:28 pm

I am gonna have to try this.

Post by **Mustafa** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 4:08 am

Shrimp eat most anything you throw at them. By the way...cyclop-eeze are not "cyclops" but is a micro-food for larvae and very small creatures in general.

gnatster · Post by **gnatster** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:15 am

Personally I don't "throw" food at the shrimp, mostly cause I have bad aim and it makes a mess on the floor.

Cyclop-eeze site.

They are small, very small, but even full my full grown angels go coo coo for cyclop-eeze. Every time I do a water change and then feed cyclop-eeze all the tetras spawn. I don't know what it is about this food but every tank inhabitant goes ape &#(@ over it. Even more so then when I feed live worms

Acsuth · Post by **Acsuth** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:49 am

Every time I do a water change and then feed cyclop-eeze all the tetras spawn.

Do you use the frozen or freeze-dried?

gnatster · Post by **gnatster** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:33 am

Frozen, shave it off with a razor blade right into the tank.

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 5:32 pm

gnatster wrote:Personally I don't "throw" food at the shrimp, mostly cause I have bad aim and it makes a mess on the floor.

Cyclop-eeze site.

They are small, very small, but even full my full grown angels go coo coo for cyclop-eeze. Every time I do a water change and then feed cyclop-eeze all the tetras spawn. I don't know what it is about this food but every tank inhabitant goes ape &#(@ over it. Even more so then when I feed live worms

Thanks so much im gonna go buy this and use it and see if it effects my shrimps color any.