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I would like to try different food for my shrimps.
But before i do that, i hope that the food has been tested and proven safe !

Here goes:

Vegetables:

Sweet potato leaf , Ipomoea batatas Lam (Convolvulaceae), (boiled in water, or raw)
Sweet potato skin (boiled in water, or raw)
Sliced Sweet potato (boiled in water, or raw)
Potato skin (boiled in water, or raw)
Sliced potato (boiled in water, or raw)
Chopped Garlic (raw)
Cucumber skin (boiled in water, or raw)
Sliced Cucumber (boiled in water, or raw)
Chinese White Cabbage, Brassica chinensis Juslenius (Cruciferae) , (boiled in water, or raw)
Celery Cabbage, Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr. var. cylindrica Tsen & Lee (Cruciferae), (boiled in water, or raw)
Cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. (Cruciferae), (boiled in water, or raw)
Ceylon Spinach, Basella rubra L. (Basellaceae), (boiled in water, or raw)
Spinach, Spinacea oleracea L. (Chenopodiaceae), (boiled in water, or raw)
Lettuce, Lactuca sativa L. (Compositae), (boiled in water, or raw)

Fruits:

Apple skin (boiled in water, or raw)
Sliced Apple (boiled in water, or raw)
Sliced Orange (raw)
Sliced Pear (raw)
Grape skin (raw)
Sliced grape (raw)

Any feedback other than the above are most welcome.
Most important, the shrimps have tried it !

Wah Liao !

The only thing I would be concernd about would be the pesticids and other things on the skin of what your sujesting.

TKD

Geez, in the case of my algae eaters, the most I have done in the case of vegetables is to add a slice of zucchini once a week or so. I just stuck a rock through the middle so it would sink and dropped it in there. The algae eaters loved it and I imagine amano shrimp would probably go to town in it, too, although I've never tried it in a tank with amanos.
-Aphyosemion

I am just wondering who will be eating better - you or the shrimp.

thgng wrote: Sliced Sweet potato (boiled in water, or raw)
Spinach, Spinacea oleracea L. (Chenopodiaceae), (boiled in water, or raw)

My shrimp have eaten both of these. The sweet potato really got their attention.

thgng wrote: Chopped Garlic (raw)

For whatever reason, my shrimp have shyed away from garlic.

Bradimus wrote:The sweet potato really got their attention.

Try bananas - the shrimp will go... bananas

Bradimus,

did you cook the Sliced Sweet potato and Spinach ? (boiled in water)

The sweet potato was microwaved. The spinach was chopped, frozen, and thawed.

Hey Bradimus

Will purple yam do then?

Never heard of purple yam.

Where I come from, we only have purple yam.

Purple Yam will do, too. Any yam...white, yellow, purple....

Mustafa

I just threw in a slice of RAW sweet potato.
The shrimps seem to have problem gnawing it.. perhaps it's too hard ?

Anyway, how long can I leave the RAW or cook sweet potato in the tank ?
Should I leave it until the shrimps finished it ? It coud takes days at this speed...

But will it turn bad and foul the water ? Please advice.

Mustafa wrote:Purple Yam will do, too. Any yam...white, yellow, purple....

Mustafa

Thanks!