Feeding
Choose and adjust food for the species, life stage, actual feeding and waste load.
Making shrimp food: what must you be able to assess?
Preparing an addition yourself is possible, but an attractive mixture is not automatically complete shrimp food. For occasional plant supplements, one suitable, accountable ingredient…
What do aquarium shrimp eat? Start with how they feed
Many commonly kept dwarf shrimp find food on surfaces: algae, microorganisms, organic material and accessible added food. “They eat algae” is therefore not a complete feeding plan. Nor…
Feeding fan shrimp: food must reach the fans
A fan shrimp such as Atyopsis moluccensis captures fine food particles from water with its fans. A bottom tablet and a powerful pump therefore do not constitute a feeding plan:…
Feeding a growing shrimp colony
As a colony grows, reassess both food access and total provision. An aquarium containing adults, berried females and juveniles may not be adequately served by exactly the pre-breeding…
Feeding Cardinal shrimp from Sulawesi
For Cardinal shrimp, Caridina dennerli, food needs to reach the places where animals graze. Do not expect every animal to gather at one tablet in the middle of the aquarium. Keep…
Feeding young shrimp and following their development
Young Neocaridina need usable food in places they can reach. Established grazing surfaces and appropriate fine food can contribute together. A tablet surrounded by adults or powder…
How much shrimp food? Adjust a portion you can record
A useful portion depends on the product, animals and other available food. Begin with that food’s instructions and make the amount repeatable. Counting animals helps, but one pellet…
Vegetables and nettle for shrimp: choosing and offering them
Suitable vegetables can supplement grazing dwarf shrimp, for example cucumber, cooked carrot or spinach. Choose a small, observable addition with known origins. Vegetables or nettle do…
Storing shrimp food: dry handling and spoilage prevention
Keep dry shrimp food tightly closed in a dry place away from sunlight and heat. Follow the package’s storage instructions and expiry information. A dry container does not make food…
Feeding shrimp with fish and other tankmates
In a community aquarium, what matters is who actually eats. Adding extra “for the shrimp” may mainly feed fish, snails or larger shrimp. Check access and distribution first; a cleared…
A Neocaridina feeding routine: plan, observe and adjust
Build a feeding routine around the chosen food, animals and food sources in their aquarium. A fixed number of weekly meals does not automatically fit every colony. Use product guidance…
Using a shrimp feeding dish
A feeding dish can provide a visible, accessible place for sinking food and leftover removal. It neither prevents overfeeding nor is mandatory. Use aquarium-suitable material without…
Shrimp overfeeding: assess leftovers, cloudy water and snails
Repeated leftovers warrant assessing portion size, access and actual consumption. Cloudy water, more snails or sluggish shrimp may occur together, but do not prove overfeeding caused…
Oak and beech leaves in a shrimp aquarium
Dried oak and beech leaves can serve as organic material and grazing surfaces in a shrimp aquarium. They are neither a measured complete diet nor a proven treatment for molting…
Calcium and mineral food for shrimp: separate diet from water
Calcium contributes to the crustacean exoskeleton. This does not establish that every shrimp needs extra calcium food, or that a difficult molt proves calcium deficiency. Assess diet,…
Biofilm as shrimp food: value and limitations
Grazing shrimp can take food from colonised surfaces, including algae, microorganisms and organic material. Biofilm is not a standard product with a fixed nutritional value. Usable…
Choosing shrimp food: compare the label and its intended use
Choose food for the actual animals, their life stage and how they eat. Compare intended use, composition, instructions and portion control. The highest protein percentage or longest…
Bacteria powders and biofilm products: what are you adding?
First read what the manufacturer says the powder is: food, a water additive or a filter-startup product. These functions are not interchangeable. A biofilm claim does not prove that an…
Feeding Amano shrimp and assessing food competition
Treat an adult Amano shrimp, Caridina multidentata, as an animal with nutritional requirements rather than a cleaning device. Grazing algae and other material shows behaviour but does…