These inhabitants of the aquarium record champions for eating everything that can be eaten at all. Often, they are launched in order to clean the aquarium of food leftovers, and to restore order at the bottom. However, this does not mean that you do not need to feed shrimp or anything. Depending on what the shrimp eat in the aquarium, they go through all the cycles of their life. Do not forget that these pets change their armor from time to time, and just here the food affects directly.
What to feed shrimp in a common aquarium?
When you colonize crustaceans in a common aquarium, where the life of fish has already been formed and plants have grown up, there are no problems with eating problems. The fact is that shrimps do eat everything they can digest, and therefore they all eat. If you have ever encountered the formation of a characteristic film on the water surface, then for shrimp it will become the first food source. It consists of a film of microorganisms, with which crustaceans are pleased to take shelter.
Freshwater shrimps in the aquarium must be eaten with green and blue-green algae, which again will be a salvation for the owner of the aquarium. Finally, the remains of fish food, pieces of bitten seaweed and even the remains of the fish themselves - all this will also be eaten.
As you can see, there is enough food in the general aquarium. But we do not forget that the quality of food, and not just its quantity, is also important. Be sure, very soon the crustaceans will clear your aquarium from all these food residues. And the time will come for their feeding.
And the first thing you can feed shrimps in a common aquarium, you'll find in your fridge. This is a finely grated zucchini, pumpkin or cucumber. This food crustaceans love, in the water it does not quickly decompose and does not make the aquarium dirty, so that on each side only pluses. It is important not to overdo it, so that the crustaceans have time to eat everything that is in the water column and on the bottom. Therefore, we give this kind of food not more than two or three times a week.
What do shrimps eat in a separate aquarium?
When you plant a separate shrimp, there are no remainders of food after the fish, just like the fish themselves. So I'll have to pay a little more attention to the feeding process. But, again, there is nothing complicated here.
In a separate shrimp we will add everything that shrimps eat in a common aquarium. The same zucchini with pumpkin, cucumber, and you can add spinach. In addition to plant foods, you will have to add a little boiled peas. Often offer shrimp pieces of dried leaves of fruit and berry trees like cherries or pears, like shrimp and pieces of oak leaves.
Some aquarists believe that for freshwater shrimp in the aquarium there is nothing better than expensive specialized feed. But it is important to remember that not all the best can and should be given uncontrollably. For example, a good quality of food based on almond leaves and the truth is given to shrimps, but it is important not to overdo it, because they have a lot of tannins.
Many shrimps eat with pleasure the so-called live food, which includes the bloodworm with daphnia. However, they are recommended to be given only as an additive to the diet. Thus, it is necessary to combine food vegetative and live.
For a separate content without problems, there are specially prepared feeds from companies specializing in this field. Such feeds are very similar to dry granules-tablets for feeding fish. But they are much smaller in size, and after falling into the water they do not crumble into small parts, but only swell a little. Such food should not form the basis of the shrimp ration, experts recommend to withstand all the components of the diet in approximately equal amounts.