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staphjermz Shrimp Enthusiast

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Just curious what people feed their shrimps and if they have their own homemade recipes to share. I feed mine crab cuisine,deshelled peas,powdered hikari algae wafers and have tried banana and watermelon. What are your shrimps favourite foods?

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I use a equal part mixture of Spirulina powder, Barley Grass powder, Nettle Leaf powder & powdered Bee Pollen, they seem to like it :encouragement:

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Do you get these from health shops?

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Spirulina & Barley Grass I got from Coles, the Nettle Leaf & Bee Pollen was from a health food store :victorious:

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Thanks.looking for variety of foods to give shrimps

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Do you feed yours anything else Squiggle?

I give mine barley grass powder and bee pollen. The barley grass i got online, it's faily cheap and it's organic (PM me if you want a link). Bee Pollen I got from a local honey place. Personally i think "organic" bee pollen is complete BS as it's impossible to control where bees go, but whatever floats your boat.

I also feed banana, brocolli, spinach, mulberry leaves (thanks Squiggle!) etc. Have a look in the Natural Shrimp Foods thread, there's endless amounts of things you can feed shrimp :)

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Yeah I use Biozyme, mulberry leaves & IAL(let me know if you want to try some Tor, I have a garbage bag full) With the IAL, I put them in a 25L drum to make to water dark brown & I used that concentrate to make up water for my Bettas, when the leaves start to decay & fall apart I pull pieces off them & put them in the shrimp tanks, they swarm over the leaves straight away :victorious: I also use Benibachi Kale tablets, Ambition & Shirakura shrimp food :encouragement:

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I have some IAL thanks Squiggle :) I put one in each tank but they don't eat them till they break down, which takes a while. But the mulberry leaves are great, the shrimps love them :encouragement:

I'm still perfecting my feeding regime so I like to know what everyone else does :encouragement:

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they don't eat them till they break down' date=' which takes a while. :encouragement:[/quote']

Yeah, that's why I prepare them in the drum & as I said the bonus is I can used the water for my Bettas as well :victorious:

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Yeah' date=' that's why I prepare them in the drum & as I said the bonus is I can used the water for my Bettas as well :victorious:[/quote']

My regime comes down to pretty much whatever is handy at the time and how long until I leave home for work in the morning. So provided I didn't sleep in

then they'll get a range of frozen vegetables through to pellets or other prepared foods. If I remember I prefer to thaw some vegetables overnight and

add them first thing.

The likes of Biozyme, Bee Pollen or Crushed Almond Meal goes in once sometimes twice a week as a powered food depending on the number of shrimplets

coming along in the tanks. Variety is key though, good range of nutrients from anything and everything. Plus of course IAL or any other suitable leaves

where possible, there should always be at least one of those in the tank as far as I'm concerned, helps with water quality and provides a good feeding

for shrimplets in their first days, especially if you haven't seen them yet, they don't go hungry.

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I feed the biozyme everyday according to the instructions regardless of what else I feed. Does anyone else do that or should I cut back on the every day feeding of that. I don't actually use it as a food as such. I use a variety of different foods including bee pollen, barley grass, crab cuisine , shrimp cuisine, azoo max breed, sera shrimp natural , almond meal and a variety of vegies of which spinach is the favourite.

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I use Biozyme everyday, I mix it in with whatever product in the rotation I'm feeding that day, Gravidas, Bee Speed or my powder mix, or by itself in the mornings(for tanks with lots of shrimplets as it says on the instructions). seems to be working well for me :victorious:

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I also feed Biozyme everyday, but only half a scoop (+half a scoop of barley grass powder). I felt like i was overdoing it a bit with a full scoop everyday as i was getting white residue in my nano tank.

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I also feed Biozyme everyday' date=' but only half a scoop (+half a scoop of barley grass powder). I felt like i was overdoing it a bit with a full scoop everyday as i was getting white residue in my nano tank.[/quote']

That's heaps, isn't it mean't to be 1/3 of a scoop per 100L? :confused:

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I tend to underfeed unless I know I have shrimplets due but biozyme is food for the organisms they feed on so I treat is as a complimentary and

not the primary food hence a couple of times per week along with a variety of other foods.

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That's heaps' date=' isn't it mean't to be 1/3 of a scoop per 100L? :confused:[/quote']

Instructions say for baby shrimp give 1/2 scoop twice a day per 100l and i had 200l total across my tanks...

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Instructions say for baby shrimp give 1/2 scoop twice a day per 100l and i had 200l total across my tanks...

For how many shrimp is that meant to feed?

I probably use 1/4 of a spoon 3 times a week.

I have about 100 shrimplets.

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100+ maybe. Not really sure how many there were.

I don't feed as much now though

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I use the biozyme as per instructions and have no residue I also feed other foods every other day or every third day if they aren't eating what I put in previously. I think the biozyme is absorbed as well as eaten.

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Almond meal?as the stuff you use for macaroons?

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Yes organic almond meal just a tiny bit as it floats all over the place but the shrimp pounce on it. Another member mentioned it on the other food thread so I tried it. Also yesterday I cooked some mixed veggies- peas, beans, carrots and potatoes until soft and put a small cube of each in my tanks- the shrimp ran alright but away from it

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Lol, Ineke, I can just imagine your shrimp running away, screaming veggies, yuk!

Anyone use garlic?

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Now was that a serious question about the garlic as i have a few cloves ????? :o

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Anyone use garlic?

I'd also be interested to know if anyone has tried it.

ADA do a garlic food in their Do!Aqua range and it looks awesome, I was thinking of getting some but not sure ifthey'd eat it.

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I wonder if a garlic clove may upset the water because of the smell. I can see it being used in food but not sure about the actual clove.

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