Prepared Shrimp Foods in General

[pappyy3]

Hi All

Just looking to get your thoughts on why most of the available shrimp foods come in pellets, cubes discs etc .....

I was thinking in addition to fresh foods, greens etc - is there any reason why we can't raise both adult and juvie shrimp on a varied powdered foods diet ??.

The particle size of powdered foods would suit them better would it not??,

[Squiggle]

I use a combination of both, the best food I have is a powdered food so I can understand you thinking. My shrimp actually swim through the cloud of food when I add it to the tank, I love their reaction to it. :victorious:

[blindfisherman]

I think more stuff should be like the Kale tablets.

They break down and scatter all through the tank and I find it easier to drop a tablet in rather than scoop powder into each tank.

As soon as the kale tablet hits the bottom the shrimp start emerging from everywhere (

[blackcat]

It's more the water pollution Factor I believe.... Powdered foods would be harder to clean up and cause ph shifts and TDS increases? would that be true?

[ineke]

I use a lot of powdered food as my tanks usually always have juvies. My TDS goes up just a tad but not enough to cause problems but I am a stickler for weekly water changes between 10 & 20%. I do find however that if you just put the powdered food in the tank you will get a film on the glass- it seems to attach to the bio film on the glass. It's great for the juvies but can look a bit unsightly so mixing it with water and syringing it in will stop that.

[blackcat]

Thanks Ineke