Tricks for feeding shrimp in a community tank!

[kumamushu]

I have a planted 40gallon tank with various tetras and RCS... My tetras are total pigs! Every time I try to feed the shrimp the tetras take over ... The poor shrimp are not getting anything aside from whatever they scavenge off the plants. I've tried hiding food all over the tank in every tiny hidden space but the tetras drag it out and demolish it. I've even been trying to drop the food right in front of the shrimp with my long tweezers and the tetras snatch it away from them... Is there some trick I'm missing out on?

[fishmosy]

You could try feeding your tetras before feeding the shrimp (not whilst feeding the shrimp). If my rummynose tetras have a full belly, my plecos can get to the food. I'm sure it would be true for your shrimp too.

[kumamushu]

My tetras are pigs ... I really can't put anything in the tank and they won't eat it. There are a few cardinals and glowlite's in particular that are just monster eaters... I can't keep them off it anything. The green fire tetras are the only ones that have an off button!

I feel like I need to drop a little cage of some sort in the tank that I can put food in food the shrimp - something the fish can't fit in! Maybe I'll invent something weird!

[wot_fan]

You could try feeding powdered food to the shrimp with something like this

[ineke]

JusT get a syringe and mix the powdered food with water, put a small airline hose on the end of the syringe and squirt into the plants and moss. The shrimp will get the tiny particles. You will probably find the shrimp get enough from the glass and plants anyway as they don't need much. You can also use a small container with holes drilled into it so the shrimp can get in but the fish can't. I know when I made a snail trap I caught lots of shrimp in it because I drilled the holes a bit too big