Cherry Shrimp video, and a question about feeding them.

[PUNISHER VETTE]

So here's a vid of my tank. Just thought it was cool and people might enjoy it.
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also is there a way i can tell if the shrimp need to be fed? Because i try to feed these every other day or so with some algae wafers but it seems like no matter what they all look super hungry. swarming over the wafers and eating them up in a few hours. Should i feed them more?

Then i have a 2.5g tank that had about 3 RCS and some babies. I never feed that tank but it seems like the babies have died. So maybe i should have feed that tank?

[EmmanuelJB]

Im not sure about feeding. I have always wanted shrimp in my aquarium but they are restricted in Maine. :scry:

[korith]

also is there a way i can tell if the shrimp need to be fed? Because i try to feed these every other day or so with some algae wafers but it seems like no matter what they all look super hungry. swarming over the wafers and eating them up in a few hours. Should i feed them more?

Then i have a 2.5g tank that had about 3 RCS and some babies. I never feed that tank but it seems like the babies have died. So maybe i should have feed that tank?

For my 5 and 10g shrimp tanks, I just drop a small piece of an algae wafer into the tank every few days. It's not really a big deal. They are scavengers. It's hard not to overfeed them, but resist temptation to drop too much food in there that will only screw up the water quality.

Watch out for any wafers/food that has copper in it. You can vary their diet, pretty much any type of food works. I've left tanks alone for 2 weeks w/o feeding while I was gone and they did well enough just from scavenging off of plants and algae in the tanks.