What is the Best Food for Cherry Shrimp?

[@GirlTalksFish]

*What do your cherry shrimp like to eat?* Comment below to share your experiences, and check out my other shrimp tutorials! kzbin.info/aero/PLlBBJ7xBuquYRSZfuSGK-hmSH84yTAcjs

[@AussieAquatic]

There might be Nothing they won't eat!!! But as well as every vegetable, flake, pellet and frozen food, mine do love to nibble on Duckweed roots, to the point where Duckweed struggles to keep up :)

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@AussieAquatic Haha, I think I've noticed that a little with my frogbit. I just upgraded my shrimp tank light, so we'll see if it's the low light or the nibbling shrimp is the problem.

[@AussieAquatic]

@@GirlTalksFish my theory is that the shrimp are eating the soft and yummy growth tips of the roots. Fine by me :)

[@ants7279]

Hi sorry I haven't comented on your vids I have been doing stuff,enyways do you have your website up and maibe you selling does little CharyShrimp.

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@ants7279 Hey, good to see you back! I'm actually in the research phase of learning how to ship shrimp. Going to try and see if it works, and then find out if it's really that cost effective to ship shrimp. Wish me luck!

[@FootheFlowerhorn]

Soylent green is PEOPLE! Great vid.

[@GirlTalksFish]

LOL! Repashy definitely has a certain humor with their food names. Thanks so much for visiting my channel. I love all the wonderful videos you put out; very inspiring to me. :)

[@ellabrown100]

Foooooo!!! I love your channel!

[@jessegee179]

I’ve just popped over to see your channel on Foo’s recommendation, very inspiring, just enjoyed the shrimp food video, brill, thank you! x

[@dunx3394]

I recently got repashy, I fed them the powder first and they were ok with it. I properly made it and put it in... They won’t touch it! I have 6 cherries and 1 wood shrimp, why won’t they eat it!?😂

[@M29WeaselDriver]

Soylant Green??? They say the flavor varies from person to person 😂😂😂

[@richardportelli1983]

I know you prob spend a lot of time making your videos but they are more enjoyable to watch than 95% of other fishtubers.

[@AussieAquatic]

The effort clearly shows :)

[@GirlTalksFish]

Oh my goodness, you are too sweet! Thank you so much. 🤗

[@aakashnair5170]

ive been thinking of making videos and really just getting started is already so tough. it definitely does take a lot of effeort to produce such well made videos

[@izzycd3796]

That’s it! Yes. You cracked the code. Fishtubers. That is the name.

[@mariocapistran7526]

The rest are too long and boring and lacking in colour lol

[@ashlynnf9264]

Oh just a tip I figured out about the BacterAE - I put the dose in a plastic water bottle with tank water, shake it up, and then pour it in all my tanks. That way it doesnt just float on the surface and make a mess!

[@JeremyGoneWildPets]

I love how you like to experiment so I dont have to

[@GirlTalksFish]

Haha, that's what I love doing! Must be from all those years of doing science fair projects...

[@rebeccamarquezmbacpa4363]

Sharing this as I know this community can appreciate my joy: i tried the blanched & frozen zucchini and, it didn't happen in the first hour, but I came home from work to a completely eaten zucchini!! I danced a jig so hard but nobody in my house is as passionate about it. Thank you! (Amano. Bristle nose, nerites, and cherry shrimp)

[@fatinhannani]

I feel you. I like to make homemade gel food for my aquatics and no one in my family understand the feeling whenever you have a swarm of them eating it. I noticed that shrimp in general love zucchini, cucumber and carrot

[@s.d.k874]

I wish you could make videos every single day, but i know that's impossible🙇‍♂️ Love your hair colour! Match the cherrys really well!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Haha, thank you so much!! 🍒🦐

[@stephenhawk1762]

+1 on biofilm. My shrimp thrive on biofilm, algae, dead plant matter and whatever is left over from the fish.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yesss, biofilm for the win!

[@vickiabbott3838]

Enjoyed your video. I have my first ever cherry shrimp about 3 weeks now. I have 8. I tried a little green bean last night. They soon began eating on it. How long do you leave it in there? I am trying these guys in a small, self sustaining aquarium. So far, so good!

[@DavidLaFerney]

This is very timely for me. I've had my shrimp for about a month and at the same time accidentally acquired pond snails - which have completely eliminated all visible algae from the tank. So I've been experimenting with different shrimp foods. I recon I'm about to order some almond leaves and cholla wood. Thanks!

[@GirlTalksFish]

My pleasure! I'm so glad I could help. Hopefully the shrimp will be faster than the snails. 😉

[@DebsInManchesterUK]

My cherry shrimp love spinach i boil it first to make it soft for them then put in tank when its cooled down they also like cooked cabbage

[@GirlTalksFish]

Ooo, I used frozen spinach, which should already have been blanched, but it was still too tough. Maybe I need to cook it even longer.

[@wishiwasamuffin]

Thank you so much! After 6 years in the hobby I just discovered that "cholla" wood is pronounced "choya" and not with the throat like Challah bread 🙃 To be fair, I had never heard someone say it out loud, only read in books and forums online 😅

[@NebulaMK]

Rapashy gel food goes a long way and they love it. When I see babies appear I feed the same portion you would with Bacter AE in the straight powder form.

[@spidythe]

My cherry shrimp love frozen broccoli. If almond leaves are too expensive, leaves from oak trees worked well for me. I collect them in fall as the leaves dry brown and fall off the trees.

[@theanimaladdiction]

I have a lot of floating plants and I found if I keep my lights on for more than 12 hours a day the other plants get the right amount of light and grow like a week and it doesn't seem to grow algae

[@lukenelson556]

That's a pretty lucky situation, that way you can have your lights on for the entire part of the day when you're awake! Mine would grow too much algae, so I can't really watch my aquarium in early mornings and nights.

[@VyvienneEaux]

Last time I fed my tank boiled carrot, I noticed that it took a couple days for the shrimp and snails to start eating it. I think they were mainly eating the biofilm that grew on the carrot as it decomposed. In fact I wrote this comment before I had gotten to the part of the video where you mentioned you fed your shrimp carrots! As a biochemist, I do think there is great theoretical justification for feeding carotenoids to shrimp. The conversion from one carotenoid to another really only takes a few reductions to go from a more yellow carotenoid to a more red one. Though, I should mention that I have no idea what the pigment in shrimp is (I should probably look into that). I'm curious to know if you've had any empirical boost in redness from feeding carrots!

[@MA-zg2pz]

Aquarium co-op has a video on Aqua Hana who imports fish and shrimp. They feed their shrimp carrots too and found the shrimp who are not typically red turn red! Here’s a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWe5mZmabNJ0b5o

[@jessl1934]

If I was trying to get my shrimp to hit their reddest color I'd seed my tank with a culture of the freshwater algae Haematococcus pluvialis.

[@fernosan]

I searched for a recipe with shrimps; found recipes *for* shrimps and I'm quite amazed

[@71160000]

I don't have much experience with freshwater shrimp but at one time I had a pair of peppermint shrimp in a marine tank and I would feed tetra ruby flake food to the fish. The shrimp learned to climb up the plants and eat the flake food off the water surface. Amazingly after a few months those shrimp had the most fluorescent blood red coloration from the tetra ruby. Tetra still makes a cichlid flake food that looks similar to the tetra ruby. It might be worth crushing some up and feeding it to the freshwater shrimp.

[@NNTorious]

I love your videos so much, your delivery and editing are so captivating. My attention is kept through the whole thing.

[@submergedroots]

My cherry shrimp love Shrimp King complete, bee pollen, canned green beans, and Aquarium Co-op fry foods. Great video, you gave me some ideas for foods to try

[@VyvienneEaux]

I experimented with feeding powdered chlorella and my shrimp are now unrecognizeable. The colours are much more vivid than previously, and a few shrimp that didn't have much colour got some dark markings on their heads and tails.

[@js-lz9xg]

i like to dice really small cucumber and carrot pieces and i’ll mix it with brine and blood worms, i’ll add equal amounts to a small freezer trey that are squares, then i’ll add a bit of water to it so it can freeze, i’ll drop 2 of them in on different parts of the tank every week as a treat, they love it!! note: only freeze a few weeks worth because the food tends to get freezer burn after a month or two and i don’t know if that’s good for the shrimp or not 🤷‍♂️

[@dwarfycottage]

To be honest. You share more love for shrimp and explain in detail what shrimp like to eat. Very proud of what this video is all about. Most professional just hug their secret diet plan to themselves. Well done. Thank you so much.

[@charlespax]

You made such a great video! Thank you for sharing. I love that you got right to the point and packed the whole video with real content and information. At the end I was actually a little shocked to see your video was eight minutes. Time flies when you're having fun I guess. Now I'm a subscriber!

[@GirlTalksFish]

That's so awesome! Thanks for the feedback; I'll try to continue to be more concise.

[@shesellsfish]

My shrimp love all the foods you mentioned, plus mashed cooked peas, spinache boiled to just about mush, boiled nettle, and the various snow flake foods. 👍💕👍 P/S Your hair looks fabulous!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Ooo, thanks for all the suggestions! Looks like I definitely need to mash/mush my veggies more. :)

[@kyletullyowns]

Irene, your videos are always my first choice, so awesome to follow you in this hobby

[@lemonlizard1]

Thanks, Great video! I just bred cories and was hoping to move in some cherry shrimp but no one said if they would eat little fry! You were the only person I found saying they will not eat small live organisms

[@pattonspetsofficial9779]

I’m IN LOVE with ghost/grass shrimp and my mom just gave the OK to start saving up so I can get my tank ready with Aquarium COOP items on my big order and then I’m gonna get rid of all of the fish and animals in my main tank and swap them out for 5 endlers and 20 ghost shrimp and I’m so excited!

[@musician200X]

Another amazing, well researched, and beautifully organized by A Gamers Wife. Love your videos and your cherry cola hair is gorgeous!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thank you so much! You are too sweet. 🍒

[@incongruous4]

I love all of glass garten's stuff. All i use is a rotation of bacter ae, shrimp fit, mineral junkies and sometimes babyshrimp and they always go nuts for it

[@LeSurrealDream]

I love shrimp, they are the cutest creatures ever! I wasn’t planning to get any for now because I didn’t think I had the right setup for them, however there was a wild neo hitchhiker when I got some ember tetras and he’s been thriving in my tank, so I got more. Thanks for this great video!

[@twunderaquatics1770]

Wow!!! That was a ton of great information. Wish I would have had this video before starting my shrimp collection. Another great food which is free is blackberry leaves, stinging nettles, and mulberry leaves. I dry them and have them through the winter. You need to start caridinas. They have awesome patterns. Great video!😁

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yessss, I totally want to try caridinas. Honestly, they're my favorites but I wanted to get experience with the easier Neocaridinas first. 😅

[@Snowflake3981]

I’m going to try green beans soon! Thanks for the tips!

[@GirlTalksFish]

My pleasure! My other vegetable-eating fish love it too. :)

[@fatinhannani]

My shrimps love spirulina powder. They go crazy for it. I use a wet bamboo skewers to swish the powder in their water. I also feed it to my fish fry whenever I'm too lazy to prepare live food and they grow very well

[@davajo3868]

I have cherry shrimp, cory fry of various ages (but under half inch size), and baby ramshorn snails in my tank. I feed a lot of different foods. (This tank also has catappa leaf, cholla wood, and java moss.) Here's a list: Repashy Community Plus (both the powder and gel form), Hikari First Bites, powdery dried cyclops, Xtreme Community Peewee pellets, rare fragments of algae wafer, and Hikari Shrimp Cuisine as a supplement.

[@yoruva1]

Nice hair color. Have you tried dried seaweed? I have a guy in my fish club that uses seaweed to feed his shrimp. I tried it and a day later it is gone. Keep up the good work.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Ooo, now I totally want to try it! Thanks for the suggestion. :)

[@cb-yk9cn]

Thank you for the video it really helped me out. Also your hair looks amazing.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Oh my goodness, you're so sweet! Thank you. 🍒😊

[@vierpariss]

subscribed!!! thank you so much for all the infos. i will be receiving my first pair of cherry reds and blue velvets tomorrow. im so happy to bump into your channel for betta care, planted tank tips and shrimp care. Lots of love from the philippines!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@GirlTalksFish]

That's great to hear! Enjoy your new shrimp. :)

[@Punkimos]

I can’t grow enough algae.... my plants absorb everything and my nerites eat it all! As for the Bacter AE, I find it very helpful to put tank water into a bottle then put in the powder and shake it up then pour into my tank.

[@ashlynnf9264]

This is fantastic, thank you! Another lady in the hobby too, yay!

[@GirlTalksFish]

You are so welcome!

[@JeffRedland]

Thank you for the info! My friend was taking care of my bee shrimp and they all "disappeared" one night so I'm excited to take care of my new shrimps!

[@freshwaterdreamingAquariums]

I've not had much luck with the bee pollen or the shrimp lollies ... well, my mystery snails and swordtails DID love the lollies

[@James-yv1qq]

Really intersted in keeping some shrimps. There are so many kinds of shirmp I WANT ALL OF THEM!!

[@evavillarreal3560]

Thank you so much for making this video!! I was so interested with the Red cherry shrimp and I always wonder what to feed them, I really appreciate it and hope that when I get some Red cherry shrimp, they will eat and grow healthy.👍👍

[@wyomingadventures]

Awesome video! I just got shrimp so I really appreciate this video. I have both Cherry and Amano shrimp. I've never had shrimp before. They love my sponge filter. I'm going try the leaves. Thank you and I love your new hair color. It rocks!❤🦐🙂

[@GirlTalksFish]

My pleasure! Hope they enjoy the foods as much as mine have. :)

[@ILuvCaroline]

My shrimp looove the shrimp lollies!!! They go crazy!

[@Hirochicken]

I microwave some frozen peas in water for about 10 seconds, shell them, and give the pea a little squish when I put in my tank. That way some of breaks off and without the shell they swarm the peas.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Great idea! Yeah, they totally love peas as long as I take the time to de-shell them first. :)

[@catfishcave379]

Omega One shrimp & lobster pellets, French cut green beans, peas-squished without the shell.

[@lpdb1995]

You're excitement is contagious. I'm gonna try Random foods to see what my guys like :)

[@GeorgeLeite]

Ordered my first shrimp from Flip. Can't wait.

[@prontiplarson1833]

My RCS LOVE kale! Go figure! And their fav treat of all time? Shrimp lollies of course!

[@coololdskool]

Love the hair color, I literally said “wow” out loud to myself

[@LtexprsGaming]

My shrimp really took to the shrimp lollies. After the 2nd stick they swarmed it after I stuck the end in the substrate. Also the pest snails don't seem to climb up and eat it where if I fed pellets the snails would feed on them as well.

[@lemonlizard1]

I found spinach works great. Once 1 or 2 shrimp catch on that it's food the whole thing is gone in a couple of hours! Just make sure to boil the spinach for 10 minutea

[@Luddhabuddha]

Definitely should check out aquatic arts sinking pellets, my shrimp absolutely love them. Seems to give em lots of energy as well.

[@BBsBeasties]

Love the new hair!!! Also super excited to try some of these foods with my very first shrimp (not purchased yet, but will soon)!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thank you so much! Actually, I've been wanting to try mailing some of my cherry shrimp to someone. Email me (see my About tab on KZbin) if you're interested in some free shrimp at some point and doing a collab video. :)

[@BBsBeasties]

A Gamer's Wife oh heck yes!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@meowaquatics]

I also use a shrimp jello thing that I make. They love it.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Ooo, fun! I definitely need to try making my own fish and shrimp food someday. :)

[@dolfbotha1806]

Love the vids. Its really good content. I think everyone can learn very much out of them. I know i do. Keep up the good work. I learnt alot from you.

[@michaelsmith3341]

I feed my shrimp fish food and spiders that are running every where and algae wafers and they love it!

[@TRu44-560]

Thank you so much sweetie for your educating information, needed advice for shrimp food... love all your vids.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thank you so much! Glad I could help. :)

[@mathiashudson2953]

I wasn't able to feed my Cherry shrimps with boiled vegetables, neither azoo green food. The only thing that worked was azoo gourmet tropical Fish food. Within 10-20 mins the whole flakes dissapeared.

[@recycledfelines]

Hair goals!!

[@ethanberube6872]

Really good video! Great information and great narration. Thank you

[@lokiwong8264]

I was full and I have an left over crab meat, I dumped in the tank for fun to see if the shrimp like it, they will eat it but I think they are not a big fan, this little information could go in your list haha

[@loavesfishes6268]

Great video! I just got cherry shrimp and this info was extremely helpful!

[@GirlTalksFish]

That's awesome! So glad you found it helpful. :)

[@Alex-wd2fe]

Thank you for this video, I learned alot of useful information :)

[@chphqchef8000]

Omg you won’t believe this but when I had fish in my cherry shrimp tank and feed them live Brian shrimp my most active shrimp caught one and ate it. So crazy

[@DavidLaFerney]

Be aware that the beneficial tannins from almond leaves will stain the water tea colored. It's not a bad thing, but some people might not like it.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yes, very true! Take a look at my white bucket and that brown water at 3:14.

[@ronlafond5288]

Thanks again. Irene.

[@thefristr]

What gravel vacuum do you recommend for a 10 gallon tank with rcs,guppies,white skirt tetra and a serpae tetra

[@ManojTechTalks]

I am also seeking this same information.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Hmm, it depends. For quick and fast water changes with a lot of suction power, I like using the Python pro-clean medium size siphon. For more careful, slower vacuuming where I can easily get between nooks and crannies, I use the small size Python siphon. Hope that helps!

[@thefristr]

Girl Talks Fish thanks

[@GD1_3]

Ive tried snowflakes and bee pollen they mine like the bee pollen more than the other

[@kokoromo7445]

You have inspired me to make a planted tank!

[@martinlorinc6763]

hello, please help me, I have a small glass container for feeding and feeding dajana nano sticks for shrimps, but they do not fit into the container and I do not know what to try or is it not possible, it is because of the new purchase of young shrimp and they have been in the aquarium for 2 days and the aquarium is newly established with a lot of plant shelter

[@FrankiesUploads]

Hello you! Sp sorry I've been away for a moment. I'm not sure if you've seen my latest video, but I had a kinda scary health issue in regards to my vision, which has seen me have to take time away from the world. I hope you're well, and keep up the great work! 😁🐡💙🌟🌈

[@GirlTalksFish]

Oh my goodness, I just watched your video and am so sorry to hear! My mom's going through cataract surgery soon, and it's been so hard for her, not being able to use her phone or drive. Praying for your vision right now, that you would receive healing and comfort in your time of need. 🙏🙏🙏

[@FrankiesUploads]

@@GirlTalksFish Thank you so very much. Your support and kind words means plenty right now. Looking forward to a little normality resuming. My eye health has been very poor for a few years now, and apparently I'm a medical mystery according to my eye doc. I hope all goes well for your Mother with her surgery. I am on a waiting list for a similar surgery in my left eye, then out of nowhere my right eye plays up. I just hope things continue to improve. Thanks again!

[@naegwut]

I'm finally jumping on the neo wagon

[@augiehong3927]

Great video! I got my first 10 cherry reds on Friday. Thus far no interest in Hikari algae wafers (day 1) or the boiled carrots (day two). Today I tried a little frozen brine shrimp, and that they are nibbling on. They seem mostly focused on the live plants. Thanks!

[@toni5543]

I have hikari for my albino corydoras but noticed they have 2.7mg/kg of copper. Is this ok for shrimp? I know they need trace copper but I'm scared of giving too much and hurting them.

[@unacceptablejohn9626]

Mine are obsessed with brine shrimp 😂

[@cayleweldon5021]

Yea shout out to marks shrimp tanks !!!! Very nice

[@vincentsanfilippo780]

awesome video. thank you!

[@NoName-oj5pl]

I just got my cherry shrimp today! WOOTHOO

[@valleyfish]

Great video, My favorite is mulberry leaves ground into small pieces.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Ooo, I'll have to add that to the list!

[@AmandaNorton-rz8qh]

What site did you buy the MK Breed Cheese Burger food? Every site I see that sells them, the directions are in Japanese and the pack you had was in english. Or are they the same? Loved your video!

[@Fumango]

Boiled eggs are one of my shrimps favorites

[@fabriciobrito-salmons6434]

I’m in love with your videos! Question: where did you get Indian Almond Leaves? I just see a lot of rip offs on Amazon selling mere oak leaves instead of almond leaves

[@riktam1]

eBay

[@dustinrife983]

Great video. Where did you find those tiny lily pads floating on the top of your tank? I only have one pet store where I live and they don't have those. Do you know if or where I can order them online? Thanks

[@vanuaturly]

I think that's frogbit. You can get it on eBay or from online stores like Aquatic arts.

[@Largo1981]

Nice and usefull video 👍

[@mastermarkus5307]

I have lots of biofilm and general plant "waste" in my tank but strangely I have basically no algae. I use Indian Almond leaves a lot because I like to boil them to concentrate the tannins to add to the water since the other inhabitants of my tank are pygmy corydoras and neon tetras who like the darker water. As a bonus I don't have to wait for them to get waterlogged and sink, just cool down a bit and they can go right into the tank. The shrimp don't seem to mind the tannins and the water in my area is on the hard side so I don't have to worry about it getting too soft. For feeding, the shrimp end up going for a lot of the same stuff I feed my fish which includes Hikari Tropical sinking wafers, Hikari algae wafers, freeze-dried brine shrimp, and black worm pellets. I also have Shirakura shrimp food, which they didn't initially seem to like (It's a VERY hard sort of wafer) but they go for it and eat it all within the day after it's soaked a bit. Other than that, I have some bladder snails in the tank and they like to eat those. I think they MAY be preying on the very small ones, but otherwise they immediately go for them if I crush some when I notice that the population of snails is getting too high.

[@GirlTalksFish]

I've noticed some other people in the comments say that their snails totally eat all the algae, so that could be reason!

[@mastermarkus5307]

@@GirlTalksFish They're quite tiny so I'd be impressed but I won't rule it out!

[@helloworldstein]

Hi, what are those floating plants with large leaves?

[@cutieemmsm4642]

THIS HELPED SOOOO MUCH

[@jenniferbrook1720]

What do you recommend for shrimp-proofing the aquarium coop heater ? my shrimps use to always hide in the heater and I dnt know what to use to cover the holes to prevent them from getting in there

[@jessieprofilio9376]

My shrimp won’t touch the snowflake food!! They love algae wagers though. I really want to try some more foods

[@drexr9098]

I feed my shrimp a boiled carrot/ deshelled boiled peas finely diced up with blood worms and brine shrimp mixture and they eat it all up.

[@Jotto999]

Also, your hair looks beautiful ngl

[@johnwood738]

Try tofu just protein and calcium. I like extra firm cut into small chunks and feed

[@garrisonsmith2684]

Great video thank you so much!!!

[@anvil9263]

Might be dumb, but would feeding red foods to red cherry shrimp help with the colour?

[@saulbiorato6008]

Your videos are great, thank you 😁

[@dansethner705]

Do you have a twin sister? Great video and easy on the eyes!😎Love your aquarium advice!

[@brianmason8597]

I have a problem in that what ever I give my shrimp to feed on they ignore. I've tried so many things but no luck. My tank has a lot of greenery and plenty bio film and algae growing and I assume it's this that they're living on.

[@mustafamufasa5002]

Hello do recommend put pleco fish in shrimp aquarium? Or its risky

[@shootemup323]

You’re awesome thank you