feeding red cherry shrimp

Mine aren't picky at all. They really go crazy for Hikari sinking wafers. I break them into small pieces and scatter them around the tank because the shrimp fight over them so much. It's like Black Friday in there!
My shrimp also enjoy zucchini, snail jello, cat fish pellets and just about anything else I throw in there.
 
So do cherry shrimp eat more than just veg matter? Do they eat other fish food, if small enough?
 
I have some shrimp in my 20g long with a bunch of small fish. My shrimp aren't all that active, and don't seek out food I put in for them. The fish seem to eat most of the shrimp food I put in the tank.

I'm guessing it's because of the fish? Does anyone else keep shrimp with active fish?
 
Whenever I had shrimp with fish in the tank, the shrimp were always more skittish and hid most of the time. Once there were no fish in the tank (or very tiny ones like boraras urophthalmoides), the shrimp were much more active and were all over the tank.

I fed them anything from flake food, pellets, wafers, veggies (cucumbers were a hit), snail jello, frozen bloodworms, brine shrimp, etc.
 
Mine are getting braver, but they're very tiny. Some are still essentially clear. The only tankmates though are ramshorns, mts and a school of neons that basically sit in one place until you put food in the tank.

I just wanted to poll people to see what "extras" I could drop in from time to time. The snails will dogpile anything before the shrimp can get to it at this point, but I think that will change once the shrimp get bigger and more accustomed to the new digs.
 
I wouldn't stress over their diet as they are omnivores. They will eat ANYTHING! I have a piece of coral in my tank to help the Ph and I see them regularly picking at it. They also go after the flake that gets hung up on the moss. Just vary their diet and feed them with whatever you have.
 
How big do RCS get? I have a couple that are red, maybe an inch (and that's being generous)
 
Crush the wafers into fine pieces with your fingers and dip in the water to spread all over the tank. Crush the pellets with a pill crusher, glass bottle or plier into tiny pieces - mix with water in a cup, swirl and pour in the tank. It will give the shrimplets easier chance to find them and the fish and snails a harder time to consume too fast.
 
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