What to feed my RCS...

[cheungsta]

okay, i've been reading up on RCS threads, and many different foods have been mentioned...i know they'll eat pretty much everything / anything, but i thought i'd ask you long-time shrimp keepers what you have found to be a successful diet to grow happy and healthy shrimps who will reproduce successfully...

so far, i've just been feeding them flake food (well, i feed the guppies, and some settle on the gravel for the shrimps) and parts of algae wafers. anything else i should add?

brand and label names (and any other details) are greatly appreciated

 

[msjinkzd]

hbh (think that is it) crab and lobster bites are supposed to be good, but i haven't used them to be honest. I usually feed a mix of algae wafer, hikari bottom feeding pellets (seems to help with color..but i have no real proof), and fresh veggies (intended more for my snails, but the shrimpies eat them too).

 

[cheungsta]

hmm...what kinda fresh veggies? cucumber slices? peas (without the shells)?

 

[msjinkzd]

they actually seem to prefer green beans. i also feed cukes, zucchini, carrots (they ignore these for the most part), and occasionally peas.

 

[destined_love7]

Mine are eating snail jello right now. lol

 

[Mgamer20o0]

give mine zucchini a few different kinds of flake food algae and shrimp wafers and so on.