What to feed red cherry shrimp?

[Sirus]

what is the best food to feed them? I will be getting a group of 8 next week. 20 gal. Ph 7.4 ammonia/nitIte -0 tankmates 3 swordtails, 3 platies and a clown pleco. not planted, but lots of fake plants. The filter intake is covered. Will red cherry shrimp do well in my tank?

 

[Nolapete]

I'm fairly certain your swordtails will think they are food and most likely the platies as well.

 

[ThePBM]

but if your fish don't eat them, cherry shrimp will do fine on standard sinking algae wafers, though they seem to get redder when fed Hikari Crab Cuisine pellets.

 

[Dwarf Puffers]

Any leftovers, but I feed my bottom-dwellers a mix of algae wafers and shrimp pellets, and some tiny pieces of flakes hit bottom too, so they get a fairly decent diet. You could also feed some veggies every once in a while, and if you don't like veggie clips, pees dissapear fast.