Thanks for the reinforcement of that idea. I've gone that route until I can get a hold of some yeast - I crush flakes and then throw them in the tank. How long are they good for? I've kept this canister closed tight when I'm not using it, and I have another sealed baggie. However, that can (because I feed frozen foods to the free-swimmers) has been around for probably the better part of a year.
But yeah, I'd like to get some better nutrition into them, and I'm working on that.
I have two of them and I think they compete for food. I'm going to have to start growing micro-organisms myself, I think, if I want to sustain them. Have any ideas?
Also, I have Rainbowfish in the tank. I'm worried that I saw one bothering he larger shrimp, but I think he was just eating the pellet I dropped near him (once again, concern that he wasn't getting enough food).
If you plan on keeping one of these shrimp long term you must minimize wear and tear on those fans, a sinking pellet will help them survive without PROPER conditions, but fish keeping is about keeping fish thriving, not just surviving.
My comment is a guideline for keeping healthy happy bamboo shrimp long term, of course it'll live, for awhile, point and case, put a 10"Oscar in a 10 gallon tank, they're 12"+ long, and the Oscar will survive. Same as making a filter feeder scavenge for its food.
While it isn't the best way to eat, these shrimp can also pick stuff up off the gravel. Algae wafers (the copper sulfate is not harmful, at least not in those proportions) therefore make a decent supplement.
If you're going to, for whatever reason, not just buy a power filter and let your biological filter grow/present the shrimp the preferred microfoods, you could always try to buy them/grow them outside your tank.
Wow amazing tank!! Looks so natur!
owlstreak 5 months ago
just bought one cant wait till he comes
TheBlasthockey 7 months ago
that was huuge!
schtals 10 months ago
Today I saw his shell laying about and he was still in his hiding place. Perhaps he was hiding because he was preparing to moult?
Barcode711 2 years ago
Thanks for the reinforcement of that idea. I've gone that route until I can get a hold of some yeast - I crush flakes and then throw them in the tank. How long are they good for? I've kept this canister closed tight when I'm not using it, and I have another sealed baggie. However, that can (because I feed frozen foods to the free-swimmers) has been around for probably the better part of a year.
But yeah, I'd like to get some better nutrition into them, and I'm working on that.
Barcode711 2 years ago
take a syrenge and mix some crushed flakes with water and squirt it in front of him.
cal1112333 2 years ago
Well, of course, aside from not getting enough food.
Barcode711 2 years ago
Thanks for the reply, albeit 7 months late. :P
I have two of them and I think they compete for food. I'm going to have to start growing micro-organisms myself, I think, if I want to sustain them. Have any ideas?
Also, I have Rainbowfish in the tank. I'm worried that I saw one bothering he larger shrimp, but I think he was just eating the pellet I dropped near him (once again, concern that he wasn't getting enough food).
Barcode711 2 years ago
If you plan on keeping one of these shrimp long term you must minimize wear and tear on those fans, a sinking pellet will help them survive without PROPER conditions, but fish keeping is about keeping fish thriving, not just surviving.
My comment is a guideline for keeping healthy happy bamboo shrimp long term, of course it'll live, for awhile, point and case, put a 10"Oscar in a 10 gallon tank, they're 12"+ long, and the Oscar will survive. Same as making a filter feeder scavenge for its food.
cal1112333 2 years ago
While it isn't the best way to eat, these shrimp can also pick stuff up off the gravel. Algae wafers (the copper sulfate is not harmful, at least not in those proportions) therefore make a decent supplement.
If you're going to, for whatever reason, not just buy a power filter and let your biological filter grow/present the shrimp the preferred microfoods, you could always try to buy them/grow them outside your tank.
Barcode711 2 years ago