Fresh foods for shrimp

[DevinB]

It is that time of year in ohio now that gardens are being harvested and I'm just curious to see what other shrimpers thoughts are on feeding fresh foods. I want to try some fresh celery stalks and leaves, brussel sprout leaves, bean pods, spinach, zucchini squash and possibly leaves. I will test on my neos first as they are hardy, these I all feel are safe but want to know of others experiences, I also have tomatoes and bell peppers but as these are of the same nightshade genus as tobacco I imagine there are neurotoxins in all of the plant that could effect shrimp. So lets hear it SS, what do you like to feed shrimp from garden fresh greens?

[barvinok]

From garden greens my shrimp get spinach, kale, amaranth sometimes mint and lemon balm.

From garden weeds- dandelion, broadleaf plantain, stinging nettle.

 

Will try bean leaves, thanks for the idea

 

 

[DevinB]

Thank you as well, I figured since its harvest season it would be good to make a thread of failures and success in feeding garden greens. Brussel sprout leafs I expect to be as well taken as spinach and zuch. Celery is well received by my cory cats and loaches so figured inverts would enjoy also. 

[DevinB]

My cherry shrimp went nuts over blanched pea pods, which I usually would throw out after shelling peas. So it's a win win

[Cleeon]

anyone here ever try give a small and sure little a fresh fish meat to them ?

if yes, how your experience, recommend to do that, or dangerous thing to do or i must do it sometime/regularly ?

[Fieldofdandelion]

I'm compiling a list of fresh foods I can feed my baby Cherry Shrimp, but how do you get them to sink to the bottom of the tank? Do you dry them first? Crush them?