Merryxmas Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 What u use to feed your baby shrimp ? SurraGync, Elo500, Timothylem and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 AE, bee pollen Merryxmas, 35ppt and h4n 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 MK-Breed shrimp baby food. You can find it here, great stuff for peewee. Blue Crown Aquatic Trade Han DiscoBee Pika, Merryxmas and h4n 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Thanks James!! h4n and Merryxmas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Theirs many types of baby foods for shrimps. There early stage of them being born, they really only feed mostly on biofilm. After that any type of powdered food will work for baby's. Like James said MK-Breed baby food is a great choice EricM, svetilda, Merryxmas and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Is the AE bee pollen just straight up pollen? Just wondering because I use Organic Bee pollen and other pollens (fennel, dill, various flowers) at work frequently. I would think the standards for shrimp use are probably higher than that for us though EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Soothing meant Glasgarten bacter AE and Bee pollen Dendrobatez and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 As noted above I definitely agree with MK Breed Baby Food and Bacter AE. Ideally the best food I feed my baby shrimp is the biofilm generated from using products that generate beneficial bacteria. JamesHe, High5's and Soothing Shrimp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I have not put any 'baby specific' food in my tank and I have 50+ snowball babies - now in 3 different sizes. I did, however, get a neat sample packet of AE from discobee with an order I recently got. I was going to ask how to use it? The babies dive into the food dish and eat whatever is in there, plus I have biofilm, leaf litter and alder cones. How do you 'use' the AE and are the babies truly lacking without it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Take some Bacter put it in a container with a little water and mix it up or swirl it together then dump the mixture in the tank. I turn off my HOB for an hour while dosing it, and go real easy you dont need much. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 +1 IN fact I use a .15cc spoon and just drop it in the water. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Honestly, I don't feed my baby shrimps anything. Heck, I don't even see them until their around 1 cm. I don't think they touch processed food or at least none that I've seen. As long as your tank is healthy with plenty of biofilm, you'll be seeing your baby shrimps soon enough. Don't assume their dead because you don't see them. They just super tiny!! colorfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpinista Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Biofilm and golden pearls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I see my babies, even when tiny - zipping everywhere. I see them munching on the glass (guessing biofilm on the algae?). They also go into the feeding dish and when they are a tad bigger I have seen them snatching food from the bigger shrimp, it's pretty amusing. I have seen them eating blood worms too... like a tug of war Shrimp are so entertaining, I wonder what they think of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtheLad Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I also don't feed any specific food for my babies shrimp.. It has grown up to o.5 cm now. I saw they ate algae on the rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 how the heck do you all measure the babies? Mine zip around all over the place. I have 3 different size babies right now but.. I guess I could try to catch one when it is being still near the glass... if I am lucky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Soothing meant Glasgarten bacter AE and Bee pollenSorry brain fart, csf is the one that packages pollen I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 the first week babies tend to hide and not move around much this is why its good to use a powder baby food that gets into all the nooks and crannies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 how the heck do you all measure the babies? Mine zip around all over the place. I have 3 different size babies right now but.. I guess I could try to catch one when it is being still near the glass... if I am lucky? I don't really try to keep close track of them, but yes, they can be easily measured when they are grazing ON the glass. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtheLad Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Hey you know what.. I just cleaning my filter canister, and found a lots of blue preal babies inside it! How awful am I? [emoji33] I also found mommy black coco inside of it with other male red fire.. Gosh how the heck they can get sucked into the canister (sorry OTT.. It shocked me alot [emoji24]) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pika Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Haha shrimp will always find a way into filters. Crazy. At least they were alive? I use straight bee pollen sometimes. I just put a couple little nuggets in, try to aim for a clump of moss where the babies like to hang out, and they dissolve with the flow of the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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