sarah Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 I just learned a great trick, so I thought I'd share: I offered my shrimp a piece of Shrimp King mineral food a few weeks ago, and they completely ignored it. The snails devoured it, but the shrimp had zero interest. Not wanting to waste a full bag of food, I tried again today - put another piece in their bowl... and again no reaction. So I added a small piece of a food I knew they loved (HAN 12 Herb), and they swarmed the bowl. But they didn't just eat the HAN food, they are eating the mineral food too. In fact, they are fighting over it! Success Duff0712, Johnnydok, Crazyfishlady and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenPepper Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 ?? don't get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemd36 Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Sarah added the new food the shrimp didn't like to a kind she knows they already enjoy and they ate both! sarah and Crazyfishlady 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Lured them over with food they swarm in hopes to get them used to the new one so they would eat both and hopefully develop a taste for the new food Crazyfishlady and sarah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 What a good idea! sarah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted June 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Wish I could take credit! I am pretty sure I read something about it on here somewhere in the past few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpie Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I have a mortar and pestle. I take a variety of foods and slice off a tiny bit of each and put in the bowl part and grind it up. Then I place a small amount in the long glass tube thingy I use to get the food down into their glass bowl. That way they get a large variety and they usually chomp all of it down. sarah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted June 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I remember where I got the idea: http://www.theshrimptank.com/food/borneowild-frenzy-50g/ "Frenzy is a tasty treat made from natural and organic raw material that is simply irresistible to shrimps. Use it as a supplementary bits two to three times week or feed together with staple recipe that you wish the shrimps to acquire taste of." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swivel Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Thanks! I will try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDT78 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Pardon my ignorance but is there really benefits for using a shrimp bowl ? I can only guess its to keep the food away from decomposing in the substrate which can cause a planaria outbreak. Is that it ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp lover Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Wow, that's awesome! My shrimp weren't a big fan of the HAN organic pumpkin, but I offered it again yesterday, and they loved it! Lol, they're weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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