It’s been about a week since the shrimp have arrived, and I think they’ve been settling in really nicely, I think. They all seem to be eating, swimming, and resting totally normally. However, it does seem like they don’t seem to care much for any food I add to the tank, whether it be leftover Repashy gel goldfish food, or blanched zucchini and carrot. Instead, they prefer to just graze on algae in the tank!
Below is a video I manged to catch of Big Blue tentatively nibbling on some zucchini.
In my past aquarium keeping exploits, I’ve always made a strong effort to minimize the amount of algae in the tank, but I think with these shrimp I might ease up a little. You might think that the shrimp would quickly eat up all the algae, but the combination of a huge tank and few shrimp means that the algae propagates far far faster than the shrimp could eat it. It’s actually pretty nice I don’t have to worry too much about feeding them.
Check out these three buddies chowing down!
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