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Does the cherry blossom shrimp eat aquatic plants? Does it eat fish feed?

Marie Schrader
2021-03-12 03:44:50
Cherry shrimp generally do not eat aquatic plants. Unless food is particularly scarce, they will choose to eat the tender leaves of some aquatic plants or the roots of rotten aquatic plants. Cherry shrimp is an omnivorous animal, mainly eating algae and plankton, and occasionally eating some animal feed. However, it is better not to feed cherry shrimp with fish feed, because the nutrients contained in fish feed do not fully meet their daily needs, and cherry shrimp will have indigestion if they eat too much fish feed.
Does the cherry blossom shrimp eat aquatic plants? Does it eat fish feed?

1. Do cherry shrimps eat aquatic plants

? Generally, cherry shrimps do not eat aquatic plants. They prefer to eat some algae or plankton. But when they are very hungry, they will eat, but not much. Cherry shrimps eat aquatic plants, usually only the tender leaves of aquatic plants or rotten aquatic plants. Generally, when raising aquatic plants in the fish tank, the breeder will raise a few cherry shrimps to help deal with the rotten aquatic plants.

Cherry shrimp eat fish feed?

Cherry shrimp eat fish feed, because cherry shrimp is an omnivorous animal, the food requirements are not very high. However, it is not recommended to eat fish feed for a long time, because fish feed is specially designed for fish, cherry shrimp and fish need different nutrients. Long-term feeding of fish feed is likely to cause malnutrition of cherry shrimp, and eating too much fish feed will also make cherry shrimp indigestible. If you want to feed cherry shrimp well, you'd better choose special shrimp food.

3. What kind of food

does Cherry Shrimp eat? Cherry Shrimp's diet is miscellaneous, but it is mainly based on plant feed. Generally, they prefer to eat algae and plankton, such as brown algae, duckweed and so on. If you want the color of cherry shrimp to be bright, you can feed some cooked spinach at ordinary times, and you can also choose some special shrimp food for cherry shrimp to feed.

 

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