ghost shrimp diet?

[toehead11183]

what do ghost shrimp eat. i have three and i was wondering what they eat because i never see them eat.

 

[dthomasi]

They will eat any leftover food that falls to the bottom of the tank. Also, they eat a lot of things you can't see.
If you have them in a tank by themselves just put in a small amount of flake food or algae wafer every couple of days, and they will be fine.

 

[arowana man]

B&W makes crab and lobster granulals. thats what i feed all my shrimp

 

[2004exrider]

Mine eat flakes, and heck any dead tetras too. ive never had to remove one dead fish yet.

Jimmy

 

[cassharper]

Just make sure they are getting enough iodine (i.e. not enough found in flakes, more like shrimp food) because the jury is still out whether that is what causes them to turn white and die.

 

[sykofrenic]

im pretty sure that they eat detritus, i have some in 2 different planted tanks with fish, and they keep the tanks pretty clean. i hear they eat algae too