neighbor feeding my shrimp for 3 weeks

beaniebeagle · 07/25/2006, 02:31 PM

my shrimp usually eats sinking pellets, but the false percs are so fast and aggressive over food that I have to drop the pellets for the shrimp in at nighttime

but i will be away for 3 weeks, and cannot expect my neighbor to come in to feed during the day AND night

can i just have little pieces of cocktail shrimp cut up for him to drop in when he comes to feed the false percs during the day or should i have him feed it something else??

do those extended release foods that you can drop in and last a week satisfy a shrimp?

Rijinals · 07/25/2006, 02:38 PM

Crush the pellets, the shrimps will pick up the small particles!

Octoberfest · 07/25/2006, 03:59 PM

what kind of shrimp is it? I have a huge Coral Banded Shrimp and I don't feed him, he gets whatever is floating around in the tank or lands on the bottom or in the rock. I figure if he gets hungry enough he'll just pick up a hermit and chow down....I know I know.

Dubbin1 · 07/25/2006, 05:09 PM

Your shrimp are not going to have any problems finding food.

07/25/2006, 02:31 PM	#1
beaniebeagle Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: baltimore md Posts: 387	neighbor feeding my shrimp for 3 weeks my shrimp usually eats sinking pellets, but the false percs are so fast and aggressive over food that I have to drop the pellets for the shrimp in at nighttime but i will be away for 3 weeks, and cannot expect my neighbor to come in to feed during the day AND night can i just have little pieces of cocktail shrimp cut up for him to drop in when he comes to feed the false percs during the day or should i have him feed it something else?? do those extended release foods that you can drop in and last a week satisfy a shrimp?

07/25/2006, 02:38 PM	#2
Rijinals Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 458	Crush the pellets, the shrimps will pick up the small particles! __________________ What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh! Current Tank Info: 350 litre - Fish - Inverts with LR

07/25/2006, 03:59 PM	#3
Octoberfest Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NC Posts: 1,350	what kind of shrimp is it? I have a huge Coral Banded Shrimp and I don't feed him, he gets whatever is floating around in the tank or lands on the bottom or in the rock. I figure if he gets hungry enough he'll just pick up a hermit and chow down....I know I know. __________________ 29 gallon bio-cube with 150w metal halide sunpod fixture, stock 14 gallon bio-cube

07/25/2006, 05:09 PM	#4
Dubbin1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Findlay, Ohio Posts: 11,540	Your shrimp are not going to have any problems finding food.