Peppermint shrimps: food for babies

[angel.fish]

What should I feed the peppermint shrimp babies?

Adult ones eat flakes. Do the babies eat flakes too?


Thank you for any suggestion.

[kelstorm]

most shrimps are scravangers.. dun recall having any specialised food for them. how small are they anyway??

[angel.fish]

They are very small (only 2 days old). Maybe 3mm. And they look very fragile. Not sure if some had died. Anyway still have some moving.

I put in some krill powder (which is pink color) and spirulina powder (which is green). Just in case, I also added 3 chopped adult brineshrimps. Let's see what color shows up...

[kelstorm]

chopped brineshrimp??? u really have the patience. if u can see them, u might consider catching them and placing them in hatchery.. they will probably have a higher chance of survival there. i gather in ur current tank, it might get prey upon...

[dkk08]

whoa is ur tank a Marine shrimp only tank? If it is then it shld do fine with the adults... but if there're fishes then u better get them into a hatchery... do take some pics of ur setup and the shrimps

[angel.fish]

Yes, this is a shrimp only tank. Or say only 3 peppermint shrimps in it.

The number of babies reduce to about 10. I think this is the 6th or the 7'th day (I noticed the babies because I saw the shells of the adults -- they usualy molt 2-3 days after giving birth to the babies).

Better than last time. All babies dies in 4 days last time.

Well, let's see if these left 10 can survive. Or I will wait for the next time (in another 2 weeks) ... a good thing is these shrimps are both males and females. They all produce youngs.