Daphina as shrimp food

[SwordZ]

Hi guys! Do shrimps such as fire red and malayans eat daphina? Thanks!

[seudzar]

Not that I know of, but I know they eat brine shrimp

[SwordZ]

However, daphina is much smalller than brine shrimp! So if they are able to eat brine shrimp, technically shouldn't they be able to eat daphina?

[stormhawk]

They will scavenge frozen daphnia from the bottom of the tank.

[SwordZ]

Will they bother to chase the live daphina? Also if for shrimp fries, will they eat the daphina? Or is algae simply enough?

[Urban Aquaria]

If the daphnia are alive and jumping around the shrimps wouldn't be able to catch them, but if they are the frozen or dried type or dead ones, then the shrimps and shrimplets will definitely dine on them.