Help needed shrimps not eating

[Desmonds]

Hi pros,

i kept 5bkk and 5bb in a tank for up to a month now. Have tired feeding them shrimp King complete/loops and even tired shirakura basic food. But my shrimps aren't taking in any.
I got them from gc, and have notice they feeding them snowflakes. But i search a lot of lfs in my area but they don't sell snowflakes at all.

Please help me.

The water parameters are:
Tds: 114
Ph: 6.5
Kh: 3
Gh:4
Ammonia: 0.0mg/l
Nitrite: 0.0mg/l
Nirtrate: 0.5mg/ly

Temperature: 24.1degree

[Urban Aquaria]

If the food you add into a shrimp tank is not all eaten up within 1 hour, then it is an indication that the shrimps already have sufficient natural "food" and bio-film in the tank to graze on, so you don't need to feed them as much. Individual shrimps don't actually need that much food to consume and grow, even more so with only that few shrimps in the tank at the moment. Its mainly in tanks which house much larger populations of shrimps that usually need more supplemental feeding (like in LFS tanks).

Hungry shrimps will jump on food immediately and finish eating it very quickly, shrimps which are already full will tend to ignore food even if you feed a variety of it, so no point trying to keep dumping in more and more food.

Any leftover food in the tank is a sign of overfeeding and the uneaten food will just rot and pollute the water. Shrimps that are overfed will also produce waste that contain more undigested food, which pollutes the water even more.

Spread out the feeding frequency (ie. try only once every 2-3 days or more) and reduce feeding until you see no more excess food in the tank, then that is the feeding level and frequency you should stick with. Just have to experiment and see.

In my own shrimp grow-out tanks that have established plants and algae growth, i only feed my shrimps once or twice a week, and only in very tiny amounts. The rest of the time the shrimps graze on algae and bio-film in the tank and they still grow and multiply.

[Desmonds]

I only fed them once or twice a week. Some of my blue bolt are losing their colours, so I'm afraid they do not have their nutrition to maintain their colour.

[Urban Aquaria]

I only fed them once or twice a week. Some of my blue bolt are losing their colours, so I'm afraid they do not have their nutrition to maintain their colour.

In that case, i guess you could try other types of shrimp foods that have color enhancing properties.

Most shrimps tend to lose abit of color initially when introduced into a new tank, but naturally regain their color once they become comfortable and adapted to a tank environment over time.

Loss of color in shrimps can also sometimes be due to fluctuations in water conditions (though yours seem okay) or even the background/substrate color, some shrimps may adjust their color intensity to match the surround colors. So just have to monitor and see.

[Dscheng]

Mostly BB with poor genes will lose their color. Remember to get from the right breeder. By right, a healthy shrimp they will be hungry at all times.

[Desmonds]

In that case, i guess you could try other types of shrimp foods that have color enhancing properties.

Most shrimps tend to lose abit of color initially when introduced into a new tank, but naturally regain their color once they become comfortable and adapted to a tank environment over time.

Loss of color in shrimps can also sometimes be due to fluctuations in water conditions (though yours seem okay) or even the background/substrate color, some shrimps may adjust their color intensity to match the surround colors. So just have to monitor and see.

Alright, thank you so much. I guess only time can tell. Thanks for the info.

Mostly BB with poor genes will lose their color. Remember to get from the right breeder. By right, a healthy shrimp they will be hungry at all times.

Im getting another batch of be and bkk soon. Hope this batch will be better. Thank for the info.