Hey y'all, I am curious if anyone has tried this.
When feeding live foods to predator fish, we usually use freshwater ghost shrimp and freshwater mollies/guppies since their saltwater alternatives are much more costly and can bring in disease (in the case of fish). I'm curious if anyone has used cherry/amano shrimp, or other freshwater species, as feeders for small predators? The bright colors may be good for picky eaters like small scorps and frogs, and their rapid reproduction would be very convenient.
Would there be any large roadblocks with feeding these shrimp? Is the euryhaline nature of the ghost shrimp important?
Interested to hear thoughts on this. Will be setting up a cherry shrimp tank this year and thought about feeding my reef with the extras haha.
When feeding live foods to predator fish, we usually use freshwater ghost shrimp and freshwater mollies/guppies since their saltwater alternatives are much more costly and can bring in disease (in the case of fish). I'm curious if anyone has used cherry/amano shrimp, or other freshwater species, as feeders for small predators? The bright colors may be good for picky eaters like small scorps and frogs, and their rapid reproduction would be very convenient.
Would there be any large roadblocks with feeding these shrimp? Is the euryhaline nature of the ghost shrimp important?
Interested to hear thoughts on this. Will be setting up a cherry shrimp tank this year and thought about feeding my reef with the extras haha.