Ornamental shrimp will eat aquatic plants; Omnivorous, mainly vegetarian: coarse cereals, sliced coarse cereals, red worms, bumper shrimp, moss, algae, aquatic plants, minerals in mud, special grains for freshwater shrimp, organic algae, etc. You can eat it, but dead fish are not allowed.

Seaweed is one of ornamental shrimp's favorite foods, while other baits, such as ornamental shrimp special feed, frozen red worm, kelp or cooked seaweed, are fed 1 ~ 2 times a week. If it refuses to eat. It means that the water quality has changed, so it is necessary to change the water quickly.

In ornamental shrimp, besides vegetables, the minerals in mud are the second, so it is better to have mud at the bottom of the tank. The main food of young shrimp is green algae, moss and microorganisms in water.

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The most important thing in cultivating high-quality ornamental shrimp is water quality. Under the condition of weak acid and soft water, ornamental shrimp hulls frequently, grows rapidly and has clear color; Under the condition of weak acid and hard water, ornamental shrimp is not easy to shell, but it grows slowly but has a strong color.

Therefore, in the growing state of ornamental shrimp, hard water is needed (water with hardness greater than 8 is hard water, such as mineral water, tap water, natural surface water and groundwater, etc. This is because ornamental shrimp needs relatively stable water quality.

And to make ornamental shrimp's redness better, there must be a lot of natural minerals as a supplement. Hard water contains many natural minerals and vitamins, especially calcium, which is very beneficial to the growth and coloring of ornamental shrimp.