Shrimp is a kind of arthropods living in the water, belonging to the arthropod crustaceans, there are many species, including Antarctic red shrimp, blue shrimp, river shrimp, grass shrimp, shrimp, prawns, prawns, lobsters and so on.

Shrimp is an omnivore, wild juvenile shrimp stage to the plankton for food, wild adult shrimp in natural waters of the main food is a variety of benthic small invertebrates, aquatic animal carcasses, as well as solid algae, a variety of filamentous algae, organic debris and plant debris.

Pond culture shrimp generally feed on algae and plankton in the water, want to shrimp grow faster, it is best to feed some shrimp to eat special feed, can ensure that shrimp growth of the various nutrients needed. A variety of fresh water plants, benthic animals in the water column, shellfish, mollusks, large zooplankton, and a variety of fish, shrimp carcasses and carcasses of the same kind of shrimp is the shrimp's preferred bait, the artificial feeding of feed is also very happy to eat.

Home ornamental shrimp, you can put some aquatic algae plants in the bathtub, mixed shrimp such as black shell shrimp, is a very docile shrimp, it will not take the initiative to attack the fish, in the diet, the black shell shrimp mainly ate algae and animal and plant carcasses, such as some of the dead fish, rotting shrimp, the carcasses can be eaten. So the black shell shrimp can even be used as a scavenger role, if the tank is relatively dirty, dead skin on the animal, dead skin on the fish, rotting algae, etc., the black shell shrimp can be eaten, so the cleaning of the tank is a very big role.