River shrimp diet is very mixed, from the larval stage to adult shrimp zooplankton, algae, branching horns, copepods, small aquatic insects, organic detritus, filamentous algae solid algae, small invertebrates, etc. are ingested, but its preference for animal feed.

In the artificial culture conditions available with feed, it is especially like to eat snails and mussels, earthworms, small fish, fly maggots, silkworm chrysalis and other animal feed, so it is appropriate to add some animal feed in the breeding process is good.