Shrimp Keeping Articles

Two red cherry shrimp grazing on a small softened nettle pellet on aquarium substrate.

What Are Nettle Pellets for Shrimp?

Most of us first meet stinging nettles by brushing against one. It’s a little odd, then, to find them in the shrimp cupboard. Our Nettle pellets contain dried stinging nettle...

What Are Nettle Pellets for Shrimp?

Most of us first meet stinging nettles by brushing against one. It’s a little odd, then, to find them in the shrimp cupboard. Our Nettle pellets contain dried stinging nettle...

Two blue Neocaridina shrimp eating a small portion of softened snowflake food in a glass dish.

How to Feed Snowflake Pellets Without Overdoing It

The first time you feed Snowflake, it can be hard to tell how much you’ve put in. A dry piece takes up very little room, then the flakes open out...

How to Feed Snowflake Pellets Without Overdoing It

The first time you feed Snowflake, it can be hard to tell how much you’ve put in. A dry piece takes up very little room, then the flakes open out...

Adult and juvenile red cherry shrimp grazing on small snowflake food flakes.

Where Snowflake Pellets Fit in a Growing Shrimp...

When the first few baby shrimp turn up, look at where they spend their time. You might spot one picking at a bit of wood while the adults are all...

Where Snowflake Pellets Fit in a Growing Shrimp...

When the first few baby shrimp turn up, look at where they spend their time. You might spot one picking at a bit of wood while the adults are all...

Two red cherry shrimp grazing on softened snowflake food flakes beside aquarium moss.

What Are Snowflake Pellets for Shrimp?

Snowflake pellets are compressed soyabean hulls that soften and open into pale flakes in water. Shrimp can graze on the soft pieces across a feeding dish or flat stone. Use...

What Are Snowflake Pellets for Shrimp?

Snowflake pellets are compressed soyabean hulls that soften and open into pale flakes in water. Shrimp can graze on the soft pieces across a feeding dish or flat stone. Use...

Red cherry shrimp foraging on dark aquarium substrate beside a fallen leaf.

Do Red Cherry Shrimp Eat Fish Poop?

Cherry shrimp sometimes pick at fish waste. Here’s what that behaviour tells you and how to keep feeding and cleaning as usual.

Do Red Cherry Shrimp Eat Fish Poop?

Cherry shrimp sometimes pick at fish waste. Here’s what that behaviour tells you and how to keep feeding and cleaning as usual.

Red cherry shrimp grazing on biofilm-covered driftwood beside Java moss.

Do Red Cherry Shrimp Really Keep Your Aquarium ...

Cherry shrimp spend much of the day grazing. Here’s what they pick at and which jobs are still yours during tank maintenance.

Do Red Cherry Shrimp Really Keep Your Aquarium ...

Cherry shrimp spend much of the day grazing. Here’s what they pick at and which jobs are still yours during tank maintenance.