Amano shrimp larvae as food?

[ichthyogeek]

Turns out that my amano shrimp (freshwater shrimp species, Caridina japonica) are berried, which means that I'll have too many zoeae to handle. The zoeae spend their larval life cycle in saltwater, and will stay alive there. Can I use them to feed my firefish, randall's goby, and banggai cardinalfish? Or are they toxic?

 

[Ron Reefman]

Do you have any evidence or even hearsay about these being toxic? Have you done any research on the internet?

 

[ichthyogeek]

Do you have any evidence or even hearsay about these being toxic? Have you done any research on the internet?

In regards to evidence/hearsay, no. The only evidence/hearsay I may have is that freshwater fish will eat the larvae with no toxic side effects, given that amanos release their zoea into freshwater tanks and their aren't any bright red warning signs saying "take out your amano shrimp if its berried". But freshwater fish aren't saltwater fish.

In regards to research on the internet, if I had found an answer, I wouldn't have made a post about it on this forum.

 

[Ron Reefman]

In regards to research on the internet, if I had found an answer, I wouldn't have made a post about it on this forum.

That's good to hear, but a LOT of people on here don't do any research or even a search for post here at R2R. They just expect others to do the work for them.

 

[ichthyogeek]

I get that, and I know I’ve been, am, and will be guilty of doing so as well.