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I have two peppermint shrimp in my tank - they ate the one aiptasia I saw in the tank. They spend a fair amount of time scavenging (one is frequently out in the open, the smaller one is usually hidden until night time). I only have 2 fish and generally have been feeding pellets (it's a 32g biocube, so I didn't want to overfeed since not many fish yet). I also have an emerald crab, 4 hermits, and a collection of snails (one or two mini brittle stars too that were hitchhikers).
Anyway, now that I've gotten a second fish, I fed some frozen a couple of times this week. The last time, oh my, the shrimp went nuts. They immediately came out in the open trying to get some, even the little shy one. So now I fear I'm starving the poor things! My tank is about 4 weeks old, but was started with 30 lbs of cured live rock that has sponge, and algae, etc and the tank has more algae in it than I'd like to see. After seeing their reaction, I'm wondering if I should be feeding more. My plan was to feed pellets twice a day on one day, then the next feed pellets once and frozen once, and alternate that schedule.
Anyway, now that I've gotten a second fish, I fed some frozen a couple of times this week. The last time, oh my, the shrimp went nuts. They immediately came out in the open trying to get some, even the little shy one. So now I fear I'm starving the poor things! My tank is about 4 weeks old, but was started with 30 lbs of cured live rock that has sponge, and algae, etc and the tank has more algae in it than I'd like to see. After seeing their reaction, I'm wondering if I should be feeding more. My plan was to feed pellets twice a day on one day, then the next feed pellets once and frozen once, and alternate that schedule.