Help with cleaner shrimp and Crabs?

[RaeRae]

Well I'm going backwards! Tank was set up and did not QT my fish and got the VELVET! Set up a QT and transferred all the fish and now my display tank will be fishless for 70+ days!
How often do you feed your shrimp and Crabs? I know he generally eats every day when I feed the fish. But now what? Do I spot feed him. And I believe the crabs will chew on the algae.

 

[ichthyogeek]

Just feed enough that the shrimp will eat every day. If the crabs will eat algae, then great! Although depending on the crabs, you might want to toss in a few pellets for htem to hunt down every few days. If they're emeralds, then maybe once a week so they'll focus on eating algae. If they're hermits and there are snails, then every other day so the crabs won't prey on the snails.