Larry is a Pacific White Shrimp that I 'rescued' ( story told here) . He's still in his 2.5g tank but his new tank is now ready for a CUC crew and I'm looking for compatible tanks mates.
Researching his species, there's nothing really known about how to keep white shrimp is a marine aquarium setting. Using a Marine Shrimp compatibility chart isn't relevant because Larry is way bigger than the existing marine shrimp in the hobby.
I've found the following information and since snails, crabs, worms and shrimp make a CUC, now I'm stumped. Suggestions?
"Wild shrimp in the ocean eat plant matter, dead fish, clams, snails and crabs, worms and any other decaying organic matter they find. Farmed and aquarium shrimp find food the same way, but their habitats don't contain all of the different sources of food that the wild shrimp find. ..... Shrimp also are cannibals, and will eat any other smaller shrimp they come across." https://sciencing.com/shrimps-prey-8309570.html
"Adult white shrimp are omnivorous and eat a wide variety of food, including algal and plant material, other invertebrates, and dead/decaying organic matter. Most soft-bottom fishes and several invertebrates eat juvenile and adult white shrimp." http://oceana.org/marine-life/cephalopods-crustaceans-other-shellfish/white-shrimp
Researching his species, there's nothing really known about how to keep white shrimp is a marine aquarium setting. Using a Marine Shrimp compatibility chart isn't relevant because Larry is way bigger than the existing marine shrimp in the hobby.
I've found the following information and since snails, crabs, worms and shrimp make a CUC, now I'm stumped. Suggestions?
"Wild shrimp in the ocean eat plant matter, dead fish, clams, snails and crabs, worms and any other decaying organic matter they find. Farmed and aquarium shrimp find food the same way, but their habitats don't contain all of the different sources of food that the wild shrimp find. ..... Shrimp also are cannibals, and will eat any other smaller shrimp they come across." https://sciencing.com/shrimps-prey-8309570.html
"Adult white shrimp are omnivorous and eat a wide variety of food, including algal and plant material, other invertebrates, and dead/decaying organic matter. Most soft-bottom fishes and several invertebrates eat juvenile and adult white shrimp." http://oceana.org/marine-life/cephalopods-crustaceans-other-shellfish/white-shrimp