Red Fire Shrimp

[talhashafiq]

Hi Everyone, Today I purchased one red fire shrimp from local fish store and when I came home then only I notice he don't have 2 left legs I am worried I did not noticed in local fish store so I know Its my fault but do they grow back as I am new to this hobby?

Thank you.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Hi Everyone, Today I purchased one red fire shrimp from local fish store and when I came home then only I notice he don't have 2 left legs I am worried I did not noticed in local fish store so I know Its my fault but do they grow back as I am new to this hobby?

Thank you.

As long as you can provide the shrimp with good water and enough good food, the legs will grow back within a few molts.

 

[sUSAnR]

I just got a fire shrimp who interestingly is missing a leg, too.
I’m curious about “enough good food” - mine is eating marine flakes-and I’ve added mysis shrimp to the tank. What else would be good?
TIA

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I just got a fire shrimp who interestingly is missing a leg, too.
I’m curious about “enough good food” - mine is eating marine flakes-and I’ve added mysis shrimp to the tank. What else would be good?
TIA

Generally, from what I've seen with shrimp aquaculture, things like frozen pods or enriched frozen brine shrimp are great for shrimp; a high quality frozen or pellet feed would work well too (preferably with ~60% or more crude protein and ~10-15% crude fat content with plenty of good fatty acids - that high of a protein content is pretty hard to come by with available feeds though, so for a generic feed that'd be pretty good for shrimp and really good for fish, I'd settle for one that's over 50% crude protein).

In other words, mysis shrimp is a great source of protein, but you'd want to supplement that with a good, fatty food - if the marine flakes you're feeding are the Omega One Garlic Marine Flakes, then those flakes would likely work as the good, fatty supplement needed (the flakes are a bit low on protein and bit a high on fat, so if taken with a good portion of mysis, the protein and fat of both feeds should balance out pretty well).