Cherry Shrimp Food And Care?

[RRaquariums]

So A friend of mine found me some good priced cherry shrimp and and he's bringing me 10 so I'd like to have any advice or suggestions for care and especially what you guys feed yours?
Thanks for any help

 

[Baccus]

Cherry shrimp are really not fussy when it comes to food, they will gladly eat their way through almost all fish foods that you can hope to provide, just keep an eye on copper content in any foods. They will also take great delight in scoffing down defrosted bloodworms.
 
The best plant you can have with shrimp is java moss or any other of the aquatic mosses, the shrimp pick through it collecting food and it provides a safe place for shrimplets to feed and grow. Just ALWAYS be careful when removing any plants from a tank containing shrimp. The shrimp wont always let go of the plant life and can end up hitching a ride to other tanks, or worse the floor.
 
Temperature wise for a cherry shrimp tank anything around 22 degrees cel - 26 degrees cel will be ok, but I would aim for the lower temp. To high a temp stresses the shrimp allowing illness to take hold, it also speeds up their life cycle and life expectancy.

 

[RRaquariums]

Ok thanks for the info

 

[Ch4rlie]

There are a few helpful topics from this forum about shrimp care and cherry shrimps, have a read through the links below, that should help a little bit
 
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/261585-shrimp-care-guide/
 
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/199872-cherry-shrimp/
 
I keep Red Cherry Shrimps myself and they're funny little guys. Very easy to care for, temp wise as Baccus said the lower the better  at around 23 - 24C i find works very well and my cherries do breed pretty prolifically so maybe an idea would be is to add new cherry shrimps every 6 months or so to help stop interbreeding and keep good colours going.
 
They'll eat pretty much anything so don't worry too much, although an occasional treat of algae wafers which they go mad for will keep them happy.
 
Providing plenty of plants including java moss as well as moss balls will keep these guys comfortable.
 
Do be aware though, cherries can get spooked by sudden noises or predatory fish, so any berried females in the tank may drop their eggs if get spooked. 
 
Hope that helps a little