Do You Add Food To Shrimp Tanks?

Hi everyone, just me again with another annoying question!

Since the death of my last killi and the lack of killis in any local stores my tank is temporarily a shrimp only tank. When I had fish and I added food the shrimp would always gobble it up no matter what it was but I haven't added food since the last fish died. My shrimp always seem to be eating something which is why I never really thought about it but I had a panic that maybe they aren't getting enough food and I should add something? They always ate flake food when I used that, but I do also have shrimp pellets too. Should I be feeding them!? Or is whatever they're always eating in the tank sufficient? I have three very large Amanos in a 23l tank.

I'm hoping this week I might finally be able to get some fish. If I can't get killis soon I think I'll be giving up, but I don't know what to get instead since I have my shrimp! Previously I would have gotten a betta since there's some gorgeous ones around but I know they aren't generally advised with shrimp. I only really got the shrimp as they made good companions for the killis! But I do love their behaviour, they're such funny things to watch. I was concerned that two had died since I'd only seen one at a time for a while and had seen some shrimp shells so thought I was losing them in the same way as my unsuccessful cherry shrimp days but I saw all three together yesterday thankfully.

I would add a few fish food flakes every couple of days. Maybe enough flakes for 1 small fish. With any algae in the tank, that should feed them enough.


Of course you could always splash out on a pack of Hikari Shrimp Cuisine, though it isn't necessary.

On Friday I got 3 amano shrimp for my 50L temperate tank. They are the first I've had and I really like them. I read that they may be shy at first, so thought perhaps I wouldn't see them for a while, but no, these 3 took up position on the top of the rock formation thingy near the front, and even ventured across the floor at feeding time to frighten a peppered cory away from a nice flake of food.
I'm afraid I can't advise you on yours as I have no experience, but as a new shrimp owner I have to say that they are pretty awesome. 

They are great characters! As you say I was expecting mine to be shy but they certainly aren't! It was usually easier to spot my shrimp than my fish! I've just given them a flake and a few shrimp pellets and they've all gone mad scurrying around - I love when they swim upside down to grab the food! They were never shy before when it came to meal times snatching the food before my fish had a clue what was going on!

Sue it's Hikari shrimp cuisine that I have already - I think I bought it for my cherries. Oddly when I put both that and flake in the shrimp were more interested in the flake though!

Thanks for the tips everyone. I'll make sure to put a bit of food in every few days then, it's worth it just for their mad scurrying if nothing else!

Another resident of my tank I forgot about completely was my assassin snail 😳 I forgot he existed before I spotted him yesterday on the glass, poor neglected thing! I guess it's a good job I bought shrimp instead of snails!!