Hi!! No problem. I'm really happy you gave it a go. puts a bit of fun into the hobby.

Make you own Danny! wont cost anything apart from a bit of work. And its nice watching them enjoying something you made yourself....

Go for it Nigel!! Its free and good fun.

Good idea.

@@MARKSAQUATICS I use a good old mortar and pestle

Kikkz, Same process except you add egg white powder?? Does that make the food adhere to the stick better/longer??

Thanks for the tip Phil..

Well gelatin is animal based and is not really recommended for shrimps. Use agar agar instead

Veg based agar agar ,egg white plus any powder food u like mix then add a little water till its smooth but not runny then bake it and it will give a nice glazed finish takes a little bit to get the consistency right but That's what I found best shrimps have to work at it abit to get it off and doesn't end up all over tank. Many ingredients you can make them with too like garlic, spurillia, krill, kelp, brine shrimp eggs, bee pollen etc. Make to a powder or buy it as powder and make some nice mixes for them. I use bamboo kabab sticks But seen others use lollie sticks etc Once dried and stored Last long time too.

@@iainwitton258 - Thx. :) But don't you think that using such a small amount of gelatin will really be very harmful? Also, animal based maybe beneficial? I don't know, I should search and see. ;)

@@4funrc11 for me its more I use veg based food any way because in wild they feed heavily on biofilm and leaf litter, meat is a food I feed them but very rarely , I'm not sure gelatin would give them any benefits. agar agar is easy to get hold of so I've just stuck with it .with shrimp the smallest thing can stress them or make ill so I dont risk it personally

Hi. Beach . Nettles. Oak. Maple. blackthorn .👍😀

thank you =))

Oak and all fruit leaves. Nettles, are all good.

Hi Matt. They keep for weeks if you keep them wrapped in paper in an airtight container. 😀👍

That’s good to know cheers mark 👍🏼

I swear, Officer! It's just powdered leaves for my shrimp!

Hi. You can use raspberry leaves 😀👍

@@MARKSAQUATICS Okay, Thank you so much! I bought 10 neocardina Blue shrips and I’m really happy!

Just blanch in boiling water for a few minutes let them cool and then feed them. Stinging nettles are also a great food for them.

@@MARKSAQUATICS Hello again, are hurmikaki leaves good for shrimps? We have hurmikaki Tree at our garden so there is a lot of leaves but I’m not sure if it’s Okay for shrimps

Yes I would of thought so. There fruit trees 🌳 😋

No not at all. The light in that tank is very strong and giving me some algea problems going to swap it out, give it a nice water change that'll sort it out. But the treats don't cloud the water at all .Work great in all my other tanks.

awesome, I gotta find some blenders that are no longer used in the kitchen to try this :) btw any idea how this could last after putting in and out from the oven ? there's some expiry period right ?

will keeping in freezer does better or it works fine without freezer as long as its air tight sealed ?

As long as there kept dry no need to freeze.

awesome thanks mark!

The thing you have to be careful about is collecting from areas that aren't too near a road, because of the diesel fumes and aren't too near agricultural land where they've been spraying pesticides and the like. Middle of a wooded area is pretty safe. That said we live in the middle of a village surrounded by large agricultural fields and when they do a lot of spraying lots of kids with asthma have a tough time for a while, depending on the wind direction. If it bothers human beings it will kill shrimp - so go for a walk somewhere a bit wild - you can collect enough in ten minutes to keep a shrimp tank going for months once its dried and stored.