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Frozen brine shrimp & daphnia

Frozen & live

Frozen brine shrimp & daphnia

For: Most community fish

How to feed: Treat food; daphnia helps digestion.

Examples you may see in shops: Hikari Bio-Pure Brine Shrimp, Daphnia cubes. Not endorsements.

Who eats it

301 species

Neon tetraParacheirodon innesi

Easy2.5 cm21–25 °C

Cardinal tetraParacheirodon axelrodi

Moderate3 cm23–29 °C

Black neon tetraHyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi

Easy3.2 cm20–28 °C

Black skirt tetraGymnocorymbus ternetzi

Easy7.5 cm20–26 °C

Serpae tetraMegalamphodus eques

Easy4 cm22–27 °C

X-ray tetraPristella maxillaris

Easy4.5 cm24–28 °C

Lemon tetraHyphessobrycon pulchripinnis

Easy3.8 cm22–28 °C

Congo tetraPhenacogrammus interruptus

Moderate8 cm23–28 °C

Glowlight tetraHemigrammus erythrozonus

Easy4 cm24–28 °C

Rummy-nose tetraPetitella rhodostoma

Moderate5 cm24–27 °C

Ember tetraHyphessobrycon amandae

Easy2 cm24–28 °C

Bloodfin tetraAphyocharax anisitsi

Easy5.5 cm18–28 °C

Emperor tetraNematobrycon palmeri

Easy4.2 cm23–27 °C

Penguin tetraThayeria boehlkei

Easy6 cm22–28 °C

Head and tail light tetraHolopristis ocellifera

Easy4.5 cm24–28 °C

Bleeding heart tetraMegalamphodus erythrostigma

Moderate6.1 cm22–28 °C

Tiger barbPuntigrus tetrazona

Easy7 cm20–26 °C

Cherry barbRohanella titteya

Easy5 cm23–27 °C

Rosy barbPethia conchonius

Easy10 cm16–24 °C

Odessa barbPethia padamya

Easy4.6 cm16–25 °C

Gold barbBarbodes semifasciolatus

Easy7 cm18–24 °C

Denison barbDawkinsia denisonii

Moderate15 cm18–25 °C

Black ruby barbPethia nigrofasciata

Easy6 cm20–27 °C

Tinfoil barbBarbonymus schwanefeldii

Hard35 cm20–28 °C

Zebra danioDanio rerio

Easy5 cm18–25 °C

Celestial pearl danioDanio margaritatus

Moderate2.1 cm20–25 °C

Giant danioDevario aequipinnatus

Moderate10 cm16–26 °C

Harlequin rasboraTrigonostigma heteromorpha

Easy4.5 cm22–27 °C

Lambchop rasboraTrigonostigma espei

Easy3 cm23–28 °C

Chili rasboraBoraras brigittae

Moderate2 cm24–28 °C

Scissortail rasboraRasbora trilineata

Moderate13 cm22–25 °C

White cloud mountain minnowTanichthys albonubes

Easy4 cm14–22 °C

GuppyPoecilia reticulata

Easy6 cm22–28 °C

Endler's livebearerPoecilia wingei

Easy2 cm24–28 °C

PlatyXiphophorus maculatus

Easy6 cm20–26 °C

Variatus platyXiphophorus variatus

Easy7 cm20–26 °C

SwordtailXiphophorus hellerii

Moderate14 cm22–28 °C

MollyPoecilia sphenops

Easy8 cm24–28 °C

Dwarf gouramiTrichogaster lalius

Easy9.5 cm22–27 °C

Honey gouramiTrichogaster chuna

Easy5.5 cm22–27 °C

Pearl gouramiTrichopodus leerii

Easy12 cm24–28 °C

Three-spot gouramiTrichopodus trichopterus

Easy15 cm24–30 °C

Kissing gouramiHelostoma temminckii

Moderate30 cm22–30 °C

Sparkling gouramiTrichopsis pumila

Easy4 cm24–28 °C

Giant gouramiOsphronemus goramy

Moderate70 cm22–28 °C

Paradise fishMacropodus opercularis

Moderate6.7 cm10–22 °C

AngelfishPterophyllum scalare

Easy15 cm24–30 °C

DiscusSymphysodon aequifasciatus

Moderate13.7 cm26–30 °C

Convict cichlidAmatitlania nigrofasciata

Moderate10 cm24–28 °C

Firemouth cichlidThorichthys meeki

Moderate17 cm24–28 °C

SeverumHeros efasciatus

Moderate20 cm22–29 °C

Electric blue acaraAndinoacara pulcher

Easy15 cm22–28 °C

Electric yellow cichlidLabidochromis caeruleus

Easy10 cm24–28 °C

Pygmy corydorasGastrodermus pygmaeus

Moderate2.5 cm22–26 °C

Glass catfishKryptopterus vitreolus

Moderate6.5 cm20–26 °C

Upside-down catfishSynodontis nigriventris

Moderate10 cm24–28 °C

Iridescent sharkPangasianodon hypophthalmus

Hard130 cm22–26 °C

Boeseman's rainbowfishMelanotaenia boesemani

Moderate10 cm27–30 °C

Dwarf neon rainbowfishMelanotaenia praecox

Easy6 cm24–28 °C

Red rainbowfishGlossolepis incisa

Moderate13 cm24–29 °C

And 241 more in the encyclopedia.