Corn-fed shrimp

The label on the shrimp's favourite food says, "Crab Cuisine". It is intended for a variety of underwater scavengers, from crabs to hemits, lobsters and even crawfish. I read the fine print on the label tonight; the first ingredient is fish meal, but from there it goes on to corn, rice, wheat, and soybeans, and only then, krill and fish oil. Next, there's garlic (just in case I might want to eat my hermits?), yeast, and a long list of vitamins and minerals.

It must be good for them; they're healthy and happy. But - corn? And garlic?

Shrimp with a corn and fish pellet. Yum!

I also have dried shrimp, and when I can find them, frozen raw shrimp; everybody loves those, but they disintegrate and pollute the water, so I feed them sparingly. And there are "shrimp pellets"; the primary ingredient in these is ... wheat.

At least there's no high fructose corn syrup in there. And I'm glad that I supplement their diet with seaweeds and, in season, hydroids.