How much to feed RCS colony

I recently started an RCS colony in a planted 10 gallon tank. The tank has been planted with java fern, anubias nana and java moss for several years and formerly housed a betta. While there is no visible algae there is likely biofilm on the surfaces.

I started with 11 shrimp, lost one, and have had several batches of 12-15 babies and have 3 berried females so my colony is quickly becoming well established. I have been feeding one slice of zuchinnI and one sinking cory tablet each week. I also have tiny shrimp pellets but have rarely used those.

Am I overfeeding, underfeeding or ok so far? While I've had fish for many years, this is my first experience with shrimp. It is by far my favorite tank right now and I'm hoping not to make too many mistakes.

I do a 20-25% weekly PWC and use a turkey baster to suck up debris on the bottom but there has been very little visible debris (black sand substrate). Ammonia and nitrite consistently 0, nitrate 10.

 

Are they eating all the zucchinI and tablet in a 24 hour block?

 

They will finish the sinking tablet in 24 hours, but the zuchinnI can last for 48 hours. But they eat it all - seeds, rind, every last scrap of it disappears.Last night I counted 7 adults and 15 babies on the zuchinni, and that's just the side I could see!

Note - I don't feed the tablet at the same time as the zuchinni, so for several days there is no extra food in the tank.

 

You're probably feeding fine. My colony (12) finishes off an algae tablet in just over 24 hours. So with all of your babies that's probably a fine amount. Especially since they will pick through all the sand and plants

 

Agreed. Just realized I forgot to make snail jello. Dangit!

 

Thank you both for the replies. I keep reading not to overfeed, but also don't want to underfeed either, so I appreciate feedback that I'm on track right now.

 

I have a colony of about 200 right now in a 5 gallon. Babies being born every week since my first pair in FEB. I usually feed about a 1/4 of an algae wafer ( every other day ) and 2 shrimp pellets EVERY day. I also have in there at all times a small piece of raw zucchini, rotating that with a carrot now and then.

I have tons of java moss and 3 moss balls and do a weekly water change of about 25-30%

This seems to be the best so far, my Nitrates are barely measurable.