Snowflake food for shrimp is a specialized diet designed to cater to the dietary needs of freshwater shrimp species like Neocaridina and Caridina. It's a high-quality, nutrient-rich supplement made from natural ingredients like soybean hulls or potato starch that are compressed into snowflake-shaped pellets or sticks. It gets it name from the way it floats down to the aquarium floor like snowflakes. This food will not cause ammonia or nitrite spikes in your tank. Great food if you are going out of town or to supplement your shrimps normal diet. 1 order of snowflake is 3oz.