Ghost Shrimp

tennis4you · 07-20-2008, 07:03 PM

I have a small 30 gallon community tank at work. 8 tetra & 3 dainos. I would like to add some ghost shrimp in there. Can I do that and expect them to survive? Do they need food? Is sand an OK substrate for them?

Thanks!

IAN · 07-20-2008, 09:40 PM

Don't worry. The shrimp are very hardy. They will survive. They're only 20-50 cents anyway.

Ghost shrimp will eat any leftover food, and even swim to the top of the water to take their share of lunch

COM · 07-21-2008, 05:45 AM

They'll survive unless one of your other fish decide to eat them.

Ian is right, they're pretty cheap. My LFS sells them 3 for $1 in the feeder section.

Ghost Knife · 07-21-2008, 07:52 AM

Ghost Shrimp are excellent bottom feeders and make great tankmates for a tropical community tank. They are 26 cents at my local Petsmart and they do get along with other bottom feeders such as cories.

tennis4you · 07-21-2008, 10:07 AM

Thanks guys! I will give them a shot. I ave only used them in my 125g tank in the past as feeders, but I think it would be neat to keep them with fish that would allow them to thrive.

**lohachata** · 07-21-2008, 12:55 PM

i get ghost shrimp for 12 cents each and i still don't buy them..mainly because i would have to buy them by the thousands to feed all my pigs..so they will just have to do without..

Good Wolf · 07-21-2008, 02:59 PM

One word of caution. I've heard that a lot of stores sale fish eating prawns as ghost shrimp. If it gets over 2 inches and starts looking at your fish like they are a tasty treat then you know you have a prawn.

**lohachata** · 07-21-2008, 03:55 PM

and put them guys in their own tank and grow em up for dinner....

COM · 07-21-2008, 04:24 PM

Mmm prawns... I've never heard of that. I really like ghost shrimp but mine all got eaten, probably by my julies or clowns.

IAN · 07-21-2008, 06:53 PM

DON'T get a prawn. They kill your fish and eat your plants. 2 months after I got one, there was nothing living in my tank except the prawn and some microbes

07-20-2008, 07:03 PM	#1
tennis4you Fishy Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 33 Posts: 18 User Feedback: (0)	Ghost Shrimp I have a small 30 gallon community tank at work. 8 tetra & 3 dainos. I would like to add some ghost shrimp in there. Can I do that and expect them to survive? Do they need food? Is sand an OK substrate for them? Thanks!

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COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 504 User Feedback: (0)	They'll survive unless one of your other fish decide to eat them. Ian is right, they're pretty cheap. My LFS sells them 3 for $1 in the feeder section. __________________ 3 Planted Tanks: 10g, 20g, and 29g

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Ghost Knife Permanent Fishaholic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mississippi Age: 26 Posts: 99 User Feedback: (0)	Ghost Shrimp are excellent bottom feeders and make great tankmates for a tropical community tank. They are 26 cents at my local Petsmart and they do get along with other bottom feeders such as cories. __________________ 55G 7 Tiger Barbs 4 Rosy Barbs 4 Albino Cories 4 Emerald Cories 3 Serpae Tetras 1 Rainbow Shark 1 Black Ghost Knife 1 Common Pleco 55G 4 Black Moors 3 Golden Dojo Loaches 2 Red Cap Orandas 1 Calico Butterfly 1 Black Kuhli Loach 1 Common Pleco 29G 20 Ramshorn Snails (Approx.) 5 Long-Finned Zebra Danios 4 Glowlight Tetras 3 Peppered Cories 1 Apple Snail 1 Fire-Tail Guppy 1 African Dwarf Frog 1 Ghost Shrimp

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lohachata Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland,Ohio Age: 63 Posts: 496 User Feedback: (13)	i get ghost shrimp for 12 cents each and i still don't buy them..mainly because i would have to buy them by the thousands to feed all my pigs..so they will just have to do without.. __________________ if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away 10 gallon..nothing but air 10 gallon...just more air 10 gallon...stale air just don't ask about the rest

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Good Wolf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wylie, TX Posts: 237 User Feedback: (0)	One word of caution. I've heard that a lot of stores sale fish eating prawns as ghost shrimp. If it gets over 2 inches and starts looking at your fish like they are a tasty treat then you know you have a prawn. __________________ ~Chris~ *55g planted; 30g planted; 5g planted*

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07-20-2008, 09:40 PM	#2
IAN Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 14 Posts: 43 User Feedback: (0)	Don't worry. The shrimp are very hardy. They will survive. They're only 20-50 cents anyway. Ghost shrimp will eat any leftover food, and even swim to the top of the water to take their share of lunch

07-21-2008, 10:07 AM	#5
tennis4you Fishy Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 33 Posts: 18 User Feedback: (0)	Thanks guys! I will give them a shot. I ave only used them in my 125g tank in the past as feeders, but I think it would be neat to keep them with fish that would allow them to thrive.

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lohachata Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland,Ohio Age: 63 Posts: 496 User Feedback: (13)	and put them guys in their own tank and grow em up for dinner.... __________________ if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away 10 gallon..nothing but air 10 gallon...just more air 10 gallon...stale air just don't ask about the rest

07-21-2008, 04:24 PM	#9
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 504 User Feedback: (0)	Mmm prawns... I've never heard of that. I really like ghost shrimp but mine all got eaten, probably by my julies or clowns. __________________ 3 Planted Tanks: 10g, 20g, and 29g

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IAN Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 14 Posts: 43 User Feedback: (0)	DON'T get a prawn. They kill your fish and eat your plants. 2 months after I got one, there was nothing living in my tank except the prawn and some microbes

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