Ghost shrimp with Eggs?

Guppy-Frog-Girl · 11-28-2005, 11:10 AM

maybe if anyone can advise me on this subject, I don't anything except how to feed them, My passion is Guppies...... I got a Ghost shrimp about 2 or 3 months ago, she was pretty small, not at all the size that she is today. She was probably about 1/2" long and from so many times she has molted, she is about 3/4" long today. Well, on to my story.... She molted yesterday and then I saw that she had some eggs in her tummy , between her bottom legs and her actual bottom belly.... It looks like she shouffles them up and down. They are a light green. I watch for changes in my tank every day so I know she wasn't like that the day before yesterday....Here are my questions:

1. How did she get pregnant if I don't have any other shrimp?
2. Could she have been pregnant when I bought her?
3. How long will it be until she lays them or until they hatch?
4. Will she eat her eggs after she lays them or after they hatch?
5. Do I have to move her from a community tank before she lays?
6. and if I do have to move her, can it be to a fishbowl with treated water?

DUSTIN323 · 11-28-2005, 11:15 AM

Go to petshrimp,com you might find some info there. I guess she had to have been pregnant when you bought her since that's the only logical thing. When my brothers shrimp was pregnant we moved it to a 1g with a sponge filter and the eggs hatched

Guppy-Frog-Girl · 11-28-2005, 11:32 AM

Thank you Dustin323, but there wasn't any info on Ghost shrimp on that site, just of the other species on shrimp. Thanks though for you suggestion. I really appreciate it.

Reefneck · 11-28-2005, 02:02 PM

http://www.petshrimp.com/glassshrimp.html

Try this link.

Guppy-Frog-Girl · 11-28-2005, 02:52 PM

Thnx...I will continue reading when I get home from work...... Thnx again for all the posts.

DUSTIN323 · 11-28-2005, 03:04 PM

I knew they had them on their guess I should have pointed it out they're also called glass shrimp

flamingo · 11-28-2005, 03:51 PM

When I had mine they always had eggs. They would always die though (the shrimp) or the eggs would just disappear. I read on it a bit and supposedly that happens a lot.

Move it into another tank and good luck!

**Damon** · 11-28-2005, 09:31 PM

They will produce eggs often but they will be infertile. They will usually drop them after a time.

11-28-2005, 11:10 AM	#1
Guppy-Frog-Girl Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX Age: 29 Posts: 51	Ghost shrimp with Eggs? maybe if anyone can advise me on this subject, I don't anything except how to feed them, My passion is Guppies...... I got a Ghost shrimp about 2 or 3 months ago, she was pretty small, not at all the size that she is today. She was probably about 1/2" long and from so many times she has molted, she is about 3/4" long today. Well, on to my story.... She molted yesterday and then I saw that she had some eggs in her tummy , between her bottom legs and her actual bottom belly.... It looks like she shouffles them up and down. They are a light green. I watch for changes in my tank every day so I know she wasn't like that the day before yesterday....Here are my questions: 1. How did she get pregnant if I don't have any other shrimp? 2. Could she have been pregnant when I bought her? 3. How long will it be until she lays them or until they hatch? 4. Will she eat her eggs after she lays them or after they hatch? 5. Do I have to move her from a community tank before she lays? 6. and if I do have to move her, can it be to a fishbowl with treated water? __________________ 10 GALLON 5 NEON TETRAS 1 GHOST SHRIMP 6 FANCY MALE GUPPIES 1 Pleco 2 Adult African Dwarf Frogs 1 Baby African Dwarf Frog 1 Lyre Tail Dalmatian Molly 20 GALLON 3 YOUNG RED EARED SLIDERS (TURTLES) 10 GALLON under construction!!! SOON to be an ACF tank... 1.5 GALLON 1 ADULT PAIR OF ALBINO AFRICAN CLAWED FROGS 1.5 GALLON 1 Beautiful Red, pink, and light blue betta

11-28-2005, 11:15 AM	#2
DUSTIN323 ~/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\~ Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 20 Posts: 522	Go to petshrimp,com you might find some info there. I guess she had to have been pregnant when you bought her since that's the only logical thing. When my brothers shrimp was pregnant we moved it to a 1g with a sponge filter and the eggs hatched __________________ Gen1Performance.com Gen 1 Performance Forum

11-28-2005, 11:32 AM	#3
Guppy-Frog-Girl Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX Age: 29 Posts: 51	Thank you Dustin323, but there wasn't any info on Ghost shrimp on that site, just of the other species on shrimp. Thanks though for you suggestion. I really appreciate it. __________________ 10 GALLON 5 NEON TETRAS 1 GHOST SHRIMP 6 FANCY MALE GUPPIES 1 Pleco 2 Adult African Dwarf Frogs 1 Baby African Dwarf Frog 1 Lyre Tail Dalmatian Molly 20 GALLON 3 YOUNG RED EARED SLIDERS (TURTLES) 10 GALLON under construction!!! SOON to be an ACF tank... 1.5 GALLON 1 ADULT PAIR OF ALBINO AFRICAN CLAWED FROGS 1.5 GALLON 1 Beautiful Red, pink, and light blue betta

11-28-2005, 02:52 PM	#5
Guppy-Frog-Girl Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX Age: 29 Posts: 51	Thnx...I will continue reading when I get home from work...... Thnx again for all the posts. __________________ 10 GALLON 5 NEON TETRAS 1 GHOST SHRIMP 6 FANCY MALE GUPPIES 1 Pleco 2 Adult African Dwarf Frogs 1 Baby African Dwarf Frog 1 Lyre Tail Dalmatian Molly 20 GALLON 3 YOUNG RED EARED SLIDERS (TURTLES) 10 GALLON under construction!!! SOON to be an ACF tank... 1.5 GALLON 1 ADULT PAIR OF ALBINO AFRICAN CLAWED FROGS 1.5 GALLON 1 Beautiful Red, pink, and light blue betta

11-28-2005, 03:04 PM	#6
DUSTIN323 ~/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\~ Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 20 Posts: 522	I knew they had them on their guess I should have pointed it out they're also called glass shrimp __________________ Gen1Performance.com Gen 1 Performance Forum

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11-28-2005, 02:02 PM	#4
Reefneck Senior Aquarist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Near a Coral Reef Age: 47 Posts: 1,351	http://www.petshrimp.com/glassshrimp.html Try this link.

11-28-2005, 03:51 PM	#7
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	When I had mine they always had eggs. They would always die though (the shrimp) or the eggs would just disappear. I read on it a bit and supposedly that happens a lot. Move it into another tank and good luck! __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

11-28-2005, 09:31 PM	#8
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	They will produce eggs often but they will be infertile. They will usually drop them after a time. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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