Breeding Ghost Shrimp

[Vladdy]

I bought 10 ghost shrimp as feeders for 10 for a dollar. They appeared to be very healthy and none of them had any milky coloration. The biggest was a little more than an inch. Do you think they will survive? 7 of them are females carrying green eggs. I want to raise the fry and breed the ghost shrimp. I need to know how to raise them. I have a molly and a tiger barb being kept with the shrimp. I need some advice on raising the fry when the eggs hatch. What can I feed the fry when they hatch? Also, can I keep the eggs in the tank with the shrimp or do I have to keep them in a seperate tank? Has anyone here ever raised ghost shrimp? Thanks for your help.

[wondabread]

I have kept these guys for a long time. They are fun to watch. However, I constantly have berried females but have never once seen babies.

Tiger barbs make short work of ghost shrimp too, so be warned. As far as feeding the babies if you get any, just let them eat the food you feed the adults or if you take them out (or move the adults just before she drops the babies) green water, bbs, infusoria, anything tiny will work.

Aside from practicing breeding, these guys are quite worthless. They are fun to watch, but you can get RCS for around $1/each and they will fetch much more demand. There is a reason ghost shrimp are 10/$1.00.

Also, these guys die for absolutely no apparent reason. They are short lived, and when I buy 20, 10 might make it a week, 5 into the second month. I consider them the otos of inverts.

[Dwarfpufferfish]

“Ghost Shrimp” and “Glass Shrimp” are generic names given to a wide veritiy of shrimp that are of similar size and are clear in color. The most common in North America is the American Glass Shrimp.

And contrary to what Wondabread stated above these shrimp are very long lived when they are healthy, but getting healthy shrimp from a dealer is nearly impossible! Why?
Because they are sold as feeder shrimp so the are shipped in containers that are EXTREMELY over crowded with horrible water conditions and are then stored in poor conditions at the stores.

My second and third generation American Glass Shrimp have lived for 2-3 years already!

To read a little bit about how they breed go here: http://www.theshrimpfarm.com/blog/?s...eeding+program and read some of the older posts! Good luck!

[rasetsu]

I got a handful of ghosties and have had them for about a month now in a 29 gallon. The only other inhabitants are a rubberlipped pleco, a couple of mystery snails, and 10 white clouds. I was doing a gravel vac the other day and see something tiny dart away. It was a baby ghosty! I also have 4 berried females. Of course of the adults dropped dead last night so I guess the population is going to remain at status quo.