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beatle
05-09-2006, 9:47 PM
I have a 3g Eclipse with a betta, oto, and a ghost shrimp. They're all nice and serve their purpose, but the shrimp is really pretty cool to watch as he cleans the substrate of extra food. Are there any other shrimp I can keep in my tank? I've had ghost shrimp on and off in this tank. The first was eaten after a month, the second was eaten overnight! Can I keep more than one species of shrimp? If not, what should I get next, and how many?
mtiller
05-09-2006, 9:51 PM
i've seen pictures with ppl having tiger shrimp and cherry shrimp in the same tank (i think their called cherry shrimp). i have 4 cory's, 2 neons, 2 white cloud, 2 zebra danio, and two ADF (male, 1in.-1.5in., female, 2.5in.) and they haven't even touched one of the ghost shrimp (4, one jumped out of the tank lol....and dried out), i guess bettas just dont' like em in there, what type of shrimp u have in there now?
beatle
05-09-2006, 10:03 PM
See the first sentence in my original post. :) How large is your tank? I'd think your stocking level would be too much for my 3g.
mtiller
05-09-2006, 10:24 PM
lol no no i have a much larger tank, i mean i suggested cherry shrimp and tiger shrimp, sorry for the misunderstanding
nuttylemur
05-10-2006, 3:11 PM
i have 5 ghost shrimp, 1 shrimp that i dont know the name of (has "filter" feeding hands), and one 6 in prawn.
they all live peacefully, and are my favorites.
mtiller
05-10-2006, 3:27 PM
i think it's a vampire shrimp or somn like that, i heard of it filtering for food
Primetime
05-10-2006, 3:29 PM
i think it's a vampire shrimp or somn like that, i heard of it filtering for food
Could be a flower shrimp too.
beatle
05-10-2006, 3:36 PM
So can I basically take my pick as to what shrimp to put in with my betta in the 3g? It doesn't sound like it'd be big enough for a giant prawn ;) but are there any other considerations for the other species?
Ibrahim bah
05-11-2006, 11:06 AM
I have all type of shrimp for sale.
Larissa
05-11-2006, 5:18 PM
Why do you want to put more shrimp in there if they are just going to get eaten?
beatle
05-11-2006, 5:24 PM
Because I like shrimp?
Ghost shrimp in particular are often used as feeders anyway. It seems hit or miss whether they get eaten or not. The current ghost shrimp has molted twice since I've had him with no issues. Other shrimp may not be eaten if they're larger or more equipped to deal with a slow moving betta.
DevonBlaine
08-21-2006, 5:17 AM
I use ghost shrimp for feeders, however I've had marble shrimp/ singapore wood shrimp that do very well for filtering and are cool to watch. I have recently bought cherry shrimp that will hopefully breed like crazy - they eat blue algea.
http://www.azgardens.com/shrimpfactory.php
Ghost shrimp are your best bet if they are getting eatin. They are the cheapest you can get, Cherry or other kinds of shrimp may be to costly to loose as a feeder.
dorkfish
08-21-2006, 10:33 AM
Ghost shrimp are your best bet if they are getting eatin. They are the cheapest you can get, Cherry or other kinds of shrimp may be to costly to loose as a feeder.
Look at the dates on the above posts.
Look at the dates on the above posts.
LOL woops DevonBlaine started it! :sad:
DevonBlaine
08-21-2006, 12:13 PM
it was listed in new posts. i swear!
lol
oh well, people can still use the info, ya know.
FYI, I dont think a betta would mess with a bigger shrimp like a marble shrimp or vampire shrimp.
At least the link is still good. ;)