I am a newbie to ghost shrimp. I recently bought 5 and one has little white spots on it. Are these calcium deposits?
I also read somewhere that they get the spots right before moulting.
Any info is appreciated
I noticed when mine get alot of calcium they tend to have white spots and when they eat brine shrimp they tend to have pink spots! not sure about the molting!
ok now u have to tell us what u are doing to get them to breed and have babies that grow to adults! I have seen the little swimming larve but never had them grow!
I have a large female ghosty, her name is "Jacques". We named her before we knew she was a her. I recently bought a smaller ghosty and a couple days after I bought her, a friend of mine came over and looked at the tank and said that the smaller shrimp was on top of the larger one. A couple days after that, I saw eggs on her little flippers. The babies made it until she molted, but I never saw them after that. I would like to know how to get them to grow as well!
ok now u have to tell us what u are doing to get them to breed and have babies that grow to adults! I have seen the little swimming larve but never had them grow!
I have a large female ghosty, her name is "Jacques". We named her before we knew she was a her. I recently bought a smaller ghosty and a couple days after I bought her, a friend of mine came over and looked at the tank and said that the smaller shrimp was on top of the larger one. A couple days after that, I saw eggs on her little flippers. The babies made it until she molted, but I never saw them after that. I would like to know how to get them to grow as well!
Are your tanks well planted? What are your parameters, what are you feeding them? I have mine in a planted tank, with moss, driftwood, and a variety of plants, temps avg around 78-80F, PH is 7.8.
I started out with one juvie ghost hatched from a store-bought berried female I later returned to the store (wasn't planning on raising ghost shrimp). When she saddled up at about 2 1/2 months, I bought a couple more, one of which was male. She is now on her 6th brood, and currently is both saddled and berried. Because they're in a community tank with fish, only a couple of juvies survive from each brood. But I had enough to ship 9 off to another forum member, two of which were berried when I sent them, and still have half a dozen left. I basically put them in the tank and let nature take its course. I think they are doing better than my wild-type Neocaridina shrimp. :irked:
Mine is Palaemonetes. With the red bands on the antennae and claws, and red dots on the tail. The one on the right, on the rock is my big, and only, breeding female (shipped her two berried daughters off :evil_lol.
so its a yes just their not expensive i used to do the same thing keep them as pets just didnt know they were that big of one mine were the same Palaemonetes i loved them.
