I have a question can blueberry shrimp survive in a brackish tank? If not, what kind of shrimp are brackish? Thank you :wall:
brackish shrimp?????
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They most likely cannot. Here's a list of possible candidates: Ghost shrimp; Amano shrimp; you could probably get away with Crystal Bees; Rudolph-The-Red-Nosed-Reindeer shrimp (yes, they exist); and probably some others. These are all mainly freshwater, but could still flourish in brackish. RTRNR shrimp are strictly brackish though. Here's a link for great shrimp. http://www.fishpondinfo.com/shrimp2.htm
In case you can't find the "Rudoloph the red nosed reindeer shrimp", here's some others I found on the profile on www.aquaticcommunity.com: "The next shrimp in The Real Algae Eaters series is the Red Nosed [COLOR=black ! important][COLOR=black ! important]Shrimp[/COLOR][/COLOR]. Other common names include Rhino Shrimp (named for the rhino shaped nose), Red Fronted Shrimp, Rudolph Shrimp, Rudolph Red Nosed Shrimp (named for its red nose), Red-Stripe Shrimp and Rocket Shrimp (for being a fast swimmer). It is assigned the scientific name of caridina gracilirostris."
Thanks for the reply. Well before I read the posts I did buy the blueberry shrimp and they thrived for about a week in my brackish tank and finally one day I did not see them swimming anymore and I did not find any bodies, I'm guessing my mollies or my bumblebee gobies must have gobbled them up. But I want to give another try, I'll look around town for the red nosed shrimp they look very nice.
Ok so I went to the LFS and I decided to buy ghost shrimp. I'm going to give them a try if not I'll probably order some amanos online. There's only three LFS here in Las Vegas and they all carry ghost shrimp, and nothing else except marine shrimp.
wow I just googled this shrimp and they are very nice, I think if my ghosts don't thrive I'm definetly looking in to buying these
I took pictures of my ghost shrimp to share, pardon they are a bit blurry, hopefully you can see them
opae ula, aka red volcano shrimp, aka hawaii shrimp, I heard they can live for up to 2 decades, fantastic creatures, I plan to get some once I figure out brackish