Do tetras eat baby shrimp?

[BandiCat]

Hi all,

I got a half dozen ghost shrimp a couple weeks ago and two of them were berried females. I suspect that my tetras may have eaten the baby shrimp after they hatched as I now have no pregnant shrimp or shrimp fry swimming around the tank...

Would my tetras eat the baby shrimp?

 

[snoopy65]

If the fish's mouth is large enough to fit the baby shrimp in and it can catch it, it will eat it.

 

[zzyzx85]

yep

 

[kyryah]

Ghost shrimp do not often successfully breed in the aquarium. They need more brackish condition as young, as a general rule. They usually die shortly after hatching. They also get sucked into the filters.

Kristina

 

[BandiCat]

This is probably a really noobish question, but what exactly is brackish water?

 

[snoopy65]

A bit salty but not quite marine.

 

[BandiCat]

Oh, that makes sense! Thanks