ghost shrimp babies

[MelJr]

I have 2 ghost shrimp that are carrying eggs. I put them in a 10 gallon with only ghost shrimp and 2 algae eaters. I was expecting them to have babies that looked like them. I was really surprised when the babies looked like very small fish. They swim all over the tank. I put a piece of panty hose over my filter intake to keep from sucking them up. They are only 3 days old now and more seem to be popping out every day. I have seen the little ones very close to the adult shrimp and the adults leave them alone (at least while I'm watching ).

 

[dethjam316]

woh!! cool. i've been trying to get my ghost shrimp to have babies for months, but i think they all just get eaten or sucked into the filter no matter i do. your plan sounds like a good one. let us know what happens!!! i've always heard that sponge filters worked well for raising them.

 

[SimonWoodstock]

sounds cool, can you take a pic?

 

[Geographer]

I was a ghost shrimp for Halloween once.

 

[Tim Bo]

Geographer. How did you hold onto your eggs?

 

[chipstahoy]

do ghost shrimp do the same stuff as amano shrimp? what's the difference? which is better for aquariums? cuz i heard amano shrimp were really hard to breed and raise the fry. ghost shrimp sound pretty easy...

-chip

 

[Geographer]

What Tim Bo? My Danish friend,what are you talkng about?

 

[ewok]

Originally posted by chipstahoy
cuz i heard amano shrimp were really hard to breed and raise the fry. ghost shrimp sound pretty easy...

-chip

from my reading they aren't anywhere near easy. i used to have a bunch and they never bred that i noticed. you should be able to websearch breeding references, i did it a long time ago because any kind of shrimp are pretty rare around here.

 

[MelJr]

From what I have read amano's have 1000 to 2000 eggs at once. My ghost shimp have 20-30 at a time and the females carry them for 3 weeks so the ghost shrimp are much larger when the female releases them and can eat larger food. Also the amano babies need brackish water.

 

[chipstahoy]

i guess that makes sense then that the amano babies would be harder to raise--cuz they need brackish water and they're a ton smaller so they're harder to feed. thanks

-chip