Hey I was wonderin bout how much do Ghost Shrimp usually cost?
How big do they get?
And would they eat my plants?
How big do they get?
And would they eat my plants?
Ghost Shrimp
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about 25 cents
maybe 1.5 - 2 inches long maximum
do not eat plants... browse the bottom looking for food and supposedly eat some algea too
maybe 1.5 - 2 inches long maximum
do not eat plants... browse the bottom looking for food and supposedly eat some algea too
I have ghost shrimp in my 5 gallon. they are great little guys, they make the tank look realistic with all the little guys moving on the ground all the time. also my tank has been really clean, its the cleanest of all my tanks!!
I just purchased some ghost shrimp (Cols. OH) - today.....cost 1 dozen for $2.00
FYI - the store did not have the shrimp in a tank...they had them in the back, selling them as feeder fish, lucky enough I just asked about them....:laugh:
FYI - the store did not have the shrimp in a tank...they had them in the back, selling them as feeder fish, lucky enough I just asked about them....:laugh:
I buy them for 1 dozen for like $1.10 or something weird like that. They do a great job of cleaning, but you should be aware of two things:
1. If you feed your fish bloodworms or anything like that, the ghost shrimp are very fast, and are happy to grab the bloodworms away from the fish
2. You need to have a lid on the tank, because they like to do this weird thing where they skim the top of the water upside down, and the can flip themselves out of the water pretty easily.
1. If you feed your fish bloodworms or anything like that, the ghost shrimp are very fast, and are happy to grab the bloodworms away from the fish
2. You need to have a lid on the tank, because they like to do this weird thing where they skim the top of the water upside down, and the can flip themselves out of the water pretty easily.
At the petsmart here they sell for .30 a piece. I'm about to go to a local tackle shop where they sell grass shrimp as bait. $3.00 will get you about 200 live shrimp. I'm gonna set them in a different tank for a while before introducing them to my other tanks.
I buy them as feeders, 10 for $1.
But it looks like I may have also gotten a surprise or two in one batch , as per my thread earlier today:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30955
But it looks like I may have also gotten a surprise or two in one batch , as per my thread earlier today:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30955