glass shrimp???

actually I had some ghost shrimp, they would eat the algae off my snails but they wouldn't kill them... just pester them with their eating and such of course they were dieing because of the poor water quality... the nitrite spiked on them... so IDK
 
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I've never had ghost shrimp escape when I wasn't looking, but they can fling themselves out of the water when being netted, and are also good at flipping themselves out of the net onto the floor.
 
ghost shrimp are fun. out of a bunch i had gotten ages ago, i have one left. he was the offspring of some of my oler ghost shrimp. i have been contemplating getting some more. but then, one of the lfs i haunt has bee shrimp. ive been seriously considering getting some of those instead.

ghost shrimp are pretty energetic. they are awesome scavengers. be careful with fry. adult ghost shrimp are capable of catching and eating them
 
I agree with noto, shrimp are difficult to catch and keep in the net but rarely jump out unless frightened. I have had one amano "jumper" which likely I startled in the middle of the night (didn't have covers on the tank)
 
Australian glass shrimp are totally different from the species sold as such in North America (they're Paratya spp. as opposed to Palaemonetes).
 
Now I wonder what I have. I bought glass shrimp from a store that was also selling ghost shrimp in a different tank.

My Amanos scavange my plants and decorations almost exclusively while my glass shrimp scavenge the gravel about oh... 75% of the time. My Cherries are everywhere.

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Cuvier- Good to know! Do you know anything about care of Paratya? I hope the info we've been providing about Palaemonetes is applicable, but if you know anything contrary or additional please speak up!

Que- It seems unlikely Australian shrimps would be sold in the US due to Australia's restrictive export laws, but you might have some other atyid shrimp or a Macrobrachium species. I just found this website that lists Australian decapod families and provides characters for each; Paratya is in Atyidae and Palaemonetes is in Palaemonidae. Maybe this will help you determine which you have!
 
im in Australia lol thats what i am getting today glass shrimp FINALLY i have changed my mind where i am putting them though :) i have just got a "breeding" tank for my guppies so i figure well why not throw half the shrimp in my tank and half in the breeding tank (most of the things born in the breeding tank will be food for my cichlids) otherwise i would need to buy a new tank which may be viable in the future but not now
 
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