is this ghost shrimp pregnant?
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You probably will never see a baby ghost shrimp, so you don't have to worry about moving them around. When the eggs hatch the shrimplets will be in a free floating larval stage. During this time fish and the filter will probably kill the majority of them. The ones that do survive this will need to eat microscopic food which is pretty hard to provide for them. If you have the shrimp in a heavily planted long established tank using a sponge filter you may get some survivors, but in most tanks they will not survive.
tai95 pretty much summed it up. I've raised the little guys, but their growth rate is painfully slow. I used a 3gal Eclipse w/ a large sponge over the inlet, and I covered the sponge in pantyhose material.
Fed many times daily with small amounts of finely powderized food. I mean, ground between a plate and the bottom of a spoon until it was like fine dust, turning off the filtration until all head settled to the bottom of that little tank.
Had to keep the bottom of the tank completely bare so they could latch onto the food. Kept Java Moss in there, added a little Jungle Aquarium Salt to help with molting (I believe there's a touch of Iodine in that salt, which is good for inverts). Used MTS to help keep things sanitized.
Got about 30 of them out of two clutches of eggs, but it is a ton of never-ending work for the meager results. At $0.25/shrimp at the local LFS, I think it's far more cost effective just to buy the little suckers.
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Fed many times daily with small amounts of finely powderized food. I mean, ground between a plate and the bottom of a spoon until it was like fine dust, turning off the filtration until all head settled to the bottom of that little tank.
Had to keep the bottom of the tank completely bare so they could latch onto the food. Kept Java Moss in there, added a little Jungle Aquarium Salt to help with molting (I believe there's a touch of Iodine in that salt, which is good for inverts). Used MTS to help keep things sanitized.
Got about 30 of them out of two clutches of eggs, but it is a ton of never-ending work for the meager results. At $0.25/shrimp at the local LFS, I think it's far more cost effective just to buy the little suckers.
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I just got ghost shrimp today and I noticed 2 of them had eggs. Thats exactly what they look like. Anyone know how long it takes for them to hatch. I have to assume the fry will be food shortly after hatching.
Sometimes takes as long as two weeks from the time you first notice the eggs. Eggs are usually dark green, and when you can see little eyespots on them, with the eggs looking bigger and barely hanging on, it's close to hatching time.
The young are miniature versions of the adults, and I do mean miniature.
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The young are miniature versions of the adults, and I do mean miniature.
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