One of my shrimp i got from petsmart is pregnant. should i worry about alot of baby shrimp or will my betta eat them? i dont want more shrimp than i already got. my tanks not that planted and it has a large cave the betta sleeps in
Berried Ghost Shrimp
- Thread starter Alec2cool
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Since ghost shrimp are a low-order shrimp (eggs hatch into a larval stage), it's unlikely you'll see any shrimplets at all. They can survive in fresh water, but they need lots of microscopic food like green water. As I understand it, most tanks are way too clean to facilitate this process.
Ok, well i moved him to my 1g with my betta, its a pretty new tank and its clean so im sure no fry will survive.
Once had a Ghostie only tank & had babies show up! There was probably close to 8 gals of Java moss in a 10 gal tank tho!
Hmmm, maybe that provided enough surface area for good stuff to grow to support the babies? It's a shame they're pretty worthless... they quite interesting to watch.
Well sometimes its the worthless types of critters that make this hobby worthwhile. I actually got my interest in inverts by keeping the worthless ones because I could not afford the expensive ones. And they were so cool to watch in the dealers tanks that I just had to have them. I still keep ghost shrimp and bait crays(don't know what species).
These folks beg to differ:
http://www.theshrimpfarm.com/blog/archives/16
"There are also many shrimp that are low order shrimp that do not need salt water for the larva to grow. The American Glass Shrimp (Palaemonetes paludosus), also known as Ghost Shrimp, hatch as larva. These larvas thrive in freshwater. They go threw fewer larval stages than an Amano Shrimp, and seem to eat anything small enough to fit in their mouth."
They have a detailed journal of glass shrimp breeding along with photos and everything. Here's a link to the last update on their glass shrimp breeding efforts. Links to earlier updates can be found at the bottom of the post.
http://www.theshrimpfarm.com/blog/archives/68