I just got some Ghost shrimp and i was wondering if i need to quarantine them? and if so how long?
ghost shrimp quarantine?
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just so you know why people always say qt anything alive you buy its because it could be patient zero. ie you could end up introing something not so good into your tank. instead of say four dead ghost shrimp your entire tank could crash. I know I shouldn't but I tend to buy all my livestock from the same same lfs and though I should I don't always qt my fish. But I had been buying fish from the same tank that hadn't had anything new added and I never buy anything he hasn't had for a while. Still not what I would recomend as common behaviour. I have lost many fish to ich or other illnesses due to not having known any better in the past. But on a happier note those shrimp are neat I just got some for a tank I am setting up I wanted to see how they would do. now I need some other stuff in there some plants and maybe a fish or three, thinking kulhis but the kulhis I have seen were rather drab clolored not the same as I have seen in the past all kinda redish brown looking any info on what would be the reason. I had always seen them with banding and stripes in the past never solid colored.
On the note of ghost shrimp I have a total of 18 in my 18-h aquarium, and they are VERY happy there. I also have as many as 50 larval shrimp from three of the above shrimp that were gravid when purchaced. These I keep in a Rubbermaid storage container with decaying fish food. The shrimp love it (although it does reek to high heavens!).
I haven't done so yet but I agree that quarintening is a good idea...
I haven't done so yet but I agree that quarintening is a good idea...
I just love my family of ghost shrimp in my tank
i had a huge pictus cat that my lfs guys took back he was big and a nite predator of anything that would fit in his mouth including my shrimp..
now my shrimp and neons are safe and dont have to sleep with one eye open anymore....
my shrimp are out most of the time and all come out into the open at feeding time........so cute! and interesting to watch!
sue
i had a huge pictus cat that my lfs guys took back he was big and a nite predator of anything that would fit in his mouth including my shrimp..
now my shrimp and neons are safe and dont have to sleep with one eye open anymore....
my shrimp are out most of the time and all come out into the open at feeding time........so cute! and interesting to watch!
sue
