ghost shrimp

[leaffish75]

I got my mantis tank setup just dont have the mantis. IN the mean time I'm trying to find out as much info as possible. Can I feed a mantis mainly ghost shrimp? I can get about 100+ ghost shrimp a week for free.:smokin:

stephen

 

[SimplyFast]

ghost shrimp are freshwater specific, so youll need a feeder tank setup.

 

[Gonodactylus]

We feed ghost shrimp occasionally, but given that they are freshwater, I would occasionally supplement the diet with marine crustaceans such as krill, grass shrimp, or even frozen whole shrimp. For smaller species of stomatopods such as N. wennerae, I also like to add an occasional squrt of adult brine shrimp. It gives the animals something to do as they run down the Artemia.

Roy

 

[leaffish75]

my ghost shrimp are saltwater. they last for months in a full salt setup. I live near a big salt water bay. I regularly catch sea robins, gobbies, peperment shrimp, and of course ghost shrimp.

 

[Gonodactylus]

There are many shrimp called "ghost shrimp". The ones sold in my area are generally fresh water species.

 

[serjuanca88]

I was under the impression that ghost shrimp are actually brackish and are capable of living in both SW and FW.

How can we tell the difference between a SW and FW ghost shrimp?

 

[MessyRoadKil]

Their is no Difference in a FW or Salt water ghost/grass/glass shrimp. But if you plan to Be keeping them in SW you have to Accumulate them for 2-3 weeks. They are just like Mollies and guppies in the way they can be FW or SW fish.

 

[slave-of-rock]

would you wanna send some of those my way, id pay you shipping costs, pm me on this thanks
kyle kaz

 

[slave-of-rock]

the question was directed towards leaffish75

 

[leaffish75]

kaz112 i can see what i can do. email me stephenray75@netzero.com

 

[apophis924]

Ghost shrimp can be acclimated to salt water in about 2 days, you dont need three weeks. Hell if you getting a 100 for free you can just drop the lot in salt water and you are bound to get at least 30% of them survie the change. when i had seahorese i fed them ghost shrimp and it just took 2 days to switch thme to salt water. I adjusted the salinity like every 8 hours. they are pretty tough.

 

[leaffish75]

I take mine from the bucket i had them in when i caught them then stick them straight into my tank. last two time 0 died. I just throw some flakes ing the tank to feed them and then my fish feed on them. I have acutal had some spawn recently. i saw the larva for a few days but now its all gone. mine actual come from saltwater.
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