Petshrimp.com Discussion Forum

BenS, what kind of setup do you have? Is it a shrimp only tank? I have ghost shrimp and had a pregnant mom a few weeks back but I didn't have any success. I was wondering what you did, to compare it to my failure. hehe. From what I understand, they are hard to breed. As too Cajunspice question....ho...

I'm also trying to breed ghost shrimp, it's pretty hard at least for me. But here are 2 good websites explaining a good bit about ghost shrimp breeding. http://www.petfish.net/raising_ghost_shrimp.htm http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/ghostShrimp.shtml You can usually see some greenish eggs u...

My problems with buying ghost shrimp is finding them. At the local walmart they carry them every now and again. The only other place I can find them is at a pet store about 1 hour from my house. And yes they are really cool to watch. They are always cleaning up the tank floor, always nibbling on som...

I recently bought some Kent "Freshwater Plant Micronutrient Supplement with Iron". I want to use it for my tank that currently has Anachris growing in it and a few ghost shrimp. Everything seems pretty safe about it except for one thing...on the side label where it says "Guaranteed An...

I once had a crayfish a few months back. I figured it would help clean my fish tank similar to shrimp, just on a larger scale, in theory. It only lasted a few days, until it was eaten by the oscar in the tank. I thought it would survive since there is ample cover space and since they are sort of qui...

I'm originaly an aquatic turtle owner so I borrowed ideas from that and don't use any substrate. Its bare bottom with a few scattered colored stones, a few golf balls, few fake plants and a few floating bunches of anachris. Anachris is an easy plant to take care of. The flat bottom stays really clea...

I also have ghost shrimp and yes they are cool! I'm trying to breed them now but haven't had any success yet. Here are 2 really good websites that I have found on ghost shrimp. I'm pretty sure that there is only 1 size of egg for ghost shrimp, and they all seem pretty small to me. From what i've rea...

Also...here are 2 really good websites that I found about ghost shrimp.

http://www.petfish.net/raising_ghost_shrimp.htm

http://www.seahorse.org/library/article ... rimp.shtml

I'm a brand new member with the same question. I have a pregnant ghost shrimp and I'm waiting for them to hatch. I have her quarantined in a large 32oz cup. I've read that as soon as they hatch to remove the mother and leave just the babies. How long until I can include them with the rest of the tan...