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Snail eating ghost shrimp
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:40 pm
by sprucansailor
I read in another fourum (I think) that someone had a Ghost shrimp that chowed down on snails. It was a bigger Ghostie, I think they said 3 inches. Is this common behaviour? There are pictures to prove it!
If not, are there any shrimp that eat snails, but leave fish alone (mostly)?
Thanks
Branden
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:25 am
by Shrimpmania
Don think so.. Shrimp mainly feed on algae
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:34 am
by sprucansailor
Its not a ghost shrimp after all. Someone else on that website has a better Idea (no where near positive) of waht it is. Is this picture enough for you guys to ID it?
http://aquamaniacs.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15463
I think that will work.
Branden
(They think it is in Genus Macrobrachium)
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:15 am
by Bradimus
sprucansailor wrote:
(They think it is in Genus Macrobrachium)
I would agree.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:39 pm
by Mustafa
That is not true. Palaemonid shrimp (Macrobrachium, Palaemonetes, Palaeomon etc.) don't eat mainly algae. They eat whatever they can find, including snails that cannot seal themselves in their shells.
Mustafa
Shrimpmania wrote:Don think so.. Shrimp mainly feed on algae
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:41 pm
by Mustafa
And yes, it's a macrobrachium of some sort. If it's from Petco, it might actually be a juvenile Macrobrachium rosenbergii.
Mustafa
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:17 pm
by sprucansailor
Still a Juvie at 3in? That must be a hige shrimp!
Branden
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:52 pm
by Veneer
sprucansailor wrote:Still a Juvie at 3in? That must be a [huge] shrimp!
Yes indeed:
See
http://www.aqua-addiction.com/forums/in ... t&id=24468,
http://southcenters.osu.edu/aqua/intro/sld013.htm, and
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/prawn.jpg for images.
Macrobrachium rosenbergii is a predatory shrimp known to reach lengths in excess of two feet (including the clawed chelae-bearing limbs).
