GHOST SHRIMP

[B4and After]

i was wondering if any1 here knows how to spawn ghost shrimp easily. ive tried googling it and nothing is that descriptive. i know how to tell in between a male and a female. i also know when they have eggs because you can see them in the abdomin. ive seen that many times but was never able 2 spawn them. i have a breeders net from my mollies.....mabe i should put the shrimp with eggs in there? if any1 knows anything let me know. THANKS

[JayD976]

Idk about that perticular species but my cherry red shrimp breed like crazy on their own just keep the water parameters good and stress down and they will take care of the rest.

[FishDogg]

I have tried and failed numerous times with ghost shrimp.

[B4and After]

i was thinking to just get a glass bowl and throw em in there with a little grave and mabe a air stone. id really like to start breeding these cas oscars seem to really like chasing em. they are not easy to catch either, not like feeder fish. im pritty sure oscars hunt more with site than scent. and the ghost shrimp are transparent so it makes it interesting. thanks if any1 has a better idea than mine let me know.....i have my ghost shrimp in with mollies guppies and tetras

[JohnL]

You need a little more than just gravel and an airstone. Ghost shrimp like anything else we keep need to be treated pretty much the same. Cycled tank, filtration, heat and water changes.

[OinKY]

Moved to All Other Fish since we don't have a dedicated Invertebrate board and is more specific than General.

Ghost Shrimp are as easy to breed as any other shrimp but their fry are very hard to raise.They require very small foods and may be raised on green water and infusoria. Simplest is to raise them in a pond with lots of algae...they'll practically overrun it.

[JayD976]

Get some java moss gives the fry a place to grow under a dense cover of protection and also doubles as a food source

[TimP]

I do not have ghost shrimp, but instead I have the already mentioned red cherry shrimp. I started with 3 and now have at least 25 in my planted community tank. I simply give them hiding spaces (they need to hide after they molt, which it is believed when they attract the male for breeding), keep the tank at about 76 degrees and do 30/40% wc's every week. The tank barely ever sees 5 ppm nitrates. I have found that under these conditions, they breed like there is no tomorrow. I always see at least one adult carrying eggs. As far as telling female apart from male (al least with the RCS) the only difference that I have found through research is seen in the tail. Supposedly one gender has more rounded tail fins where the other gender has more pointy tail fins. I still can not tell the difference until I see a female carting eggs. Anyways, I did a quick search and found this about the ghost shrimp.

[B4and After]

thanks every1 very informative i learn from every response.

[Blake]

I do not have ghost shrimp, but instead I have the already mentioned red cherry shrimp. I started with 3 and now have at least 25 in my planted community tank. I simply give them hiding spaces (they need to hide after they molt, which it is believed when they attract the male for breeding), keep the tank at about 76 degrees and do 30/40% wc's every week. The tank barely ever sees 5 ppm nitrates. I have found that under these conditions, they breed like there is no tomorrow. I always see at least one adult carrying eggs. As far as telling female apart from male (al least with the RCS) the only difference that I have found through research is seen in the tail. Supposedly one gender has more rounded tail fins where the other gender has more pointy tail fins. I still can not tell the difference until I see a female carting eggs. Anyways, I did a quick search and found this about the ghost shrimp.

I agree had some RCS and loved them, very nice and colorful a good bit more "satisfying" than the Ghost Shrimp IMO.

[OinKY]

Think the biggest problem you'll run into is that Ghost shrimp have a larval stage.Not fully formed shrimp when they hatch,they are pretty vunerable to anything.RCS hatch looking like minature shrimp.
If you try Ghost shrimp,I'd use java moss (as suggested) along with some of the other mosses in a well-established mature tank just to provide the cover and microscopic foods needed.