ghost shrimp???

[happylabs]

My shrimp's name is Skampi. The two new fish don't have names yet.

Lol...Shrimp Skampi!

[king2005]

They don't really need anything special. Just keep the tank clean & feed the fishies & it'll be fine. But they do have very short life spans.

If you see it turn white, it's going to die soon.

If you see something like it's brains moving in it's body, thats normal, you're just observing its digestive system in action

If you see a 2nd shrimp but it looks hallow, remove it, because your shrimp has molted it's old shell so it can grow.

If you look carefully your shrimp will infact have colour on it. Some have yellow markings, red marking, & if your lucky like me, You'll have BLUE shrimp. When I say blue I mean their whole body is blue, BUT you can't really tell unless they are in an all white container hehehe

I buy 20-30 of them at a time for my 90gal tank. Usually after 6 months they are all dead. I believe they need saltwater for the young to live.

If you want a friendly pet shrimp that you can enjoy for years, get a Flower, Banana, or Rock Shrimp (they all look the same IMO).. they do get a little larger so you might want a 5g tank.

[Twisterdog]

I bought a few ghost shrimp for my 55 gallon tank, because they were cute and interesting. The next morning when I got up, they were all dead ... on the floor! They apparently crawled up the air tubing and out of the tank where it was open in the back of the hood for the tubing, filters, etc. It was sad. So just make sure you have a completely covered tank!

[IRescue452]

Please tell me you aren't trying to keep mollies in a 2 gallon tank.

[lute]

King2005, Thanks for the info! I didn't know they had such a short life-span. I'm kinda bummed.

[Genny]

Ya, I had 3 of them once, They're pretty cool but yeah mine only lived a few months

[king2005]

King2005, Thanks for the info! I didn't know they had such a short life-span. I'm kinda bummed.

No problem. I currently have 1 in my 90gal & she's been in there for nearly 6 months!

Now there 2 classes of shrimp. Community & Aggressive. Any shrimp you see with no pincers, just tiny little feeder arms are community friendly. Anything with LONG front arms or claws are aggressive. Now the Banana shrimp have fan hands, they are also community friendly & soooo cool to watch!

This is a banana shrimp (fan hands)
http://www.fishlinkworldwide.com/fis...ana_shrimp.jpg

This is a rock shrimp (fan hands)
http://www.atlasaqm.net/images/uploads/zebra_shrimp.jpg

Found a nice pic of a ghost shrimp
http://collegeishard.tv/blog/ghost-shrimp.jpg

Oh I nearly forgot, Red Cherry Shrimp! They are small, they can breed in fresh water & they are pretty! Community friendly & they are small!
http://www.petshrimp.com/redcherryshrimp.html


Here is a nice website with diff pet shrimp
http://www.petshrimp.com/shrimpspecies.html

[lute]

WOW! Thanks for the websites! My Skampi does last week. I think he had been at the petstore for a while as he was the biggest one there. I'll have to try again. I did enjoy the shrimp as pets. They are fun to watch and are for sure more active than fish.