Breeding Ghost Shrimp
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there are a few threads on this here. IMHO, it's seriously not worth it. It's much cheaper to buy them (if they're feeders). On the other hand, many people have success with convicts and I have had far too much success with guppies.
brandon
ps. if you want some guppies i'll mail you some
brandon
ps. if you want some guppies i'll mail you some
thanks for the offer on the guppys but i have a tank full already. Actually a friend of mine got some green spotted puffers the other day and she found out they're just like little kids, they don't want ot eat there veggies. So, what she wanted to do was feed the ghost shrimp algae and then feed the puffers the ghost shrimp so that way the puffer gets veggies and meat all in one bite.
I'd go with some kind of spirulina flakes in a bare tank, so they don't eat each other's poop. If you can stand to keep shrimp for a long time. They color up very nice on bloodworms (i am sure spirulina would help too). they really have nice color if you don't store them in feed conditions.
I used to just put them in my sump tank. They would eat all the debris and left over food in the sump, breed like crazy. Then when ever i wanted to feed them to my fish i just had to net them out...
. Works like a charm, its low maintence, and the fish love it.
. Works like a charm, its low maintence, and the fish love it. 
link didn't work, so i'll just post it...
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'Normally, healthy Ghost Shrimp will breed with little encouragement when kept in groups. Female freshwater Ghost Shrimp carry their eggs underneath their swimmerets while the eggs are developing. Movement of these legs helps to oxygenate the eggs, which are visible as tiny dark balls. Ghost Shrimp native to brackish waters produce larvae that are basically planktonic, and this type seems to be more difficult to raise. Other animals in their aquariums often eat newborn Ghost Shrimp, so you may wish to keep egg carrying freshwater females by themselves. The newborn shrimp look much like insect larvae, and are usually too small to catch in a net; hence, the necessity of moving them while the larger female still retains their eggs. Provide plenty of plants or other small hiding places in the aquarium for the young Ghost Shrimp. It is generally believed that baby Ghost Shrimp should be kept in aquariums with dark or covered sides, as many breeders have observed a propensity in these animals to swim toward light, usually ramming themselves into the glass walls of their aquariums and perishing. An overhead light is, however, found to be useful. After the babies have hatched, the parent Ghost Shrimp should be removed. Normally the young Ghost Shrimp will feed off of rotifers and other small organisms living in plants in their aquariums, though they can also be fed artemia, or hatchling brine shrimp, in addition to liquefied food or minute algae. Brackish water Ghost Shrimp often benefit from brackish aquariums heavily grown with algae, where they can feed off of algae and microorganisms. By the time they are large enough to look like the adult Ghost Shrimp, they can be fed the same food as adults.'
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'Normally, healthy Ghost Shrimp will breed with little encouragement when kept in groups. Female freshwater Ghost Shrimp carry their eggs underneath their swimmerets while the eggs are developing. Movement of these legs helps to oxygenate the eggs, which are visible as tiny dark balls. Ghost Shrimp native to brackish waters produce larvae that are basically planktonic, and this type seems to be more difficult to raise. Other animals in their aquariums often eat newborn Ghost Shrimp, so you may wish to keep egg carrying freshwater females by themselves. The newborn shrimp look much like insect larvae, and are usually too small to catch in a net; hence, the necessity of moving them while the larger female still retains their eggs. Provide plenty of plants or other small hiding places in the aquarium for the young Ghost Shrimp. It is generally believed that baby Ghost Shrimp should be kept in aquariums with dark or covered sides, as many breeders have observed a propensity in these animals to swim toward light, usually ramming themselves into the glass walls of their aquariums and perishing. An overhead light is, however, found to be useful. After the babies have hatched, the parent Ghost Shrimp should be removed. Normally the young Ghost Shrimp will feed off of rotifers and other small organisms living in plants in their aquariums, though they can also be fed artemia, or hatchling brine shrimp, in addition to liquefied food or minute algae. Brackish water Ghost Shrimp often benefit from brackish aquariums heavily grown with algae, where they can feed off of algae and microorganisms. By the time they are large enough to look like the adult Ghost Shrimp, they can be fed the same food as adults.'