Breeding Ghost Shrimp

[cichlidgold83]

Does anybody have any information concerning the breeding of ghost shrimp?

 

[ballsmcgee1234]

We have a tank full of amano shrimp, not quite ghost shrimp, but I've heard ghost shrimp and cherry red shrimp are really easy to breed. Pet-shrimp.com has some good info about shrimp...

 

[lizardfishman]

buy 5-10 and put them in a small tank with no substrate. only put 1-2 fakeplants in there for them to hide in. feed them w/e is small enough for them to eat. in a few weeks the bigger ones should develope eggs under thier tail. leave them i there for 5-7 days and then remove them to another tank so the fry dont get eaten. this tank should be setup the same way. after the eggs hatch remove the female and feed very small foods. i have gotten to the eggs under the tails stage and maby the hatching stage by the eggs got eaten by the fish in the tank.

 

[guppy]

Which type? If natania sp. try www.shrimpandcrabsandcrayfish.co.uk/Shrimp.htm?GhostShrimp.htm
and if one of the Palaeomonetes try www.**************.net/search.php?search-author=RTR&sid=4c51e1c246ae3a46bf31dc3bd2ba2bb4
and that should help.

 

[Ash]

Thats actually Kind of intresting, I never thought about breeding ghost shrimp, it would be like free shrimp for the price 5-10ish. Then you dont have to buy them again if you are sucessful, not a bad idea!

 

[boredcpl]

might be more work and cost more then buying them.. what are they about 29 - 40cents a piece? it would be a fun project though

 

[yourmylunch]

breeding them is easy its providing space to grow out the fry
i found its not cost effective when i can get them for .80 cents a dozen
i would try it for some desirable shrip

 

[Waldo]

The hard part is keeping them fed at a smaller stage in life. When you buy them just buy all the females you can find. They are usually bigger and have green balls under there abdomin ( those are the babies.) you can use fry food, first bites and floating plants to help them grow. Filtration is extremely tough as well because they are soo small they get sucked up.

 

[TaratronVaeVictus]

We've actually had fry in our ghostie tanks at work, which are all sponge-filtered and hold a good ton of java moss.

 

[s4mula]

Are ghost shrimp the same as the feeder shrimp pet stores sell?