Breeding Ghost Shrimp

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Greenwater Yup just turn off the filter and put in a bubbler lots of light give it a month or two and strain out the contents (i.e. many many shrimp)
 
I've actually just recently thought of breeding ghost shrimp and bought a few dozen then separated the females with eggs and put them in a 20gal. They deposited their eggs and shortly after I removed them from the tank. The eggs hatched not long after and now there are a lot of shrimp.
 
Yay Micheal :thumbsup:
 
everytime i go to the lfs half of the shrimp i get have eggs on their stomach....my cichlids dont let them last this long but i'm sure they would hatch if i let them.....but is it really cost efficent to raise ghost shrimp....around me its 10 for a $1.50...wouldnt food for the fry cost more than that
 
Most home raised feeders are not cost effective, I have never found that to be the point, just raising them yourself is the thing I like.
 
all the ghost shrimp ive seen around me in new jersey cost about $.50 a piece so i want to try and raise them myself.

if anyone in jersey knows where i can get them cheep let me know
 
s4mula said:
Are ghost shrimp the same as the feeder shrimp pet stores sell?
Yep, feeder shrimp, ghost shrimp, glass shrimp, grass shrimp, and Palaeomonetes shrimp are all the same critters.
 
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