Breeding Ghost Shrimp

[Mosdefenate]

ahh i tryed it it didnt work out so well=( how come ghost shrimp cost so much else were, down here they are 10cents each or 10/$1

 

[born2lovefish]

man! I can get ghost shrimp for 20 cents at one pet store and 50 cents at the other one just down the road.... Rip off city!

 

[JESS]

i can buy 50 for $7.00 here but still thought of trying to breed

 

[WyldFya]

Down south I can get them 250 for $25. It would be worth the trip if they make it.

 

[jpatz18]

i get them FREE and usually there all pregnant. i just go to the local ditch and go shrimpin!

 

[WyldFya]

Haha, I'd be afraid of what I'd catch in the ditch here. All I'd find is a raccoon or a opossum. Hopefully not a bear.

 

[HiGhTiMeZ]

can diff kind of shrimp breed with another kind?
like can ghost shrimp breed with cherry shrimp?

 

[JESS]

down south where or wiat how far south is down to an idahoan

 

[plah831]

can diff kind of shrimp breed with another kind?
like can ghost shrimp breed with cherry shrimp?

no because they're different species. As far as I know, there aren't hybrid shrimps like there are cichlids and stuff. MAYBE shrimps in the same genus can breed, like Palaemonetes (ghost or glass shrimp) most likely with infertile offspring. But I've not heard of it.

edit: just searched petshrimp.com. The admin there has hybridized Neocaridina species with fertile results. Apparently those species must be very closely related. But ghost shrimp and red cherries are not, so those two in particular will not interbreed. Good thing, too, becuase I've got both in my community tank

 

[HiGhTiMeZ]

ok thanks!