Ghost Shrimp

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stingray man

Feeder Fish
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Apr 15, 2007
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Im sure u guys have seen the ghost shrimp for sale in buy/sell i was wondering if anyone feeds these to there rays? Does it fill them up?
 
I have a male motoro the tears them up. He is only about 6 inches and eats a dozen at a time. I am trying to ween him onto to frozen food.
 
my 2 retics LOVE them.

they were gong through a bag of 200 every 2 weeks, with a few real fat ones usually left. but now the last month or so, they seem to have either developed a taste for them, or sharpened their hunting skills:headbang2

they now go through 200 in 2-3 days. :eek:
 
I think this is what my LFS feeds to their rays (not sure tho)
 
they are not too good nutritionally wise... if you put them in a seperate tank and fed them pellets for a few days then they would be good feeders.... but its really easy to get rays to eat what you want so i dont get why bother with live feeders when they are alot more money....
 
every once in awhile I buy a dozen or so just to let my rays "hunt" and use there predatory instincts, besides it is fun to watch. But I wouldn't feed this as a rays only staple to their diet. However sometimes if you have a ray that you can't get to eat these are something to try because they do like to hunt living moving food.
 
I give them to my rays once and a while just for something to play with. they go crazy hunting for the things. to expensive to be a staple in their diet.
 
never heard of any parasited with ghost shrimp only feeder fish
 
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