how would i go about setting up and breeding ghost or grass shrimp? i always need grass or ghost shrimp for bait but it is sometimes impossible to get ahold of unless you are the first one in the store. could i just buy a bunch throw them in a tank with a filter and they will reproduce?? it would be so nice to have a tank full of bait
Grass Shrimp Tank?
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I would search the Breeding forum and the Freshwater Invertebrate forums. There are people here who breed and even sell shrimp.
If you just throw them in a tank, they may reproduce but the larvae will have nothing to eat and will starve, if they don't get sucked into the filter first. A nice unfiltered planted tank or tub is better; it will have plenty of detritus and algae for the adults and plankton for the larvae.
is it likely when you buy ghost shrimp in bulk to get females with eggs? i never seemed to check. and i read all the replies and im guessing i need two tanks one without a filter or do both not need filters? and will the adults eat algae wafers? i had other shrimp in my tank before and tey would eat the flake food that sank to the bottom, and where could i find food for the larvae?
Ghost shrimp have a very low bioload, so they don't need much filtration. If you keep plants in the tank, no filtration at all is necessary. A power filter will kill both shrimp larvae and their food source (plankton). A sponge filter is safer and gets the job done.
Adults will eat fish food, algae wafers, algae, and plant debris. In a big dirty planted tank there will be enough food for the young naturally; otherwise you can culture green water for them.
I almost always get females with eggs when I buy shrimp from the pet store.
Adults will eat fish food, algae wafers, algae, and plant debris. In a big dirty planted tank there will be enough food for the young naturally; otherwise you can culture green water for them.
I almost always get females with eggs when I buy shrimp from the pet store.
Easy as can be to breed outside in warm temps. Thus if you cant breed them inside than place them outside in any vat of water with floating plants with roots like frogit.
Green water is great.
Feed them flake fish food or any thing fish eat -NO FILTER . In few months you will have hundreds .
The babies are tiny but as they get bigger easy to harvest and they grow fast. I had 12 ghost shrimps here 2 yrs ago wound up with hundreds if not thousands than added cory cats to breed those and shrimps didnt breed as much.
Anyone want cory cats lol ?.
I read they like temps like low 70s but I disagree and low 80s is what IMO they prefer and breed at .
Either way in any vat of water with no fish the ghost shrimps are easy to breed outside . I was never able to breed them inside and could be due to filter .
I bred them in this by accident as just added them for kicks.
Green water is great.
Feed them flake fish food or any thing fish eat -NO FILTER . In few months you will have hundreds .
The babies are tiny but as they get bigger easy to harvest and they grow fast. I had 12 ghost shrimps here 2 yrs ago wound up with hundreds if not thousands than added cory cats to breed those and shrimps didnt breed as much.
Anyone want cory cats lol ?.
I read they like temps like low 70s but I disagree and low 80s is what IMO they prefer and breed at .
Either way in any vat of water with no fish the ghost shrimps are easy to breed outside . I was never able to breed them inside and could be due to filter .
I bred them in this by accident as just added them for kicks.