How do you breed ghost shrimp?
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North American or Amazon?
Its really simple. You keep them in a heavily planted tank and hope you have both of the sex. They are really easy and then when 1 or a few get eggs remove the ones with no eggs and once you dont see eggs under them anymore remove the mothers.
Its really simple. You keep them in a heavily planted tank and hope you have both of the sex. They are really easy and then when 1 or a few get eggs remove the ones with no eggs and once you dont see eggs under them anymore remove the mothers.
im sure theres a brackish and freshwater ghost shrimp you have to look for red on the body for the freshwater! i heard this before and i have found ones with red on it and they breed in freshwater but i never took out the parents, so i never found babies it was heavily planted 5gallon tank.
no, they dont have to have red to be freshwater.
the 2 common types sold in lfs are amazon and north american
Most of those other expensive shrimp need brackish to full strength with breeding.
the 2 common types sold in lfs are amazon and north american
Most of those other expensive shrimp need brackish to full strength with breeding.
This pertains to the FW ghost shrimp we catch in planted ditches, ponds, and lakes in the southern US:
Females grow larger than the males. They carry their greenish-grey eggs attached to their swimmerets (just like crayfish). The eggs look as if they’re inside their bellies because their legs look like part of their abdomens. If you want babies, you’ll want to isolate egg-bearing females in their own maternity tank. The babies cling to the swimmerets once they hatch out for approximately 10 days. Place pleated plastic or fiberglass screen in the tank to allow the newly walking larvae to spread out. The more they can spread out, the less cannibalism will occur among the larvae. They'll feed on nearly any food you feed the adults.
Females grow larger than the males. They carry their greenish-grey eggs attached to their swimmerets (just like crayfish). The eggs look as if they’re inside their bellies because their legs look like part of their abdomens. If you want babies, you’ll want to isolate egg-bearing females in their own maternity tank. The babies cling to the swimmerets once they hatch out for approximately 10 days. Place pleated plastic or fiberglass screen in the tank to allow the newly walking larvae to spread out. The more they can spread out, the less cannibalism will occur among the larvae. They'll feed on nearly any food you feed the adults.
I have 3 Crayfish in the tank too, 2 are like 3" and the third is less than an inch. Should I just remove the berried mother now? Her eggs are still yellow.