Ghost shrimp

[Uncle Dirty]

Can I have a power filter on my 29g tank if I have ghost shrimp?

 

[gabysapha]

Of course.

Do you mean you're afraid to suck up your shrimp? In that case, stretch nylon pantyhose over the intake tube and secure with a rubberband, or take some sponge from a sponge filter, make a hole in it, and stick it over your intake tube. The shrimp like picking stuff off the covers of the intake tube!

 

[Uncle Dirty]

Ok, thanks. Got 3 of them and was hoping they wouldn't get sucked up.

 

[gabysapha]

Be careful incase you keep them with fry. They ate some of mine! Actually, I think ghost shrimp are evil little buggers They would attack my fish as they swam by, it was scary to watch. But a lot of people have good luck with them!

 

[adeebm]

Yep, ghost shrimp are fairly large and resilient, and tend to stay on the ground. They will be perfectly fine with a power filter. Any opportunistic animal would eat fish fry if they could. They aren't usually aggressive to fish though and can do little harm anyway.

--Adeeb

 

[giants1249er]

My family loves our ghost shrimps. Every once in a while they "fly"to the top and grab some fish food or they glide across the tank to keep us entertained.

 

[ashleynicole]

I have 2 aquaclear 50's on my tank. My kids get a kick out of our ghost shrimp 'flying' across the tank. Even my husband likes them. They are super neat to watch, when you can see them!

 

[adeebm]

They are really hilarious shrimp. I keep 5 in my crab tank, and often one will one off with a crab pellet half its size. And seeing two ghosties fight for food....

--Adeeb

 

[ashleynicole]

Mine even munch on full sized bloodworms. I drop in some frozen occasionally, nothing like watching a ghost shrimp eat a bloodworm

 

[Uncle Dirty]

They can move pretty fast. They only cost .38 cents each, is that a deal?

 

[adeebm]

They vary from 10 cents to 50 cents usually, unless you get them in bulk. Still, they're worth every penny.

--Adeeb