Shrimp questions

[Tap]

How big do shrimps get? Is it bad to overfeed them since i want them to fatten up so my bigger fish (when i'll get them) wont eat these helpful creatures? other tricks?
thank you

 

[Fishyfanatic]

What kind of shrimp are you asking about?

 

[Tap]

african shrimps i think

 

[Fishyfanatic]

I've never heard of African Shrimp, are they freshwater?

 

[Veneer]

If you mean Atya gabonensis, the vampire/African filter shrimp, they attain a length of six inches or so.

Exactly what species do you have in mind? Freshwater shrimp range from certain 3/4-inch Caridina spp. to the 26-inch Macrobrachium carcinus.

What fish do you seek to keep them with?

 

[Guest]

Veneer, first of all, you know WAY too much about Shrimp. Reminds me of Bubba from Forrest Gump

And can you imagine how disgusting a 26-inch shrimp would be?

 

[Veneer]

And can you imagine how disgusting a 26-inch shrimp would be?

Around this disgusting?

 

[Guest]

Not as gross as I thought, it looks like a regular Lobster.

 

[Lance M.]

I have two vampire shrimp.....They are reall cool and do get up to 6 inches. They get a very deep blue color and are very pretty. The only down side is they like to hide a lot. Bamboo shrimp come out more often are are basically red with a cream color stripe down their back. Ih ave one and he's really cool and really active.

 

[Guest]

I would never put a shrimp in my tank, they look like water cockroaches. Too many legs too :?

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Ghost shrimp are nice to have. They clean the bottom nicely and don't bother anything.

 

[Tap]

theyre the vampire shrimp, i want to get some rts and anglefish + catfish

 

[Tap]

heheh i come home from school and i see a carcass, my shrimp died, after i realise all 3 are there??did they shed skins or what?

 

[Veneer]

heheh i come home from school and i see a carcass, my shrimp died, after i realise all 3 are there??did they shed skins or what?

Yes, most arthropods periodically shed - a normal indication of growth.

 

[oldshell4481]

we get crayfish out of the local ponds, and they shed alot. i dont know why, but they always seem to die off after a month or two though

 

[Big C]

Ghost shrimp are very cool, but my fish eat 3 of the 4 I had. I saw them eating one of the poor things alive. Now THAT was grouse!

The one I have left is really good at hidding from the fish!

 

[Tap]

thats why i want to fatten mine up before. i'm thinking of getting a 2.5 gal and raising them, then put em in my "good" tank after

EDIT: is driftwood part of their diet? because i see them ofter on the driftwood... munching or cleaning it..

 

[Veneer]

A 2.5 gallon is too small for even a single juvenile vampire shrimp. Your shrimp were probably gathering organic particles of some sort from the surface of the driftwood.