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If absolutely have to i can confine him to the breeder net in my 15 gal so he can't harm any fish. Sent from my iPod touch using Aquarium Advice

There's no red in its feet but the bottom half of the ghost shrimps antennae are red. I don't think it could kill my betta (at least not yet) as my beta is full grown. Sent from my iPod touch using Aquarium Advice

Oh and the shrimp and betta are both fine. The ghost shrimp learned to go upside down and skim along the surface grabbing all the flakes before the betta can eat them. Sent from my iPod touch using Aquarium Advice

I looked at it more closely and noticed that the first two sets of legs have claws and the rest dont. Is this normal for ghostshrimp? Also the bristle nose he killed was tiny , about the same size as the shrimp mabye a little smaller. Sent from my iPod touch using Aquarium Advice

Not sure if its true or not but i read somewhere that certain fish can be sensitive to sound. But I have my alarm clock right by one of my tanks and they seem fine. Sent from my iPod touch using Aquarium Advice

Just an update ,the larger one frequently chased the smaller minnow and a few days ago i didn't shut the lid properly and when I came back i noticed the small minnow missing. So what i think happened is the big minnow chased the little one and he jumped out. I couldn't find him on the floor so...

Sorry for bad quality pic , ghost shrimp aren't photogenic. Sent from my iPod touch using Aquarium Advice

Within a week the ghost shrimp killed A healthy full grown guppy. Two weeks later it killed my small albino bristle nose algae eater. Today i flushed the algae eater and moved the ghost shrimp to my betta tank. My betta seems afraid to go too close to the shrimp. I only hope i don't wake up...

My brother has a betta tank and decided to get tank mates for his betta. We went to the lfs and he chose two ghost shrimp. He put them in his tank and after a few days his betta killed one. He gave me the other shrimp and i put it in my 15 gal. Sent from my iPod touch using Aquarium Advice

I caught them in a stream near my house and they have been living in my 15 gal tropical tank ever since. They're each about two inches long and have brown vertical stripes along their sides. Sent from my iPod touch using Aquarium Advice

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My science teacher had a few gold fish in her classroom and the fantail had a huge lump on its head. It had been there with the lump all year and was perfectly fine through the whole school year. Sent from my iPod touch using Aquarium Advice

Dont add ghost shrimp!!! My full grown female guppy was perfectly fine when I fed her in the afternoon and when I fed them again the next morning the guppy never came out to eat like usual and i got worried. I searched all over the tank for her and saw her tail sticking...

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