Where have all the ghost shrimp gone?

[robby bobby]

Two silver dollars, several neon tetras, some hybrid gold fish, afew guppies and an apple snail. Who ate them? I keep buying em, but they keep disappearing.

 

[Mr. Limpet]

Don't know the silver dollars, but the goldfish would have a big enough mouth to eat them.

 

[Hubert90]

I agree with mr limpet! Goldfish will eat almost anything that can fit in their mouth.

 

[Pecktec]

Also the ghost shrimp aren’t all that hardy just cheap. Amano or algae eating shrimp would live longer. But not if you have a shrimp loving fish waiting for an expensive meal.

 

[huma-huma]

I bought 7 ghost shrimp over 5 months ago...after several tank overhauls and an apartment move, I still have all 7....pretty hardy to me

 

[Pecktec]

Mine never live very long even in shrimp specific setups. But it could be bad luck. I've had several Amano shrimp going on three years now which suprised me.

 

[robby bobby]

Not much luck with the shrimp. Need a bottom feeder that's hardy, colorful and stays small. Ideas?

 

[Pecktec]

Not much luck with the shrimp. Need a bottom feeder that's hardy, colorful and stays small. Ideas?

Maybe a Pigmy Corey cat or Mexican dwarf cray fish.

 

[Aspencer]

I got 13 RCS about a month ago and though only 3 survived but now I see them all over the place and now are an inch long...maybe they are hiding.

 

[alLexX]

id put my money on the goldfish.and i suggest some sort of cray for the botomfeder.

 

[Lifeoffroad]

Two silver dollars, several neon tetras, some hybrid gold fish, afew guppies and an apple snail. Who ate them? I keep buying em, but they keep disappearing.

Do you have a Pleco? Mine gets pretty aggressive during feeding. Im expecting him to eat my ghosts at some point. Hope not.

 

[jetajockey]

Ghost shrimp are definitely not considered hardy. The reason is because they are primarily used as feeders, so they are often kept in some pretty horrific conditions. I catch ghost shrimp pretty frequently while im out hunting for natives and the ones that I have kept all seem to be much healthier in general.

And yeah goldfish definitely eat ghost shrimp.

 

[Pecktec]

I catch ghost shrimp pretty frequently while im out hunting for natives ....

Out hunting natives? What is it you do?

 

[jetajockey]

Lol native fish collecting

 

[Pecktec]

Where do you do that? That sounds fun.

 

[jetajockey]

It really is. Creeks, swamps, and drainage ditches are my favorite spots. I took pics of a recent trip, ill post them up in the photo section if I haven't already, stay tuned.

 

[jetajockey]

found it http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f19/native-collecting-trip-w-pics-152675.html

 

[Lifeoffroad]

found it http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f19/native-collecting-trip-w-pics-152675.html

Do you put the fish in an aquarium or throw them back? My friend had a pike in his aquarium which are native to my area. It was so sweet.

 

[jetajockey]

depends on the fish. Some of them I keep. Pygmy sunfish are one of my favorites.

We ended up with a pair of grass pickerel ourselves that will eventually make their way into the pond.

My gf netted a baby longnose gar last trip and it was really cute, but yeah, maximum length of 6 feet dissuaded me from any ideas of keeping it :]

 

[alLexX]

Do you put the fish in an aquarium or throw them back? My friend had a pike in his aquarium which are native to my area. It was so sweet.

if i had a big enough tank i would have a pike.