Shrimp don't get eaten?

[cJw]

So if I buy some, what type of an acclimation process would I use? I gots no QT tank. . . or are they not as touchy as SW inverts?

 

[bzbee]

http://www.syngnathid.org/articles/ghostCollecting.html
Here's an article on collection and acclimation. I just acclimate them the same way as my fish.

http://www.petshrimp.com/articles/keepingshrimp.html
Here's a good article that explains how to raise shrimp.

http://www.petshrimp.com/shrimpspecies.html
http://www.franksaquarium.com/freshwatershrimpfarm.htm
Here's a list of other shrimp other than ghost shrimp that people keep as pets.

I like the opae ula and cherry shrimp myself for the color, but some of them are too tiny to be kept with fish.

http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/misc_critters/shrimp_ghost.htm
http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Live Food, Ghost Shrimp.htm
This was the page that got me interested in them in the first place.

 

[Lepomis]

I acclimate same way as fish also. I buy excess because some are just not going to make it.

 

[cJw]

Cool - thanks for the good reads, bzbee - clickin on those links now.

I'm thinking I'll end up with some; though this morning it occured to me that buying some shrimp may 'crowd' my bottom level - as it is, I've 3 cories and 3 otos, and the rummies seem to stay lower in the tank also.

Would @ 6 ghost shrimp be just too much 'stuff' swimming around on the bottom? I just imagine the cories and otos having to swim around shrimp to do their usual thing.

:edit:

New question : what/who eats the 'old skin' that the shrimp molt off?

:/edit:

 

[Zezmo]

When a shrimp is eaten, nothing is left... occasionally you find just the tip of the head with antenna on it.

All the little shrimp bits get vacced out during weekly cleaning.

 

[cJw]

I meant moreso the skin or shell they leave behind when they molt, Zezmo. . . is this something that gets eaten @ all, or something I get to pull out when I see it?

 

[bzbee]

I usually don't bother trying to remove the shell. I've seen my other ghost shrimp eat their own shells right after they moult, so I'm guessing they need the keratin to grow their new shells. I usually try to remove dead shrimp to prevent ammonia spikes though.

 

[czcz]

I just do the floating bag, remove as much water as possible over the sink, then release into the thank thing when acclimating. If I got the shrimp by mail I'll also do a slow water exchange. Ive been told fw inverts can't transfer disease to fish fwiw.

I think 6 ghost shrimp to start is a good number

I've read that they eat their shells for calcium. .

 

[cJw]

Thanks again for good info, peeps! I'll have to look into bringin some home.