Feeding sw fish fw ghost shrimp

[Gubernaculum86]

My g/f bought too many ghost shrimp for her fw tank. Can I put them in my saltwater as food for my puffer?

 

[Hinds04]

I use to feed them to my eel once in a while. Fresh water feeders aren’t the greatest for saltwater fish. I believe it can cause problems if continued over time.

 

[Gubernaculum86]

I wasn't planning on feeding them for along time. I was wondering, since we had some extra I figured I would entertain my puffer with some live food.

 

[Hinds04]

go for it

 

[Gubernaculum86]

Will do. Should be entertaining to watch lol.

 

[jsmith]

How did it turn out?

 

[Gubernaculum86]

It turned out really well actually. My puffer really enjoyed it, the shrimp didn't even hit the bottom before he got them.

 

[mstrblstr33]

I use to feed them to my eel once in a while. Fresh water feeders aren’t the greatest for saltwater fish. I believe it can cause problems if continued over time.

Fw feeders are fine for sw fish as long as they given as a sort of treat for them. Feeder shrimp do not have enough nutrients for the fish to eat as their primary food source. From what I was told, sw feeder shrimp are basically fw feeders that have adapted to sw. Don't know how true that is though.
I feed my predatory tank sw ghost or grass shrimp once a week just for a treat. They tear em up.
An interesting side note: fw feeder shrimp are much slower in a sw tank. Try putting sw feeder shrimp in there and see how fast they are.....lol. pretty cool stuff.