but i not only successfully kept feeder shrimp, but BRED feeder shrimp...in a half gallon.
how many people on this forum will tell you THAT is impossible.
Feeder shrimp is what I buy at my lfs (cheaper then petco/Petsmart and always better quality, nice, plump, very active, eating up storm. Among them they are many pregnant ones (can see bellies full of eggs). Now I can't say we've had shrimp babies, but the eggs are no longer in the bellies and I'm seeing little guys here and there. My tanks are not easy to spot or count little critters. They are heavily planted and have caves, driftwood with mosses and tons of hiding places these guys love to live in, sonI will not claim that I'm breeding feeder shrimp, but mine are definitely doing very well and the youngsters I'm seeing have had to come from somewhere, and I didn't put them there. The only thing the females were REALLY full of eggs and I'm seeing just few small guys. So not sure what happened to the rest. Don't think they got sucked into an intake (running weak filters for my bettas just to have some movement).